Ettalong Beach vs Holsworthy

The median house price is $1.3M in Ettalong Beach and $1.3M in Holsworthy, so Ettalong Beach is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Holsworthy leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.20%, compared with 2.60% in Ettalong Beach, a gap of 0.60 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.6% in Ettalong Beach and +6.3% in Holsworthy, so recent momentum favours Ettalong Beach, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Ettalong Beach houses are +17.5% and Holsworthy houses +25.2%, so Holsworthy has compounded faster than Ettalong Beach over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Ettalong Beach and 2.4% in Holsworthy, so landlords in Ettalong Beach face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Holsworthy is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,657 against 5,161, larger than Ettalong Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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