Salisbury East vs West End
Property investment comparison - Salisbury East, QLD 4107 vs West End, QLD 4101
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Salisbury East wins 0, West End 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 | Salisbury East | West End |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1.4M | $1.4M |
| Median unit price | $1.0M | $950K |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 2.81% | 3.39% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 2.77% | - |
| 1-year house growth | - | +19.2% |
| 3-year house growth | - | +0.9% |
| Vacancy rate | 1.5% | 1.1% |
| Population | 6,790 | 14,730 |
Salisbury East vs West End: what the numbers say
Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $1.4M in Salisbury East and $1.4M in West End.
For units, Salisbury East sits at a median of $1.0M against $950K in West End, which makes West End the more affordable unit market and Salisbury East the pricier one.
On cash flow, West End leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 3.39%, compared with 2.81% in Salisbury East, a gap of 0.58 percentage points.
Rental vacancy is 1.1% in West End and 1.5% in Salisbury East, so landlords in West End face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
West End is the bigger suburb, with a population of 14,730 against 6,790, roughly 2.2 times the size of Salisbury East; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: West End for rental income, West End 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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