Beaconsfield vs Wilsonton Heights

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $730K in Beaconsfield and $730K in Wilsonton Heights.

On cash flow, Beaconsfield leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.19%, compared with 4.00% in Wilsonton Heights, a gap of 1.19 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.3% in Beaconsfield and +21.7% in Wilsonton Heights, so recent momentum favours Wilsonton Heights, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Beaconsfield houses are +63.1% and Wilsonton Heights houses +73.1%, so Wilsonton Heights has compounded faster than Beaconsfield over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Beaconsfield and 0.9% in Wilsonton Heights, so landlords in Beaconsfield face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Beaconsfield is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,899 against 2,747, roughly 2.1 times the size of Wilsonton Heights; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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