Nugent vs South Hobart
Property investment comparison - Nugent, TAS 7172 vs South Hobart, TAS 7004
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Nugent wins 1, South Hobart wins 3. 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 | Nugent | South Hobart |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $885K | $890K |
| Median unit price | $815K | $620K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.70% | 3.81% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.39% | - |
| 1-year house growth | - | +2.6% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +0.6% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Population | 117 | 5,886 |
Nugent vs South Hobart: what the numbers say
The median house price is $885K in Nugent and $890K in South Hobart, so Nugent is the cheaper entry point, with South Hobart houses about 1% dearer.
For units, Nugent sits at a median of $815K against $620K in South Hobart, which makes South Hobart the more affordable unit market and Nugent the pricier one.
On cash flow, South Hobart leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.81%, compared with 3.70% in Nugent, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.7%.
South Hobart is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,886 against 117, roughly 50 times the size of Nugent; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: South Hobart for rental income, Nugent for a lower purchase price. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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