Avoca Beach vs Harris Park
Property investment comparison - Avoca Beach, NSW 2251 vs Harris Park, NSW 2150
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Avoca Beach wins 1, Harris Park 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.
| Metric | Avoca Beach | Harris Park |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Median unit price | $1.5M | $510K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.72% | - |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 2.75% | 6.11% |
| 1-year house growth | -3.5% | +6.5%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +7.7% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 3.1% | 2.0% |
| Population | 4,708 | 5,043 |
Avoca Beach vs Harris Park: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.7M in Avoca Beach and $1.7M in Harris Park, so Avoca Beach is the cheaper entry point.
For units, Avoca Beach sits at a median of $1.5M against $510K in Harris Park, which makes Harris Park the more affordable unit market and Avoca Beach the pricier one.
Over the past year house prices moved -3.5% in Avoca Beach and +6.5% in Harris Park (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Harris Park, while Avoca Beach went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 2.0% in Harris Park and 3.1% in Avoca Beach, so landlords in Harris Park face less competition for tenants.
Harris Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,043 against 4,708, larger than Avoca Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Avoca Beach for a lower purchase price, Harris Park for recent price momentum, Harris Park 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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