Florey vs Oxley

The median house price is $975K in Florey and $970K in Oxley, so Oxley is the cheaper entry point, with Florey houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Oxley leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.98%, compared with 3.54% in Florey, a gap of 0.44 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +5.3% in Florey and -3.9% in Oxley, so recent momentum favours Florey, while Oxley went backwards.

Looking back three years, Florey houses are +9.0% and Oxley houses +4.1%, so Florey has compounded faster than Oxley over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.1% in Oxley and 0.6% in Florey, so landlords in Oxley face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Florey is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,781 against 1,703, roughly 2.8 times the size of Oxley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Oxley for rental income, Oxley for a lower purchase price, Florey 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.