Below is a modelled shortlist, not a guarantee. I’ve weighted Perth, Brisbane, SEQ, Darwin, selected Adelaide and Melbourne value suburbs higher because 2026 data points to stronger growth in Perth/Brisbane/Darwin and tighter listings in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.
source:- ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
In NSW
The top 10 investment picks
- Leppington
- Austral
- Bankstown
- Parramatta
- Liverpool
- Marsden Park
- St Marys
- Oran Park
- Box Hill
- Randwick
If your budget is $800k–$1.2m
I would focus on:
- Leppington
- Austral
- Oran Park
- Marsden Park
- Box Hill
If your budget is $1.2m–$2m
I would target:
- Bankstown
- Parramatta
- Randwick
- Canterbury
- Hurstville
One additional observation: detached houses continue to have the strongest long-term capital growth because of land scarcity. Where buying a house is out of reach, well-located, low-density apartments in tightly held suburbs may offer better upside than new high-rise developments in oversupplied precincts.
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