Collingwood Park vs Samson
Property investment comparison - Collingwood Park, WA 6330 vs Samson, WA 6163
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Collingwood Park wins 0, Samson wins 3. 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 | Collingwood Park | Samson |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | $600K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.14% | 3.25% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | - |
| 1-year house growth | - | +15.7%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 3.1% | 1.2% |
| Population | 205 | 1,881 |
Collingwood Park vs Samson: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Collingwood Park and $1.2M in Samson, so Samson is the cheaper entry point.
On cash flow, Samson leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.25%, compared with 2.14% in Collingwood Park, a gap of 1.11 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 1.2% in Samson and 3.1% in Collingwood Park, so landlords in Samson face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Samson is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,881 against 205, roughly 9 times the size of Collingwood Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Samson for rental income, Samson for a lower purchase price, Samson 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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