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Acacia Gardens vs Williamtown

Property investment comparison - Acacia Gardens, NSW 2763 vs Williamtown, NSW 2318

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Acacia Gardens wins 1, Williamtown wins 4. 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 GardensWilliamtown
Median house price$1.3M-
Median unit price--
Gross rental yield (houses)3.10%3.71%
Gross rental yield (units)3.77%8.52%
1-year house growth-3.0%+7.3%
3-year house growth+2.8%+8.4%
Vacancy rate1.2%2.0%
Population3,668762

Acacia Gardens vs Williamtown: what the numbers say

On cash flow, Williamtown leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.71%, compared with 3.10% in Acacia Gardens, a gap of 0.61 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved -3.0% in Acacia Gardens and +7.3% in Williamtown, so recent momentum favours Williamtown, while Acacia Gardens went backwards.

Looking back three years, Acacia Gardens houses are +2.8% and Williamtown houses +8.4%, so Williamtown has compounded faster than Acacia Gardens over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Acacia Gardens and 2.0% in Williamtown, 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 762, roughly 4.8 times the size of Williamtown; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Williamtown for rental income, Williamtown 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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