Carramar vs Mount Helena
Property investment comparison - Carramar, WA 6031 vs Mount Helena, WA 6082
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Carramar wins 3, Mount Helena wins 3. The better choice depends on whether you're optimising for cash flow, growth, affordability, or liquidity, the table below highlights the winner on each metric.
| Metric | Carramar | Mount Helena |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.1M | $1.1M |
| Median unit price | $880K | $640K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 4.23% | 2.52% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 2.89% | 4.74% |
| 1-year house growth | +23.5% | +15.8% |
| 3-year house growth | +67.3% | +62.2% |
| Vacancy rate | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Population | 7,178 | 3,373 |
Carramar vs Mount Helena: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.1M in Carramar and $1.1M in Mount Helena.
For units, Carramar sits at a median of $880K against $640K in Mount Helena, which makes Mount Helena the more affordable unit market and Carramar the pricier one.
On cash flow, Carramar leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.23%, compared with 2.52% in Mount Helena, a gap of 1.71 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +23.5% in Carramar and +15.8% in Mount Helena, so recent momentum favours Carramar, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Looking back three years, Carramar houses are +67.3% and Mount Helena houses +62.2%, so Carramar has compounded faster than Mount Helena over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is the same in both, at 0.6%.
Carramar is the bigger suburb, with a population of 7,178 against 3,373, roughly 2.1 times the size of Mount Helena; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Carramar for rental income, Carramar for recent price momentum. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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