Rooty Hill vs Woy Woy

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Rooty Hill and $1.1M in Woy Woy.

For units, Rooty Hill sits at a median of $840K against $810K in Woy Woy, which makes Woy Woy the more affordable unit market and Rooty Hill the pricier one.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.5% in Rooty Hill and +7.7% in Woy Woy, so recent momentum favours Rooty Hill, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Rooty Hill houses are +29.2% and Woy Woy houses +13.6%, so Rooty Hill has compounded faster than Woy Woy over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.4% in Woy Woy and 1.6% in Rooty Hill, so landlords in Woy Woy face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Rooty Hill is the bigger suburb, with a population of 16,176 against 11,072, larger than Woy Woy; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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