Padbury vs Roleystone
Property investment comparison - Padbury, WA 6025 vs Roleystone, WA 6111
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Padbury wins 3, Roleystone wins 2. 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 | Padbury | Roleystone |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.2M | $1.2M |
| Median unit price | - | $490K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.28% | 3.41% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.80% | 7.34% |
| 1-year house growth | +22.9% | +22.2%estimate |
| 3-year house growth | +77.6% | - |
| Vacancy rate | 1.0% | 1.3% |
| Population | 8,626 | 6,848 |
Padbury vs Roleystone: what the numbers say
The median house price is $1.2M in Padbury and $1.2M in Roleystone, so Padbury is the cheaper entry point, with Roleystone houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, Roleystone leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.41%, compared with 3.28% in Padbury, a gap of 0.13 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +22.9% in Padbury and +22.2% in Roleystone (an estimate), so recent momentum favours Padbury, although both suburbs recorded growth.
Rental vacancy is 1.0% in Padbury and 1.3% in Roleystone, so landlords in Padbury face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
Padbury is the bigger suburb, with a population of 8,626 against 6,848, larger than Roleystone; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: Roleystone for rental income, Padbury for a lower purchase price, Padbury for recent price momentum, Padbury 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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