Buy an Airbnb (Investment Property) in Albany
We find, check and secure Albany homes that can earn as short stays, then set them up for their first guest. Every property is checked against the local short-stay approval rules and real booking demand before you sign. Prefer a long-term rental? We buy those too, and test every Airbnb against its long-term rent so you always know your fallback.
Can you buy an Airbnb in Albany, WA? Yes, if it is registered and meets the City of Albany's planning rules. Every hosted and unhosted short-term rental in WA must be on the state STRA Register before it is advertised, hosted stays no longer need City of Albany development approval, and outside Perth the council decides the approval requirements for unhosted homes. Over the last 12 months, 3-bedroom houses sold at a median of $762,500 in Bayonet Head, $1,065,000 in Albany and $890,000 in Mira Mar, and 4-bedroom houses at $800,000 in Spencer Park.
What could this Albany home earn?
Found a property you like? Enter its address and see what similar short-stay homes nearby are earning, so you know whether the price stacks up before you offer.
- Yearly gross estimate from homes like it nearby
- Nightly rate and occupancy across the year
- Compared with long-term rent so you see the fallback
Revenue calculator
Want to check the Airbnb revenue potential?
Open the calculator and run a quick short-term rental revenue estimate without leaving this page.
Albany prices by suburb and bedrooms
Median sale prices and weekly long-term rents over the last 12 months. Pick a bedroom count, or turn on Compare and add as many as you like.
3-bedroom house in Bayonet Head · turn on Compare to add more bedroom counts
3 bedrooms
- Sales, 12 months
- 24
- Long-term rent
- $700 / wk
- Rent a year
- $36,400
- Gross yield
- 4.8%
- Price growth, 5 yrs
- +16.5% a yr
See every bedroom count in one table
| Houses | Units | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrooms | Median price | Sales | Rent / week | Median price | Sales | Rent / week |
| 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | — | 0 | $800 | — | — | — |
| 4 | $860,000 | 31 | $740 | — | — | — |
| 3 | $762,500 | 24 | $700 | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* Fewer than 5 sales, so treat the median as a guide only. Source: Stash Property, publicly available listing data, 12 months from 1 Oct 2025. Figures in AUD.
Who lives here, and how the market is moving
The figures a buyer should check before choosing a suburb. The Market card follows the Houses / Units and bedroom buttons above; People and Housing cover the whole suburb.
Market · 3-bed houses
- Median price
- $762,500
- Sales, 12 months
- 24
- Price growth, 12 months
- +23.0%
- Price growth, 5 years
- +16.5% a yr
- Days on market
- 35 days
- Leases, 12 months
- 10
- Days to lease
- 21 days
- Rental vacancy, all houses
- 0.2%
- Houses for sale, all sizes (Sep 2026)
- 28
People · whole suburb
- Population
- 3,272+9.1% over 5 years
- Aged 65 and over
- 23%
- Median household income
- $1,350 / week
- Advantage ranking
- 30th percentileof Australian suburbs (SEIFA)
- Distance to Perth
- 387 km
Housing · whole suburb
- Owner occupied
- 76%
- Rented
- 23%
- Social housing
- 5.5%
- New homes approved, 12 months
- 4727 houses · 20 units
- Median rent, 2021 Census
- $350 / week
- Rental vacancy under 1% means a strong long-term rental fallback if you ever stop short-stay letting.
- A low owner-occupier share and lots of new approvals can mean more competing rentals. Check both.
- Days on market shows how quickly you could sell. Fewer days means an easier exit.
ABS Census 2021 and Estimated Resident Population (ERP), ABS Building Approvals (last 12 months, SA2) and ABS SEIFA 2021, via Stash Property
Long-term rent is your fallback
A 3-bedroom house in Albany rents for $23,400 to $49,400 a year long term, depending on the suburb. A short stay only makes sense if it clears that comfortably after cleaning, platform and management costs, which is why we test both before you buy.
Follows the Houses / Units and bedroom buttons above. Turn on Compare to see several bedroom counts side by side.
| Suburb | Vacancyall houses | 3-bed rent a year | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 0.7% | $35,360$680/wk | 3.3% |
| Bayonet Head | 0.2% | $36,400$700/wk | 4.8% |
| Centennial Park | 0.0% | $32,240$620/wk | 4.1% |
| Collingwood Park | 0.6% | $34,840$670/wk | 4.5% |
| Emu Point | 0.3% | $49,400$950/wk | 3.7% |
| Gledhow | 0.9% | $35,880$690/wk | 5.4% |
| Goode Beach | 2.3% | $44,200$850/wk | 3.4% |
| Kronkup | 1.8% | $30,680$590/wk | — |
| Little Grove | 0.8% | $31,980$615/wk | 3.5% |
| Lockyer | 0.0% | $33,800$650/wk | 5.0% |
| Lower King | 1.2% | $39,000$750/wk | 4.9% |
| McKail | 0.5% | $33,800$650/wk | 4.4% |
| Middleton Beach | 0.7% | $38,220$735/wk | 2.0% |
| Milpara | 0.3% | $44,200$850/wk | 4.7% |
| Mira Mar | 0.4% | $35,100$675/wk | 3.9% |
| Mount Clarence | 0.5% | $33,800$650/wk | 3.4% |
| Mount Melville | 0.4% | $31,200$600/wk | 4.1% |
| Orana | 0.2% | $33,800$650/wk | 5.2% |
| Spencer Park | 0.4% | $31,200$600/wk | 4.3% |
| Warrenup | 1.1% | $23,400$450/wk | 2.6% |
| Willyung | 0.0% | $41,600$800/wk | 2.8% |
| Yakamia | 0.2% | $33,800$650/wk | 4.6% |
Albany short-stay rules for buyers
Taken from the same verified council audit as our Albany management page. Open a question for the detail and the official source.
YESDo I need to register an Airbnb in Western Australia?
Yes. Owners of hosted and unhosted short-term rentals must register on the state STRA Register, and it has been illegal to advertise an unregistered property, including on booking platforms, since 1 January 2025. The registration number must be shown in advertising. The initial fee is $250, with yearly renewal at $100, and fines reach $20,000 for an individual and $100,000 for a corporation.
WTP checks that the property can be registered and builds registration into the settlement plan.
NODoes a hosted Airbnb need City of Albany development approval?
No. The City of Albany says hosted short-stay accommodation, where the owner, occupier or their agent lives at the dwelling, on the same lot or in the ancillary dwelling, no longer requires development approval from the City. The property must still be on the state STRA Register, and the City notes one extra on-site parking bay per bedroom and strata approval where relevant.
WTP checks whether the hosted setup suits the property's layout before you buy.
CHECKDoes an unhosted Airbnb in Albany need development approval?
It depends on the City. Outside Perth and Peel, local governments decide the planning approval requirements for unhosted short-term rentals. Every short-term rental must be registered whether or not approval is needed, and registration may require proof of planning approval.
WTP checks the City of Albany's current requirements for the specific property and whether an existing approval is in place.
WA Department of Planning: Short-Term Rental Accommodation Planning Regulations ↗
CHECKWhat does the City of Albany's Holiday Accommodation policy require?
The City's Local Planning Policy 1.6 Holiday Accommodation caps a single house at 12 guests at a time, requires a management plan covering guest conduct, noise, cleaning, fire and complaint response, and asks for at least 2 on-site parking bays per 6 guests. No one may stay more than 3 months in any 12-month period, and operators keep a guest register.
WTP checks each shortlisted property against these tests, including parking and bedroom sizes, before you make an offer.
City of Albany: Local Planning Policy 1.6 Holiday Accommodation ↗
From brief to first booking
Brief
Budget, suburbs, bedrooms, and how much you will use it yourself.
Shortlist
On-market and off-market homes, each with a short-stay revenue check.
Rules check
Planning, council approval category, by-laws, pool and fire compliance.
Negotiate
Price, conditions and settlement terms, with approval risk built in.
Launch
Setup, listing and pricing so it can take bookings soon after settlement.
Outside Queensland and New South Wales, purchases are completed with a licensed local buyer's agent partner.
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Buying an Airbnb or investment property in Albany FAQs
Can I run an Airbnb in Albany, Middleton Beach or Emu Point?
Yes, if the property is registered on the WA STRA Register and meets the City of Albany's planning requirements. Hosted stays no longer need City development approval. For unhosted homes outside Perth, the local government decides the approval requirements, and the City's Holiday Accommodation policy sets out a management plan, parking and a 12-guest limit.
Which Albany suburbs have the most sales?
Over the last 12 months Stash recorded 56 sales in Bayonet Head, 50 in Spencer Park, 47 in McKail, 39 in Yakamia and 34 in Mira Mar. Beachside Middleton Beach and Emu Point had fewer sales and higher prices, with 3-bedroom houses at $1,900,000 and $1,350,000 from small samples.
What does an Airbnb earn in Albany?
We don't publish a single earnings figure, because results vary widely with the property, its distance to the beaches and the season. WTP runs a property-level revenue check using live booking data for comparable homes before you buy.
Does a buyer's agent need a licence to buy for me in Western Australia?
Buyer's agents must be licensed in the state where they act. WTP is licensed in Queensland and New South Wales; in Western Australia we act through licensed partners, so every purchase is handled under the right licence.
What does Wealth Through Property charge?
WTP's buyer's agent fees and what each service includes are set out on the Airbnb Buyer's Agent page (https://wealth-through-property.com.au/airbnb-buyers-agent/). We confirm the fee in writing before any work starts.
What if short-term letting doesn't work out?
The long-term rental market is a strong fallback. 3-bedroom houses leased at a median of $700 a week in Bayonet Head, $600 in Spencer Park and $650 in McKail, and Stash put house vacancy at 0.2% in Bayonet Head and 0.4% in Spencer Park.
Find a home that can earn before you buy it.
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