Hewett vs Littlehampton

The median house price is $950K in Hewett and $970K in Littlehampton, so Hewett is the cheaper entry point, with Littlehampton houses about 2% dearer.

On cash flow, Hewett leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.77%, compared with 3.70% in Littlehampton, a gap of 0.07 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.4% in Hewett and +11.7% in Littlehampton, so recent momentum favours Hewett, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Hewett houses are +40.7% and Littlehampton houses +22.6%, so Hewett has compounded faster than Littlehampton over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Hewett and 1.3% in Littlehampton, so landlords in Hewett face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Littlehampton is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,300 against 2,961, larger than Hewett; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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