Buckland Park vs Nailsworth
Property investment comparison - Buckland Park, SA 5120 vs Nailsworth, SA 5083
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Buckland Park wins 2, Nailsworth 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.
| Metric | Buckland Park | Nailsworth |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| Median unit price | - | $650K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.63% | 2.44% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.40% |
| 1-year house growth | +8.3% | +9.2%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 6.1% | 1.9% |
| Population | 99 | 2,235 |
Buckland Park vs Nailsworth: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.4M in Buckland Park and $1.4M in Nailsworth, so Buckland Park is the cheaper entry point, with Nailsworth houses about 4% dearer.
On cash flow, Buckland Park leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.63%, compared with 2.44% in Nailsworth, a gap of 0.19 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +8.3% in Buckland Park and +9.2% in Nailsworth (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Nailsworth, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Nailsworth and 6.1% in Buckland Park, so landlords in Nailsworth face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Nailsworth is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,235 against 99, roughly 23 times the size of Buckland Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Buckland Park for rental income, Buckland Park for a lower purchase price, Nailsworth for recent price momentum, Nailsworth 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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