Peak Hill vs Whitton

The median house price is $290K in Peak Hill and $230K in Whitton, so Whitton is the cheaper entry point, with Peak Hill houses about 26% dearer.

For units, Peak Hill sits at a median of $265K against $325K in Whitton, which makes Peak Hill the more affordable unit market and Whitton the pricier one.

On cash flow, Peak Hill leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.47%, compared with 5.05% in Whitton, a gap of 0.42 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +7.4% in Peak Hill (an estimate) and -2.0% in Whitton (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Peak Hill, while Whitton went backwards.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Peak Hill and 9.8% in Whitton, so landlords in Peak Hill face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Peak Hill is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,162 against 523, roughly 2.2 times the size of Whitton; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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