Anketell vs Bickley
Property investment comparison - Anketell, WA 6167 vs Bickley, WA 6076
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Anketell wins 3, Bickley 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 | Anketell | Bickley |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $810K | - |
| Median unit price | $670K | $405K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.40% | 1.66% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 3.00% | 4.10% |
| 1-year house growth | +20.2% | -1.4% |
| 3-year house growth | -11.7% | +35.7% |
| Vacancy rate | 2.9% | 5.5% |
| Population | 280 | 713 |
Anketell vs Bickley: what the numbers say
For units, Anketell sits at a median of $670K against $405K in Bickley, which makes Bickley the more affordable unit market and Anketell the pricier one.
On cash flow, Anketell leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.40%, compared with 1.66% in Bickley, a gap of 2.74 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +20.2% in Anketell and -1.4% in Bickley, so recent momentum favours Anketell, while Bickley went backwards.
Looking back three years, Anketell houses are -11.7% and Bickley houses +35.7%, so Bickley has compounded faster than Anketell over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 2.9% in Anketell and 5.5% in Bickley, so landlords in Anketell face less competition for tenants.
Bickley is the bigger suburb, with a population of 713 against 280, roughly 2.5 times the size of Anketell; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Anketell for rental income, Anketell for recent price momentum, Anketell 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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