Chiswick vs Curl Curl

The median house price is $4.1M in Chiswick and $4.2M in Curl Curl, so Chiswick is the cheaper entry point, with Curl Curl houses about 2% dearer.

For units, Chiswick sits at a median of $1.2M against $1.8M in Curl Curl, which makes Chiswick the more affordable unit market and Curl Curl the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.2% in Chiswick (an estimate) and +4.2% in Curl Curl (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Chiswick, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Curl Curl and 2.9% in Chiswick, so landlords in Curl Curl face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Chiswick is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,909 against 2,364, larger than Curl Curl; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Chiswick for a lower purchase price, Chiswick for recent price momentum, Curl Curl for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.