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Eastwood vs North Wahroonga

Property investment comparison - Eastwood, NSW 2122 vs North Wahroonga, NSW 2076

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Eastwood wins 3, North Wahroonga 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.

MetricEastwoodNorth Wahroonga
Median house price$2.7M$2.8M
Median unit price$775K-
Gross rental yield (houses)-2.88%
Gross rental yield (units)4.55%2.24%
1-year house growth-1.4%estimate+3.0%
3-year house growth-+2.2%
Vacancy rate1.6%6.3%
Population18,6952,100

Eastwood vs North Wahroonga: what the numbers say

The median house price is $2.7M in Eastwood and $2.8M in North Wahroonga, so Eastwood is the cheaper entry point, with North Wahroonga houses about 2% dearer.

Over the past year house prices moved -1.4% in Eastwood (an estimate) and +3.0% in North Wahroonga, so recent momentum favours North Wahroonga, while Eastwood went backwards.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Eastwood and 6.3% in North Wahroonga, so landlords in Eastwood face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Eastwood is the bigger suburb, with a population of 18,695 against 2,100, roughly 9 times the size of North Wahroonga; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Eastwood for a lower purchase price, North Wahroonga for recent price momentum, Eastwood 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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