Revesby Heights vs Soldiers Point

The median house price is $1.6M in Revesby Heights and $1.6M in Soldiers Point, so Soldiers Point is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Revesby Heights sits at a median of $720K against $825K in Soldiers Point, which makes Revesby Heights the more affordable unit market and Soldiers Point the pricier one.

On cash flow, Revesby Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.01%, compared with 2.28% in Soldiers Point, a gap of 0.73 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.2% in Revesby Heights and +3.2% in Soldiers Point (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Revesby Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Revesby Heights and 2.5% in Soldiers Point, so landlords in Revesby Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Revesby Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,916 against 1,564, larger than Soldiers Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Revesby Heights for rental income, Soldiers Point for a lower purchase price, Revesby Heights for recent price momentum, Revesby Heights for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.