Six Perth Suburbs in Australia's Top 10

In a significant endorsement for the Perth property market, the Your Investment Property magazine this month released their findings from a survey with top property experts around Australia. They listed the top ten suburbs in Australia and would you believe six of that top ten are in Perth!

2012 top 10
Location	State	Distance CBD	Last year’s ranking
1. South Brisbane	Queensland	2kms from Brisbane	Not in top 100
2. Morley	WA	9kms from Perth	Not in top 100
3. Gladstone	Queensland	550kms from Brisbane	#2
4. Como	WA	6kms from Perth	Not in top 100
5. Perth	WA	1km from Perth	Not in top 100
6. South Hedland	WA	1,308kms from Perth	#3
7. Alexandria	NSW	4kms from Sydney	#1
8. Hornsby	NSW	27kms from Sydney	Not in top 100
9. Wembley	WA	5kms from Perth	Not in top 100
10. Fremantle	WA	14kms from Perth	Not in top 100

When you compare last year's top ten, you can see that there has been a serious shift westward in the last 12 months amongst the experts.

2011 top 10
1. Alexandria	Inner Sydney
2. Gladstone	Regional Queensland (mining)
3. South Hedland	Regional WA (mining)
4. Newman	Regional WA (mining
5. Newtown	Inner Sydney
6. Potts Point	Inner Sydney
7. Toowoomba	Regional Queensland
8. Jannali	Outer Sydney
9. Chinchilla	Regional Queensland (mining)
10, Mount Colah	Outer Sydney

So where are you shopping for your next home in Perth?