Property Investment Blog

Monday, 7 July 2025

Where you can invest for less than $300k

We came across an interesting article where a property investor and buyers agent describes suburbs in Australia where you can invest in affordable real estate for great value - https://www.realestate.com.au/news/where-to-invest-in-australia-under-300k/


We've done suburb analysis for 6 of these suburbs using PropertyDirector's tools and summarised them below by looking at apartments in these areas.


Morphett Vale, SA 5162

Median Price - $590,000

Rental Yield - 5.61%

Vacancy Rate - 0.26%

Days on Market - 66

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at premium of 10.66% above list prices


Glenorchy, TAS 7010

Median Price - $447,500

Rental Yield - 5.33%

Vacancy Rate - 0.16%

Days on Market - 154

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at premium of 5.51% above list prices


Gosnells, WA 6110

Median Price - $465,000

Rental Yield - 6.06%

Vacancy Rate - 0.53%

Days on Market - 56

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at premium of 2.07% above list prices


Kangaroo Flat, VIC 3555

Median Price - $465,000

Rental Yield - 6.69%

Vacancy Rate - 0.57%

Days on Market - 307

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at discount of 4.49% below list prices


Manunda, QLD 4870

Median Price - $302,500

Rental Yield - 6.59%

Vacancy Rate - 0.94%

Days on Market - 86

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at similar prices as list prices


Mayfield, NSW 2304

Median Price - $657,500

Rental Yield - 4.28%

Vacancy Rate - 0.66%

Days on Market - 85

Vendor Discount Rate - selling at premium of 1.13% above list prices



Would you invest in these areas?