Hillside vs Spring Gully
Property investment comparison - Hillside, VIC 3875 vs Spring Gully, VIC 3550
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Hillside wins 0, Spring Gully wins 3. 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.
| Metric | Hillside | Spring Gully |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $715K | $715K |
| Median unit price | $575K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.48% | 4.15% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.44% | 5.00% |
| 1-year house growth | - | +8.1% |
| 3-year house growth | - | -3.4% |
| Vacancy rate | 6.9% | 1.6% |
| Population | 290 | 3,092 |
Hillside vs Spring Gully: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $715K in Hillside and $715K in Spring Gully.
On cash flow, Spring Gully leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.15%, compared with 2.48% in Hillside, a gap of 1.67 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Spring Gully and 6.9% in Hillside, so landlords in Spring Gully face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Spring Gully is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,092 against 290, roughly 11 times the size of Hillside; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Spring Gully for rental income, Spring Gully 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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