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Glenfield Park vs Hinton

Property investment comparison - Glenfield Park, NSW 2650 vs Hinton, NSW 2324

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Glenfield Park wins 1, Hinton wins 4. 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.

MetricGlenfield ParkHinton
Median house price$685K$680K
Median unit price$475K$535K
Gross rental yield (houses)4.31%5.12%
Gross rental yield (units)4.55%5.09%
1-year house growth+13.7%-
3-year house growth+47.8%-
Vacancy rate2.0%1.4%
Population5,078471

Glenfield Park vs Hinton: what the numbers say

The median house price is $685K in Glenfield Park and $680K in Hinton, so Hinton is the cheaper entry point, with Glenfield Park houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Glenfield Park sits at a median of $475K against $535K in Hinton, which makes Glenfield Park the more affordable unit market and Hinton the pricier one.

On cash flow, Hinton leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.12%, compared with 4.31% in Glenfield Park, a gap of 0.81 percentage points.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Hinton and 2.0% in Glenfield Park, so landlords in Hinton face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Glenfield Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,078 against 471, roughly 11 times the size of Hinton; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Hinton for rental income, Hinton for a lower purchase price, Hinton 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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