Bangor vs Jannali

The median house price is $1.7M in Bangor and $1.8M in Jannali, so Bangor is the cheaper entry point, with Jannali houses about 1% dearer.

On cash flow, Bangor leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.29%, compared with 3.01% in Jannali, a gap of 0.28 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.7% in Bangor and +6.3% in Jannali, so recent momentum favours Bangor, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bangor houses are +25.9% and Jannali houses +14.8%, so Bangor has compounded faster than Jannali over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.6% in Bangor and 0.7% in Jannali, so landlords in Bangor face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Jannali is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,632 against 5,536, larger than Bangor; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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