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Acacia Gardens vs Gobbagombalin

Property investment comparison - Acacia Gardens, NSW 2763 vs Gobbagombalin, NSW 2650

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Acacia Gardens wins 2, Gobbagombalin 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.

MetricAcacia GardensGobbagombalin
Median house price$1.3M-
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)3.10%4.40%
Gross rental yield (units)3.77%-
1-year house growth-3.0%+12.8%
3-year house growth+2.8%+1.9%
Vacancy rate1.2%1.6%
Population3,6682,184

Acacia Gardens vs Gobbagombalin: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Gobbagombalin leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.40%, compared with 3.10% in Acacia Gardens, a gap of 1.30 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved -3.0% in Acacia Gardens and +12.8% in Gobbagombalin, so recent momentum favours Gobbagombalin, while Acacia Gardens went backwards.

Looking back three years, Acacia Gardens houses are +2.8% and Gobbagombalin houses +1.9%, so Acacia Gardens has compounded faster than Gobbagombalin over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Acacia Gardens and 1.6% in Gobbagombalin, so landlords in Acacia Gardens face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Acacia Gardens is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,668 against 2,184, larger than Gobbagombalin; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Gobbagombalin for rental income, Gobbagombalin for recent price momentum, Acacia Gardens 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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