Duffy vs Oxley

The median house price is $965K in Duffy and $970K in Oxley, so Duffy is the cheaper entry point, with Oxley houses about 1% dearer.

Gross rental yield on houses is effectively level, at 4.00% in Duffy and 3.98% in Oxley, so neither suburb has a cash flow edge on houses.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.1% in Duffy and -3.9% in Oxley, so recent momentum favours Duffy, while Oxley went backwards.

Looking back three years, Duffy houses are -4.9% and Oxley houses +4.1%, so Oxley has compounded faster than Duffy over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.1% in Oxley and 2.6% in Duffy, so landlords in Oxley face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Duffy is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,395 against 1,703, larger than Oxley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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