Baskerville vs Salter Point

The median house price is $2.2M in Baskerville and $2.2M in Salter Point, so Salter Point is the cheaper entry point, with Baskerville houses about 2% dearer.

On cash flow, Salter Point leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.50%, compared with 1.49% in Baskerville, a gap of 1.01 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +16.1% in Baskerville and +15.8% in Salter Point, so recent momentum favours Baskerville, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Baskerville houses are +27.7% and Salter Point houses +43.3%, so Salter Point has compounded faster than Baskerville over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in Salter Point and 3.5% in Baskerville, so landlords in Salter Point face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Salter Point is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,913 against 302, roughly 10 times the size of Baskerville; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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