Fulham vs West Beach
Property investment comparison - Fulham, SA 5024 vs West Beach, SA 5024
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Fulham wins 2, West Beach 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 | Fulham | West Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| Median unit price | $700K | $655K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.70% | 2.46% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | - | 4.38% |
| 1-year house growth | +10.3% | +11.1%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +34.2% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Population | 2,920 | 5,175 |
Fulham vs West Beach: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.6M in Fulham and $1.6M in West Beach, so Fulham is the cheaper entry point, with West Beach houses about 2% dearer.
For units, Fulham sits at a median of $700K against $655K in West Beach, which makes West Beach the more affordable unit market and Fulham the pricier one.
On cash flow, Fulham leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.70%, compared with 2.46% in West Beach, a gap of 0.24 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +10.3% in Fulham and +11.1% in West Beach (an estimate), so recent momentum favours West Beach, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.0% in West Beach and 1.4% in Fulham, so landlords in West Beach face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
West Beach is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,175 against 2,920, larger than Fulham; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Fulham for rental income, Fulham for a lower purchase price, West Beach for recent price momentum, West Beach 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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