Moruya vs Orient Point

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $800K in Moruya and $800K in Orient Point.

On cash flow, Moruya leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.03%, compared with 3.57% in Orient Point, a gap of 0.46 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.4% in Moruya and +6.7% in Orient Point, so recent momentum favours Orient Point, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Moruya houses are +2.5% and Orient Point houses -1.2%, so Moruya has compounded faster than Orient Point over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.4% in Moruya and 1.3% in Orient Point, so landlords in Moruya face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Moruya is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,295 against 629, roughly 7 times the size of Orient Point; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Moruya for rental income, Orient Point for recent price momentum, Moruya for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.