Duncraig vs West Perth

The median house price is $1.5M in Duncraig and $1.5M in West Perth, so Duncraig is the cheaper entry point, with West Perth houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Duncraig sits at a median of $850K against $680K in West Perth, which makes West Perth the more affordable unit market and Duncraig the pricier one.

On cash flow, West Perth leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.31%, compared with 3.10% in Duncraig, a gap of 0.21 percentage points.

Looking back three years, Duncraig houses are +59.3% and West Perth houses +19.3%, so Duncraig has compounded faster than West Perth over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.4% in West Perth and 0.9% in Duncraig, so landlords in West Perth face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Duncraig is the bigger suburb, with a population of 15,982 against 6,102, roughly 2.6 times the size of West Perth; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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