Soldiers Point vs Wooloweyah

The median house price is $1.6M in Soldiers Point and $1.6M in Wooloweyah, so Wooloweyah is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Soldiers Point sits at a median of $825K against $695K in Wooloweyah, which makes Wooloweyah the more affordable unit market and Soldiers Point the pricier one.

On cash flow, Wooloweyah leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.39%, compared with 2.28% in Soldiers Point, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +3.2% in Soldiers Point (an estimate) and +6.4% in Wooloweyah, so recent momentum favours Wooloweyah, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.6% in Wooloweyah and 2.5% in Soldiers Point, so landlords in Wooloweyah face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Soldiers Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,564 against 419, roughly 3.7 times the size of Wooloweyah; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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