Coes Creek vs Rothwell

The median house price is $980K in Coes Creek and $985K in Rothwell, so Coes Creek is the cheaper entry point, with Rothwell houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Coes Creek leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.13%, compared with 3.60% in Rothwell, a gap of 0.53 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +14.2% in Coes Creek and +17.4% in Rothwell, so recent momentum favours Rothwell, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Coes Creek houses are +30.3% and Rothwell houses +47.5%, so Rothwell has compounded faster than Coes Creek over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Rothwell and 1.1% in Coes Creek, so landlords in Rothwell face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Rothwell is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,538 against 1,515, roughly 5.0 times the size of Coes Creek; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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