Where are Australia’s best suburbs to invest in?

Sydney’s fastest-growing suburb is Carlingford, Parramatta, which grew by 15.4 per cent for the calendar year.

Tim Lawless, research director at CoreLogic, believes 2019 will go down as the year when new records were set.

“For 2020, we’re likely to see markets in recovery mode as housing prices catch up and then overtake their previous record highs; however, we expect the rapid rate of capital gains seen over the second half of 2019 to lose steam as stock levels rise and affordability deteriorates,” Mr Lawless said.

Hobart continued to perform well with the largest five-year change in value, as Risdon Vale showed the greatest change in value, growing by 10.6 per cent. Over the 12 months, the suburb grew by 10.9 per cent.

In the country’s north, Brisbane’s inner-city suburb of Hawthorne was the fastest-growing suburb, moving up by 6.0 per cent for the year.

While the countries east is showing strong signs of growth, the west is lagging behind, with Perth’s Osborne Park having the lowest median value within 10 kilometres of the capital city for units.

Perth’s best-performing suburb was Hazelmere Guildford North West, which only grew by 1.5 per cent for the year.