Bundall vs Robertson

The median house price is $2.4M in Bundall and $2.5M in Robertson, so Bundall is the cheaper entry point, with Robertson houses about 4% dearer.

On cash flow, Bundall leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.10%, compared with 1.89% in Robertson, a gap of 1.21 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +15.3% in Bundall and +12.9% in Robertson, so recent momentum favours Bundall, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Bundall houses are +37.4% and Robertson houses +49.8%, so Robertson has compounded faster than Bundall over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.8% in Robertson and 2.2% in Bundall, so landlords in Robertson face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Bundall is the bigger suburb, with a population of 4,895 against 4,749, larger than Robertson; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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