What does the Southcoast offer?
Our cool climate makes living in Albany and surrounds a pleasure. We enjoy a mild summer with only a handful of really hot days, with gentle winters influenced by our coastal location. Of course, living a country lifestyle takes away the pressures of city traffic and congestion. Other local advantages include a well established community with many clubs & great facilities and an excellent grammar school & university. Our pristine beaches, forests, mountains & waterways, plus great fishing, swimming & surfing make this a unique place to live. Some of Albany's local industries include a world acclaimed whisky distillery, an oyster farm, the Great Southern's cool climate wine region and tourism, with the National ANZAC Centre at its heart. Albany also offers a sophisticated historic town environment which includes a contemporary world-class enterainment centre, a vibrant shopping precinct and a wide array of excellent cafes, restaurants & small bars.

Compare Albany residential property prices
with Perth.

Albany offers lifestyle & value for money with more property variety than Perth and very much more affordable prices. When you visit Albany, you will find a well-supplied and diverse range of rural and coastal lifestyle properties, plus a good mix of luxury residential, suburban & units in and around the town area. The median price in Albany is currently $375,000 as compared with Perth at $510,000.

Albany's property rental investment market compares well with Perth

Given the wide range of housing categories here in Albany, tenants and investors have a great selection of property available to them, whatever their budget. Investing in Albany’s rental market is a lower risk proposition than investing in Perth. Albany’s median house price is low, compared with Perth and our median rental price is an affordable $350 per week, compared with $380 in Perth. Albany vacancy rates are low at 3-4% compared with Perth at
5 -6%, great news for investors as properties won’t be vacant for long periods of time. These 3 factors, low entry price, affordable rental prices & low vacancy rates, combine to reduce risk for rental property investors.