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Hoxton Park vs Tweed Heads West

Property investment comparison - Hoxton Park, NSW 2171 vs Tweed Heads West, NSW 2485

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Hoxton Park wins 0, Tweed Heads West wins 4. 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.

MetricHoxton ParkTweed Heads West
Median house price$1.2M$1.2M
Median unit price-$730K
Gross rental yield (houses)2.99%4.11%
Gross rental yield (units)4.19%5.10%
1-year house growth+7.6%estimate+9.7%estimate
3-year house growth--
Vacancy rate2.2%0.5%
Population4,5726,176

Hoxton Park vs Tweed Heads West: what the numbers say

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.2M in Hoxton Park and $1.2M in Tweed Heads West.

On cash flow, Tweed Heads West leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.11%, compared with 2.99% in Hoxton Park, a gap of 1.12 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.6% in Hoxton Park (an estimate) and +9.7% in Tweed Heads West (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Tweed Heads West, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.5% in Tweed Heads West and 2.2% in Hoxton Park, so landlords in Tweed Heads West face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Tweed Heads West is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,176 against 4,572, larger than Hoxton Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Tweed Heads West for rental income, Tweed Heads West for recent price momentum, Tweed Heads West 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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