Oxley vs Victoria Point

The median house price is $1.1M in Oxley and $1.1M in Victoria Point, so Oxley is the cheaper entry point, with Victoria Point houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Oxley sits at a median of $825K against $805K in Victoria Point, which makes Victoria Point the more affordable unit market and Oxley the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +20.3% in Oxley and +13.0% in Victoria Point, so recent momentum favours Oxley, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Oxley houses are +48.1% and Victoria Point houses +41.9%, so Oxley has compounded faster than Victoria Point over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Oxley and 1.0% in Victoria Point, so landlords in Oxley face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Victoria Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,140 against 9,100, larger than Oxley; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Oxley for a lower purchase price, Oxley for recent price momentum, Oxley for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.