As rental conditions in Australia's largest cities continue to tighten, there's a distinct pattern emerging among the nation's highest-yielding markets.
NSW is without doubt the home to the country's highest-yielding suburbs, if the latest release of CoreLogic RP Data is anything to go by – but you won’t find any of them in Sydney.
The state was home to 12 suburbs with a gross rental yield in excess of 10 per cent – driven largely by holiday rentals recording high seasonal rents.
The highest-yielding was the south coast town of Broulee – where units pulled in a whopping $1,600 weekly rent to deliver a yield of 27.92 per cent (based on a median unit price of $298,000).
Drive five hours up the coastline and you’ll find Wagstaffe: the central coast town recording a gross rental yield of 19.44 per cent, calculated on a weekly rent of $2,850 and a median house price of $762,500.
Only a six-minute drive further along sits Killcare, which recorded a yield of 16.74 per cent based on a rental of $2,750 and a median house price of $854,000.
Outside of NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and the Northern Territory were also home to notably high-yielding suburbs.
Carrickalinga, a small coastal town around 60 kilometres south of Adelaide, recorded SA’s highest rental yield of 16.42 per cent. That figure was calculated on an advertised rent of $1,200 per week, and a median house price of $380,000.
Port Vincent, another South Australian holiday favourite, recorded a gross rental yield of 13.94 per cent, calculated on a weekly rent rate of $910 and a median house price of $339,500.
In Tasmania, the seaside towns of Bicheno, Zeehan and Queenstown all returned impressive performances.
Bicheno recorded a gross rental yield of 15.62 per cent, Zeehan a yield of 13 per cent and Queenstown a yield of 12.19 per cent.
Queensland’s Nelly Bay recorded a gross rental yield of 14.56 per cent based on a weekly asking rent of $350 and a median unit price of $135,000.
Moving away from the high-yielding coastal markets, the Northern Territory’s new build areas of Zuccoli and Johnston (located in the satellite city of Palmerston) are showing indications of profitability, although the figures are likely skewed by the release of vacant blocks onto the marketplace.
Zuccoli recorded a gross rental yield of 16.29 per cent, based on a median house price of $233,000 and an asking rent of $730.
Johnston recorded a gross rental yield of 11.81 per cent, based on a median house price of $295,000 and a weekly rent of $670.
To see the full list of highest-yielding suburbs, click here.
