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Abbey vs Collingwood Heights

Property investment comparison - Abbey, WA 6280 vs Collingwood Heights, WA 6330

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Abbey wins 1, Collingwood Heights wins 2. 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.

MetricAbbeyCollingwood Heights
Median house price$1.8M-
Median unit price-$495K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.30%2.55%
Gross rental yield (units)4.14%6.28%
1-year house growth+21.8%estimate-
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate0.6%1.4%
Population1,321694

Abbey vs Collingwood Heights: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Collingwood Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.55%, compared with 2.30% in Abbey, a gap of 0.25 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Abbey and 1.4% in Collingwood Heights, so landlords in Abbey face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Abbey is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,321 against 694, larger than Collingwood Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Collingwood Heights for rental income, Abbey 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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