Orford vs White Hills
Property investment comparison - Orford, VIC 3284 vs White Hills, VIC 3550
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Orford wins 2, White Hills 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 | Orford | White Hills |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $580K | $580K |
| Median unit price | $1.1M | $480K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 6.64% | 4.60% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 2.16% | 5.00% |
| 1-year house growth | - | +9.7% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +15.8% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Population | 115 | 3,620 |
Orford vs White Hills: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $580K in Orford and $580K in White Hills.
For units, Orford sits at a median of $1.1M against $480K in White Hills, which makes White Hills the more affordable unit market and Orford the pricier one.
On cash flow, Orford leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 6.64%, compared with 4.60% in White Hills, a gap of 2.04 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 0.9% in Orford and 0.9% in White Hills, so landlords in Orford face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
White Hills is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,620 against 115, roughly 31 times the size of Orford; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Orford for rental income, Orford 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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