Mickleham vs Spring Gully
Property investment comparison - Mickleham, VIC 3064 vs Spring Gully, VIC 3550
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Mickleham wins 1, Spring Gully 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 | Mickleham | Spring Gully |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $710K | $715K |
| Median unit price | $610K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.02% | 4.15% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.19% | 5.00% |
| 1-year house growth | +4.7%estimate | +8.1% |
| 3-year house growth | - | -3.4% |
| Vacancy rate | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| Population | 17,452 | 3,092 |
Mickleham vs Spring Gully: what the numbers say
The median house price is $710K in Mickleham and $715K in Spring Gully, so Mickleham is the cheaper entry point, with Spring Gully houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Spring Gully leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.15%, compared with 4.02% in Mickleham, a gap of 0.13 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +4.7% in Mickleham (an estimate) and +8.1% in Spring Gully, so recent momentum favours Spring Gully, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Spring Gully and 3.8% in Mickleham, 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.
Mickleham is the bigger suburb, with a population of 17,452 against 3,092, roughly 6 times the size of Spring Gully; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Spring Gully for rental income, Mickleham for a lower purchase price, Spring Gully for recent price momentum, 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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