Bexley North vs Jilliby

The median house price is $2.0M in Bexley North and $2.0M in Jilliby, so Jilliby is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Bexley North sits at a median of $800K against $585K in Jilliby, which makes Jilliby the more affordable unit market and Bexley North the pricier one.

On cash flow, Bexley North leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.70%, compared with 1.88% in Jilliby, a gap of 0.82 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +9.9% in Bexley North and +12.4% in Jilliby, so recent momentum favours Jilliby, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 0.8% in Bexley North and 1.5% in Jilliby, so landlords in Bexley North face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bexley North is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,281 against 1,694, roughly 2.5 times the size of Jilliby; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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