Calderwood vs Garden Suburb
Property investment comparison - Calderwood, NSW 2527 vs Garden Suburb, NSW 2289
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Calderwood wins 4, Garden Suburb wins 1. 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 | Calderwood | Garden Suburb |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | $720K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.00% | 3.80% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 5.55% | 3.96% |
| 1-year house growth | +16.5% | +11.5% |
| 3-year house growth | +22.6% | +27.4% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.1% | 1.4% |
| Population | 3,013 | 1,959 |
Calderwood vs Garden Suburb: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Calderwood and $1.1M in Garden Suburb.
On cash flow, Calderwood leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.00%, compared with 3.80% in Garden Suburb, a gap of 0.20 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +16.5% in Calderwood and +11.5% in Garden Suburb, so recent momentum favours Calderwood, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Calderwood houses are +22.6% and Garden Suburb houses +27.4%, so Garden Suburb has compounded faster than Calderwood over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 0.1% in Calderwood and 1.4% in Garden Suburb, so landlords in Calderwood face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Calderwood is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,013 against 1,959, larger than Garden Suburb; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Calderwood for rental income, Calderwood for recent price momentum, Calderwood 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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