Anketell vs North Fremantle

For units, Anketell sits at a median of $670K against $1.3M in North Fremantle, which makes Anketell the more affordable unit market and North Fremantle the pricier one.

On cash flow, Anketell leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.40%, compared with 2.88% in North Fremantle, a gap of 1.52 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +20.2% in Anketell and +23.8% in North Fremantle, so recent momentum favours North Fremantle, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Anketell houses are -11.7% and North Fremantle houses +39.6%, so North Fremantle has compounded faster than Anketell over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in North Fremantle and 2.9% in Anketell, so landlords in North Fremantle face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

North Fremantle is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,947 against 280, roughly 14 times the size of Anketell; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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