Silver Sands vs South Lake
Property investment comparison - Silver Sands, WA 6210 vs South Lake, WA 6164
Head-to-head across core investment metrics: Silver Sands wins 0, South Lake wins 5. 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 | Silver Sands | South Lake |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $915K | $910K |
| Median unit price | - | - |
| Gross rental yield (houses) | 3.75% | 4.20% |
| Gross rental yield (units) | 4.59% | 4.89% |
| 1-year house growth | +20.5% | +20.5% |
| 3-year house growth | +64.8% | +73.5% |
| Vacancy rate | 2.6% | 1.0% |
| Population | 1,451 | 5,831 |
Silver Sands vs South Lake: what the numbers say
The median house price is $915K in Silver Sands and $910K in South Lake, so South Lake is the cheaper entry point, with Silver Sands houses about 1% dearer.
On cash flow, South Lake leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.20%, compared with 3.75% in Silver Sands, a gap of 0.45 percentage points.
Over the past year house prices moved +20.5% in both suburbs.
Looking back three years, Silver Sands houses are +64.8% and South Lake houses +73.5%, so South Lake has compounded faster than Silver Sands over the longer window.
Rental vacancy is 1.0% in South Lake and 2.6% in Silver Sands, so landlords in South Lake face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.
South Lake is the bigger suburb, with a population of 5,831 against 1,451, roughly 4.0 times the size of Silver Sands; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.
In short: South Lake for rental income, South Lake for a lower purchase price, South Lake 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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