Best 50 Perth Suburbs for Next 12 Months

Smart Investor magazine's April issue came up with an article featuring what they consider to be the Top 601 suburbs around Australia. For WA, they had a list of 100 suburbs to watch. I took the list and sorted it by the 12-month forecast, then by the Gross Rental Yield to come up with a top 50 suburbs list below. If you would like to see their statistics, I suggest you buy the April edition of SmartInvestor.

When you look at the list, it is important to note that some of these "suburbs" are not in the metropolitan area such as South Hedland which, if you can see from this map, is a little out of town from Perth. West Perth (units and houses), Willetton, Thornlie, Canning Vale, and Bassendean were the highest "real" Perth suburbs amongst the nine suburbs that they predict will have a 12 month growth of five or more percent in WA.

Suburb	Number sold 2011	Median Price	YoY %	3-yr %	12-month forecast	Median rent	Gross rental yield %
South Hedland	219	$750,000	7.9	13.7	5+	$1,700	snr
West Perth Units	56	$405,000	9.5	7.6	5+	$478	5.6
Willetton	199	$575,000	0.7	3.9	5+	$400	3.9
Thornlie	335	$390,000	-1.3	2.4	5+	$390	5.1
Canning Vale	490	$525,000	-1.9	2.3	5+	$450	4.7
Bassendean	167	$448,500	-0.3	2.2	5+	$380	4.3
Port Kennedy	239	$380,000	-0.5	1.1	5+	$350	4.7
West Perth	155	$565,000	2.7	0.9	5+	$515	5.0
Boulder	119	$263,000	-1.7	-0.9	5+	$320	6.6
Cable Beach	64	$722,000	-1.1	5.5	5	$750	4.8
Maida Vale	64	$488,500	-0.3	4.4	5	$420	4.6
Duncraig	204	$633,000	-2.6	2.8	5	$500	4.3
Alexander Hts	85	$432,000	0.3	2.6	5	$405	5.1
High Wycombe	191	$397,000	-3.2	1.2	5	$400	5.0
Seville Grove	177	$339,000	-3.1	0.9	5	$360	5.6
Mindarie	113	$660,000	0.4	0.8	5	$550	4.5
Ballajura	242	$395,000	-2.9	0.4	5	$400	5.1
Armadale	191	$280,000	-3.3	0.3	5	$300	5.3
Harrisdale	82	$542,500	0.0	-2.3	5	$470	snr
Perth	71	$357,000	-0.8	-2.7	5	$490	5.0
St James	89	$480,000	-2.8	5.1	4	$380	3.9
Rockingham	305	$370,000	-2.6	5.0	4	$345	4.6
Erskine	51	$460,000	9.0	5.0	4	$310	4.0
Bulgatra	62	$747,500	4.3	3.7	4	$1,500	snr
Bull Creek	82	$636,000	0.2	3.7	4	$450	4.0
Maylands	228	$487,000	-2.6	3.4	4	$425	4.5
Kardinya	124	$585,000	0.8	3.0	4	$430	3.8
Bedford	80	$585,000	-3.7	3.0	4	$380	3.0
Hilton *	62	$502,500	3.6	2.3	4	$395	snr
Craigie	124	$407,000	-3.7	2.3	4	$360	4.7
Mt Hawthorn	103	$800,000	0.1	2.3	4	$495	3.4
Hamilton Hill	158	$449,750	-3.3	2.1	4	$380	4.2
Kingsley	149	$537,500	-2.1	2.1	4	$450	4.0
Southern Rvr	127	$525,000	-3.0	2.0	4	$450	4.5
Beldon	65	$430,000	-3.4	2.0	4	$350	4.4
Beechboro	130	$377,250	-2.0	1.6	4	$370	4.9
Atwell	155	$497,000	-2.5	1.5	4	$430	4.6
Connolly	67	$610,000	-3.7	1.3	4	snr	snr
Cloverdale	149	$425,000	-1.4	1.2	4	$395	4.8
Bentley	125	$420,000	-3.6	1.2	4	$383	4.5
South Lake	98	$386,000	-3.5	1.1	4	$380	4.7
Huntingdale	145	$381,000	-2.3	1.0	4	$370	5.0
Kalgoorlie	155	$312,000	11.6	0.8	4	$370	6.6
Meadow Springs	128	$399,000	-1.5	0.8	4	$350	4.7
Mullaloo	79	$655,000	1.6	0.8	4	$500	4.0
Gosnells	294	$315,250	-3.0	0.6	4	$330	5.2
Ocean Reef	89	$710,000	0.7	0.6	4	$590	3.9
Joondalup	185	$445,000	0.0	0.2	4	$390	4.3
Edgewater	83	$480,000	-2.4	0.2	4	$400	4.1
Dudley Park	106	$405,000	0.3	-0.3	4	$330	4.3

The next 50 suburbs were Cooloongup, Kallaroo, Hannans, Somerville, Coodanup, Victoria Park, Manning, Queens Park, Victoria Park, Cannington, Palmyra, Wattle Grove, Wanneroo, Osborne Pane, Lynwood, Currambine, East Cannington, Rivervale, Beckenham, Waikiki, Northam, The Vines, Madeley, Eaton, Hocking, Maddington, Yanchep, Wambro, Bertram, Australind, Swan View, East Bunbury, Kalamunda, East Perth, lluka, Sorrento, Beaconsfield, Mosman Park, Nth Fremantle, Morley, Embleton, Nollamara, Karrinyup, Applecross, Claremont, Balcatta, Banksia Grove, East Victoria Pk, Stirling, City Beach.