Stanmore vs Wurtulla

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Stanmore and $1.4M in Wurtulla.

For units, Stanmore sits at a median of $515K against $825K in Wurtulla, which makes Stanmore the more affordable unit market and Wurtulla the pricier one.

On cash flow, Wurtulla leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.20%, compared with 1.54% in Stanmore, a gap of 1.66 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.6% in Stanmore and +15.8% in Wurtulla, so recent momentum favours Wurtulla, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Stanmore houses are +26.0% and Wurtulla houses +24.4%, so Stanmore has compounded faster than Wurtulla over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Wurtulla and 1.9% in Stanmore, so landlords in Wurtulla face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Wurtulla is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,254 against 454, roughly 14 times the size of Stanmore; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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