Acton vs Wilmot

For units, Acton sits at a median of $490K against $190K in Wilmot, which makes Wilmot the more affordable unit market and Acton the pricier one.

On cash flow, Acton leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.90%, compared with 4.60% in Wilmot, a gap of 0.30 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +21.6% in Acton and +10.9% in Wilmot, so recent momentum favours Acton, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Acton houses are +30.3% and Wilmot houses +29.0%, so Acton has compounded faster than Wilmot over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Wilmot and 2.0% in Acton, so landlords in Wilmot face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Acton is the bigger suburb, with a population of 1,377 against 287, roughly 4.8 times the size of Wilmot; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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