Diglum vs Home Hill
Property investment comparison - Diglum, QLD 4680 vs Home Hill, QLD 4806
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Diglum wins 2, Home Hill wins 1. 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 | Diglum | Home Hill |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $370K | $375K |
| Median unit price | - | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 7.85% | 4.58% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 2.55% |
| 1-year house growth | - | - |
| 3-year house growth | - | - |
| Vacancy rate | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Population | 56 | 2,876 |
Diglum vs Home Hill: what the numbers say
The median house price is $370K in Diglum and $375K in Home Hill, so Diglum is the cheaper entry point, with Home Hill houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Diglum leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 7.85%, compared with 4.58% in Home Hill, a gap of 3.27 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.4% in Home Hill and 2.3% in Diglum, so landlords in Home Hill face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Home Hill is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,876 against 56, roughly 51 times the size of Diglum; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Diglum for rental income, Diglum for a lower purchase price, Home Hill 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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