Glenmore Park vs Tighes Hill

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.3M in Glenmore Park and $1.3M in Tighes Hill.

For units, Glenmore Park sits at a median of $770K against $945K in Tighes Hill, which makes Glenmore Park the more affordable unit market and Tighes Hill the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.7% in Glenmore Park and +7.2% in Tighes Hill, so recent momentum favours Tighes Hill, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Glenmore Park houses are +17.9% and Tighes Hill houses +20.8%, so Tighes Hill has compounded faster than Glenmore Park over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Tighes Hill and 1.4% in Glenmore Park, so landlords in Tighes Hill face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Glenmore Park is the bigger suburb, with a population of 25,021 against 1,801, roughly 14 times the size of Tighes Hill; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Tighes Hill for recent price momentum, Tighes Hill for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.