Sailors Gully vs White Hills

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $580K in Sailors Gully and $580K in White Hills.

For units, Sailors Gully sits at a median of $460K against $480K in White Hills, which makes Sailors Gully the more affordable unit market and White Hills the pricier one.

On cash flow, White Hills leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.60%, compared with 4.05% in Sailors Gully, a gap of 0.55 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +8.4% in Sailors Gully and +9.7% in White Hills, so recent momentum favours White Hills, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Sailors Gully houses are +17.3% and White Hills houses +15.8%, so Sailors Gully has compounded faster than White Hills over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 0.9% in White Hills and 3.5% in Sailors Gully, so landlords in White Hills face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

White Hills is the bigger suburb, with a population of 3,620 against 743, roughly 4.9 times the size of Sailors Gully; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

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