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Tootgarook vs Williams Landing

Property investment comparison - Tootgarook, VIC 3941 vs Williams Landing, VIC 3027

Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Tootgarook wins 1, Williams Landing wins 4. 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.

MetricTootgarookWilliams Landing
Median house price$885K$880K
Median unit price-$430K
Gross rental yield (houses)3.44%3.55%
Gross rental yield (units)4.80%5.60%
1-year house growth-0.7%estimate+6.7%
3-year house growth-+10.1%
Vacancy rate1.5%2.0%
Population3,1789,448

Tootgarook vs Williams Landing: what the numbers say

The median house price is $885K in Tootgarook and $880K in Williams Landing, so Williams Landing is the cheaper entry point, with Tootgarook houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Williams Landing leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.55%, compared with 3.44% in Tootgarook, a gap of 0.11 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved -0.7% in Tootgarook (an estimate) and +6.7% in Williams Landing, so recent momentum favours Williams Landing, while Tootgarook went backwards.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Tootgarook and 2.0% in Williams Landing, so landlords in Tootgarook face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Williams Landing is the bigger suburb, with a population of 9,448 against 3,178, roughly 3.0 times the size of Tootgarook; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Williams Landing for rental income, Williams Landing for a lower purchase price, Williams Landing for recent price momentum, Tootgarook 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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