Garden Suburb vs Spring Hill
Property investment comparison - Garden Suburb, NSW 2289 vs Spring Hill, NSW 2500
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Garden Suburb wins 2, Spring Hill wins 3. 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 | Spring Hill |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | - | $700K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.80% | 4.06% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.96% | 4.92% |
| 1-year house growth | +11.5% | -9.8%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +27.4% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Population | 1,959 | 92 |
Garden Suburb vs Spring Hill: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.1M in Garden Suburb and $1.1M in Spring Hill, so Spring Hill is the cheaper entry point.
On cash flow, Spring Hill leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.06%, compared with 3.80% in Garden Suburb, a gap of 0.26 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +11.5% in Garden Suburb and -9.8% in Spring Hill (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Garden Suburb, while Spring Hill went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Garden Suburb and 1.4% in Spring Hill, 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 92, roughly 21 times the size of Spring Hill; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Spring Hill for rental income, Spring Hill for a lower purchase price, 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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