Cornishtown vs Sassafras
Property investment comparison - Cornishtown, VIC 3683 vs Sassafras, VIC 3787
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Cornishtown wins 2, Sassafras wins 2. 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 | Cornishtown | Sassafras |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| Median unit price | $435K | $1.1M |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.31% | 3.89% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 2.26% | - |
| 1-year house growth | - | +4.0%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Population | 94 | 970 |
Cornishtown vs Sassafras: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.0M in Cornishtown and $1.0M in Sassafras, so Sassafras is the cheaper entry point.
For units, Cornishtown sits at a median of $435K against $1.1M in Sassafras, which makes Cornishtown the more affordable unit market and Sassafras the pricier one.
On cash flow, Sassafras leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.89%, compared with 2.31% in Cornishtown, a gap of 1.58 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 1.9% in Cornishtown and 6.1% in Sassafras, so landlords in Cornishtown face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Sassafras is the bigger suburb, with a population of 970 against 94, roughly 10 times the size of Cornishtown; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Sassafras for rental income, Sassafras for a lower purchase price, Cornishtown 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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