Last Updated: Sept. 28, 2019
Melbourne - Apartments	COST (US$)		YIELD (p.a.)
	TO BUY	MONTHLY RENT
Balwin
1 BR	n.a.	1,149	n.a.
2 BR	410,720	1,267	3.70%
3 BR	850,000	1,768	2.50%
Brighton
1 BR	374,000	1,179	3.78%
2 BR	612,000	1,621	3.18%
3 BR	975,800	2,343	2.88%
Cambwewell
1 BR	158,100	1,149	8.72%
2 BR	467,840	1,355	3.48%
3 BR	848,300	1,909	2.70%
Canterbury
1 BR	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
2 BR	n.a.	1,297	n.a.
3 BR	1,074,400	2,322	2.59%
Caulfield North
1 BR	272,000	1,031	4.55%
2 BR	410,040	1,355	3.97%
3 BR	604,520	1,915	3.80%
Hawthorn
1 BR	258,400	1,061	4.93%
2 BR	391,000	1,355	4.16%
3 BR	738,480	2,018	3.28%
Malvern
1 BR	265,200	1,105	5.00%
2 BR	414,800	1,355	3.92%
3 BR	811,240	2,057	3.04%
South Yarra
1 BR	268,600	1,179	5.27%
2 BR	418,200	1,621	4.65%
3 BR	690,200	2,357	4.10%
Surrey Hills
1 BR	n.a.	1,120	n.a.
2 BR	487,220	1,282	3.16%
3 BR	811,920	1,842	2.72%
Toorak
1 BR	278,800	1,031	4.44%
2 BR	518,500	1,444	3.34%
3 BR	1,115,200	2,136	2.30%
PERTH APARTMENTS
Cottesloe
1 BR	288,490	1,031	4.29%
2 BR	479,400	1,326	3.32%
3 BR	1,091,400	1,915	2.11%
Nedlands
1 BR	n.a.	869	n.a.
2 BR	374,000	1,061	3.40%
3 BR	n.a.	1,326	n.a.
Crawley
1 BR	216,920	863	4.78%
2 BR	n.a.	1,105	n.a.
3 BR	680,000	1,621	2.86%
Claremont
1 BR	n.a.	1,061	n.a.
2 BR	333,200	1,179	4.24%
3 BR	584,800	1,680	3.45%
Applecross
1 BR	n.a.	766	n.a.
2 BR	352,580	943	3.21%
3 BR	564,400	1,385	2.94%
SYDNEY APARTMENTS
Bellevue Hill
1 BR	453,560	1,532	4.05%
2 BR	646,000	1,915	3.56%
3 BR	1,428,000	2,947	2.48%
Darling Point
1 BR	n.a.	1,901	n.a.
2 BR	1,054,000	2,505	2.85%
3 BR	2,074,000	4,125	2.39%
Double Bay
1 BR	n.a.	1,650	n.a.
2 BR	714,000	2,092	3.52%
3 BR	1,985,600	3,241	1.96%
Mc Mahons Point
1 BR	544,000	1,547	3.41%
2 BR	963,900	2,063	2.57%
3 BR	n.a.	3,536	n.a.
Kirribilli
1 BR	586,500	1,473	3.01%
2 BR	1,173,000	2,063	2.11%
3 BR	n.a.	3,094	n.a.
Paddington
1 BR	433,500	1,429	3.96%
2 BR	623,900	2,210	4.25%
3 BR	n.a.	3,020	n.a.
Point Piper
2 BR	n.a.	2,617	n.a.
3 BR	n.a.	3,904	n.a.
Potts Point
1 BR	408,000	1,606	4.72%
2 BR	710,600	2,416	4.08%
3 BR	n.a.	4,046	n.a.
Pyrmont
1 BR	418,200	1,680	4.82%
2 BR	680,000	2,278	4.02%
3 BR	1,819,000	3,610	2.38%
Rose Bay
1 BR	n.a.	1,532	n.a.
2 BR	691,900	1,915	3.32%
3 BR	1,428,000	3,241	2.72%
Vaucluse
1 BR	n.a.	1,621	n.a.
2 BR	642,600	2,004	3.74%
3 BR	n.a.	2,505	n.a.
All yields are gross - i.e., before taxes, repair costs, ground rents, estate agents fees, and any other costs. Net yields (what you´ll really earn) are typically around 1.5% to 2% lower. Source: www.realestate.com.au Definitions: Data FAQ See also: Update Schedule

Our Sydney apartment survey is based on the number of bedrooms, because so few advertisements cite square metre measurements.

As we would expect, there are huge difference in the cost of apartments in Sydney depending on area, from relatively inexpensive Vaucluse, to high-priced darling Point and Potts Point. What doesn´t differ much are the now low gross rental yields available on Sydney properties (the rental yield is the per cent return on the purchase cost of a property). This will not make landlords happy.

It is rare in Sydney to be able to earn more than 3.7%, and most apartments return less. Bear in mind that usually costs of various kinds will absorb at least 2% of those returns, so that net returns will be a lot lower than the gross figures.

Small apartments earn significantly higher rental returns than big apartments. This is particularly true in the more expensive districts, and if you are looking for yields the table will tell you that the exception to our generally low return figures are 1 bedroom apartments in Potts Point, which can earn gross rental yields of 4.9%.

Surprising, but worth investigating.