Centennial Park vs Usher
Property investment comparison - Centennial Park, WA 6330 vs Usher, WA 6230
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Centennial Park wins 2, Usher 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 | Centennial Park | Usher |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $650K | $640K |
| Median unit price | - | $370K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.48% | 5.00% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 5.25% | 7.87% |
| 1-year house growth | +15.8% | +15.6%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +73.3% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| Population | 689 | 2,137 |
Centennial Park vs Usher: what the numbers say
The median house price is $650K in Centennial Park and $640K in Usher, so Usher is the cheaper entry point, with Centennial Park houses about 2% dearer.
On cash flow, Usher leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 5.00%, compared with 3.48% in Centennial Park, a gap of 1.52 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +15.8% in Centennial Park and +15.6% in Usher (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Centennial Park, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 0.1% in Centennial Park and 0.7% in Usher, so landlords in Centennial Park face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Usher is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,137 against 689, roughly 3.1 times the size of Centennial Park; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Usher for rental income, Usher for a lower purchase price, Centennial Park for recent price momentum, Centennial Park for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.
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