Lake Heights vs Tingira Heights
Property investment comparison - Lake Heights, NSW 2502 vs Tingira Heights, NSW 2290
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Lake Heights wins 0, Tingira Heights 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.
| Metric | Lake Heights | Tingira Heights |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $925K | $925K |
| Median unit price | $790K | $660K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.84% | 4.26% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.51% |
| 1-year house growth | +4.7% | +6.6%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +20.0% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 2.0% | 0.6% |
| Population | 4,105 | 2,043 |
Lake Heights vs Tingira Heights: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $925K in Lake Heights and $925K in Tingira Heights.
For units, Lake Heights sits at a median of $790K against $660K in Tingira Heights, which makes Tingira Heights the more affordable unit market and Lake Heights the pricier one.
On cash flow, Tingira Heights leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.26%, compared with 3.84% in Lake Heights, a gap of 0.42 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +4.7% in Lake Heights and +6.6% in Tingira Heights (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Tingira Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Tingira Heights and 2.0% in Lake Heights, so landlords in Tingira Heights face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Lake Heights is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,105 against 2,043, roughly 2.0 times the size of Tingira Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Tingira Heights for rental income, Tingira Heights for recent price momentum, Tingira Heights 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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