Green Point vs Holsworthy

The median house price is $1.3M in Green Point and $1.3M in Holsworthy, so Green Point is the cheaper entry point.

On cash flow, Holsworthy leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.20%, compared with 3.10% in Green Point, a gap of 0.10 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +4.5% in Green Point and +6.3% in Holsworthy, so recent momentum favours Holsworthy, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Green Point houses are +16.0% and Holsworthy houses +25.2%, so Holsworthy has compounded faster than Green Point over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 2.0% in Green Point and 2.4% in Holsworthy, so landlords in Green Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Green Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,810 against 5,657, larger than Holsworthy; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Holsworthy for rental income, Green Point for a lower purchase price, Holsworthy for recent price momentum, Green Point for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.