Baldivis vs Port Kennedy

The median house price is $845K in Baldivis and $850K in Port Kennedy, so Baldivis is the cheaper entry point, with Port Kennedy houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Baldivis sits at a median of $610K against $640K in Port Kennedy, which makes Baldivis the more affordable unit market and Port Kennedy the pricier one.

On cash flow, Baldivis leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.25%, compared with 4.13% in Port Kennedy, a gap of 0.12 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +21.8% in Baldivis (an estimate) and +19.2% in Port Kennedy, so recent momentum favours Baldivis, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.3% in Port Kennedy and 2.5% in Baldivis, so landlords in Port Kennedy face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Baldivis is the bigger suburb, with a population of 37,697 against 13,477, roughly 2.8 times the size of Port Kennedy; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Baldivis for rental income, Baldivis for a lower purchase price, Baldivis for recent price momentum, Port Kennedy for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.