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Berry Park vs Nambucca Heads

Property investment comparison - Berry Park, NSW 2321 vs Nambucca Heads, NSW 2448

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Berry Park wins 2, Nambucca Heads 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.

MetricBerry ParkNambucca Heads
Median house price$735K$735K
Median unit price$605K$510K
Gross rental yield (houses)4.70%4.45%
Gross rental yield (units)4.21%4.18%
1-year house growth-+5.0%
3-year house growth-+18.6%
Vacancy rate6.3%0.8%
Population1826,675

Berry Park vs Nambucca Heads: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $735K in Berry Park and $735K in Nambucca Heads.

For units, Berry Park sits at a median of $605K against $510K in Nambucca Heads, which makes Nambucca Heads the more affordable unit market and Berry Park the pricier one.

On cash flow, Berry Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.70%, compared with 4.45% in Nambucca Heads, a gap of 0.25 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Nambucca Heads and 6.3% in Berry Park, so landlords in Nambucca Heads face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Nambucca Heads is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,675 against 182, roughly 37 times the size of Berry Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Berry Park for rental income, Nambucca Heads 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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