Jilliby vs St Peters

The median house price is $2.0M in Jilliby and $2.0M in St Peters, so Jilliby is the cheaper entry point.

For units, Jilliby sits at a median of $585K against $950K in St Peters, which makes Jilliby the more affordable unit market and St Peters the pricier one.

On cash flow, St Peters leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 2.93%, compared with 1.88% in Jilliby, a gap of 1.05 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +12.4% in Jilliby and +3.8% in St Peters (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Jilliby, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Rental vacancy is 1.1% in St Peters and 1.5% in Jilliby, so landlords in St Peters face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

St Peters is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,629 against 1,694, roughly 2.1 times the size of Jilliby; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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