Woollamia vs Yarrawarrah
Property investment comparison - Woollamia, NSW 2540 vs Yarrawarrah, NSW 2233
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Woollamia wins 1, Yarrawarrah wins 3. 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 | Woollamia | Yarrawarrah |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| Median unit price | $625K | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.17% | 3.17% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.29% | 2.79% |
| 1-year house growth | -20.9%estimate | +4.5% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +5.5% |
| Vacancy rate | 3.4% | 2.1% |
| Population | 653 | 2,775 |
Woollamia vs Yarrawarrah: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.6M in Woollamia and $1.6M in Yarrawarrah.
On cash flow, Yarrawarrah leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.17%, compared with 2.17% in Woollamia, a gap of 1.00 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved -20.9% in Woollamia (an estimate) and +4.5% in Yarrawarrah, so recent momentum favours Yarrawarrah, while Woollamia went backwards.
Rental vacancy is 2.1% in Yarrawarrah and 3.4% in Woollamia, so landlords in Yarrawarrah face less competition for tenants.
Yarrawarrah is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,775 against 653, roughly 4.2 times the size of Woollamia; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Yarrawarrah for rental income, Yarrawarrah for recent price momentum, Yarrawarrah 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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