Jannali vs Londonderry

The median house price is $1.8M in Jannali and $1.8M in Londonderry, so Jannali is the cheaper entry point, with Londonderry houses about 1% dearer.

For units, Jannali sits at a median of $925K against $645K in Londonderry, which makes Londonderry the more affordable unit market and Jannali the pricier one.

On cash flow, Jannali leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.01%, compared with 2.14% in Londonderry, a gap of 0.87 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +6.3% in Jannali and +1.2% in Londonderry, so recent momentum favours Jannali, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Jannali houses are +14.8% and Londonderry houses +9.3%, so Jannali has compounded faster than Londonderry over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.3% in Londonderry and 0.7% in Jannali, so landlords in Londonderry face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Jannali is the bigger suburb, with a population of 6,632 against 4,024, larger than Londonderry; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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