Bohle Plains vs Shaw

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $745K in Bohle Plains and $745K in Shaw.

For units, Bohle Plains sits at a median of $445K against $525K in Shaw, which makes Bohle Plains the more affordable unit market and Shaw the pricier one.

On cash flow, Bohle Plains leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.50%, compared with 4.10% in Shaw, a gap of 0.40 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +15.7% in Bohle Plains and +15.8% in Shaw, so recent momentum favours Shaw, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bohle Plains houses are +63.4% and Shaw houses +70.3%, so Shaw has compounded faster than Bohle Plains over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.7% in Shaw and 1.5% in Bohle Plains, so landlords in Shaw face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bohle Plains is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,989 against 760, roughly 5 times the size of Shaw; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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