Loftus vs Mount Colah
Property investment comparison - Loftus, NSW 2232 vs Mount Colah, NSW 2079
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Loftus wins 4, Mount Colah 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.
| Metric | Loftus | Mount Colah |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.7M | $1.7M |
| Median unit price | - | $665K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.04% | 2.64% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.13% | 5.08% |
| 1-year house growth | +5.1% | -3.0% |
| 3-year house growth | +10.9% | +5.6% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Population | 4,190 | 7,816 |
Loftus vs Mount Colah: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.7M in Loftus and $1.7M in Mount Colah, so Loftus is the cheaper entry point.
On cash flow, Loftus leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.04%, compared with 2.64% in Mount Colah, a gap of 0.40 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +5.1% in Loftus and -3.0% in Mount Colah, so recent momentum favours Loftus, while Mount Colah went backwards.
Looking back three years, Loftus houses are +10.9% and Mount Colah houses +5.6%, so Loftus has compounded faster than Mount Colah over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 1.7%.
Mount Colah is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,816 against 4,190, larger than Loftus; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Loftus for rental income, Loftus for a lower purchase price, Loftus 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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