Tooradin vs Yallambie
Property investment comparison - Tooradin, VIC 3980 vs Yallambie, VIC 3085
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Tooradin wins 1, Yallambie wins 3. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Tooradin | Yallambie |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| Median unit price | $470K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.01% | 3.40% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.79% | - |
| 1-year house growth | +13.6%estimate | -1.0% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +8.4% |
| Vacancy rate | 2.6% | 0.1% |
| Population | 1,722 | 4,161 |
Tooradin vs Yallambie: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.0M in Tooradin and $1.0M in Yallambie, so Yallambie is the cheaper entry point.
On cash flow, Yallambie leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.40%, compared with 3.01% in Tooradin, a gap of 0.39 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +13.6% in Tooradin (an estimate) and -1.0% in Yallambie, so recent momentum favours Tooradin, while Yallambie went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 0.1% in Yallambie and 2.6% in Tooradin, so landlords in Yallambie face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Yallambie is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,161 against 1,722, roughly 2.4 times the size of Tooradin; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Yallambie for rental income, Yallambie for a lower purchase price, Tooradin for recent price momentum, Yallambie for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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