Richmond vs Rosny

The median house price is $975K in Richmond and $1.0M in Rosny, so Richmond is the cheaper entry point, with Rosny houses about 4% dearer.

For units, Richmond sits at a median of $510K against $650K in Rosny, which makes Richmond the more affordable unit market and Rosny the pricier one.

On cash flow, Rosny leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.96%, compared with 3.47% in Richmond, a gap of 0.49 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.4% in Richmond and +9.6% in Rosny, so recent momentum favours Rosny, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Richmond houses are +6.0% and Rosny houses +14.7%, so Rosny has compounded faster than Richmond over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Richmond and 2.9% in Rosny, so landlords in Richmond face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Richmond is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,583 against 842, larger than Rosny; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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