Anketell vs Dunsborough

For units, Anketell sits at a median of $670K against $835K in Dunsborough, which makes Anketell the more affordable unit market and Dunsborough the pricier one.

On cash flow, Anketell leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.40%, compared with 2.53% in Dunsborough, a gap of 1.87 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +20.2% in Anketell and +19.6% in Dunsborough, so recent momentum favours Anketell, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Anketell houses are -11.7% and Dunsborough houses +58.8%, so Dunsborough has compounded faster than Anketell over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Dunsborough and 2.9% in Anketell, so landlords in Dunsborough face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Dunsborough is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,413 against 280, roughly 23 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, Dunsborough for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.