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Hampstead Gardens vs South Plympton

Property investment comparison - Hampstead Gardens, SA 5086 vs South Plympton, SA 5038

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Hampstead Gardens wins 1, South Plympton wins 2. 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.

MetricHampstead GardensSouth Plympton
Median house price$1.3M$1.2M
Median unit price-$725K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.80%3.06%
Gross rental yield (units)-3.72%
1-year house growth+23.5%estimate+11.9%estimate
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate0.9%0.9%
Population1,5354,721

Hampstead Gardens vs South Plympton: what the numbers say

The median house price is $1.3M in Hampstead Gardens and $1.2M in South Plympton, so South Plympton is the cheaper entry point, with Hampstead Gardens houses about 6% dearer.

On cash flow, South Plympton leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.06%, compared with 2.80% in Hampstead Gardens, a gap of 0.26 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +23.5% in Hampstead Gardens (an estimate) and +11.9% in South Plympton (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Hampstead Gardens, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.9%.

South Plympton is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,721 against 1,535, roughly 3.1 times the size of Hampstead Gardens; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: South Plympton for rental income, South Plympton for a lower purchase price, Hampstead Gardens for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.

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