Cooks Hill vs Federal
Property investment comparison - Cooks Hill, NSW 2300 vs Federal, NSW 2480
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Cooks Hill wins 1, Federal wins 4. 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 | Cooks Hill | Federal |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.8M | $1.8M |
| Median unit price | $930K | $455K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.23% | 3.28% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.75% | 4.84% |
| 1-year house growth | +6.5%estimate | +4.8%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Population | 3,774 | 784 |
Cooks Hill vs Federal: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.8M in Cooks Hill and $1.8M in Federal, so Federal is the cheaper entry point, with Cooks Hill houses about 1% dearer.
For units, Cooks Hill sits at a median of $930K against $455K in Federal, which makes Federal the more affordable unit market and Cooks Hill the pricier one.
On cash flow, Federal leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.28%, compared with 2.23% in Cooks Hill, a gap of 1.05 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +6.5% in Cooks Hill (an estimate) and +4.8% in Federal (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Cooks Hill, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.6%.
Cooks Hill is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,774 against 784, roughly 4.8 times the size of Federal; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Federal for rental income, Federal for a lower purchase price, Cooks Hill for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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