Tennyson vs Wentworthville

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.5M in Tennyson and $1.5M in Wentworthville.

For units, Tennyson sits at a median of $2.0M against $600K in Wentworthville, which makes Wentworthville the more affordable unit market and Tennyson the pricier one.

On cash flow, Wentworthville leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.58%, compared with 2.44% in Tennyson, a gap of 0.14 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.0% in Tennyson (an estimate) and +3.7% in Wentworthville, so recent momentum favours Wentworthville, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Wentworthville and 4.2% in Tennyson, so landlords in Wentworthville face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Wentworthville is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,098 against 379, roughly 40 times the size of Tennyson; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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