Sassafras vs West Footscray
Property investment comparison - Sassafras, VIC 3787 vs West Footscray, VIC 3012
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Sassafras wins 3, West Footscray wins 1. 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 | Sassafras | West Footscray |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.0M | $1.0M |
| Median unit price | $1.1M | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.89% | 3.36% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 5.22% |
| 1-year house growth | +4.0%estimate | +0.6% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +14.3% |
| Vacancy rate | 6.1% | 1.7% |
| Population | 970 | 11,729 |
Sassafras vs West Footscray: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.0M in Sassafras and $1.0M in West Footscray, so Sassafras is the cheaper entry point, with West Footscray houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Sassafras leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.89%, compared with 3.36% in West Footscray, a gap of 0.53 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +4.0% in Sassafras (an estimate) and +0.6% in West Footscray, so recent momentum favours Sassafras, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.7% in West Footscray and 6.1% in Sassafras, so landlords in West Footscray face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
West Footscray is the bigger suburb, with a population of 11,729 against 970, roughly 12 times the size of Sassafras; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Sassafras for rental income, Sassafras for a lower purchase price, Sassafras for recent price momentum, West Footscray 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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