Garden Suburb vs Safety Beach
Property investment comparison - Garden Suburb, NSW 2289 vs Safety Beach, NSW 2456
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Garden Suburb wins 4, Safety Beach wins 0. 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 | Garden Suburb | Safety Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | - | $700K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.80% | 3.50% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.96% | 3.72% |
| 1-year house growth | +11.5% | +4.2%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +27.4% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Population | 1,959 | 1,103 |
Garden Suburb vs Safety Beach: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Garden Suburb and $1.1M in Safety Beach.
On cash flow, Garden Suburb leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.80%, compared with 3.50% in Safety Beach, a gap of 0.30 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +11.5% in Garden Suburb and +4.2% in Safety Beach (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Garden Suburb, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Garden Suburb and 1.5% in Safety Beach, so landlords in Garden Suburb face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Garden Suburb is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,959 against 1,103, larger than Safety Beach; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Garden Suburb for rental income, Garden Suburb for recent price momentum, Garden Suburb 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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