Demand 9/10: Oxford Street is Perth's strongest inner commercial strip; affluent demographic ($105k avg household income) with consistent spending.
Demand 9/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 4/10
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High demand relative to competition density — gaps where customer-to-venue ratios may still favour new entrants.
Ranked by demand strength minus competition density.
Demand 9/10: Oxford Street is Perth's strongest inner commercial strip; affluent demographic ($105k avg household income) with consistent spending.
Demand 9/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 8/10: Beaufort Street has the best entry timing in Perth — improving demographics, thin competition supply.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 4/10 · Competition 3/10
Demand 8/10: best rent-to-revenue ratio in inner Perth — 20% below Subiaco rents with comparable demographic quality.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 4/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 8/10: Broadway serves UWA and QEII Medical Centre with dual weekday demand drivers.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 8/10: among the highest spend-per-visit catchments in metropolitan Perth.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 6/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 8/10: anchored by Curtin University's main campus — one of WA's largest, with a big international cohort, on-campus housing and Bentley Technology Park alongside it — a large, young (median age 32), internationally diverse student-and-research catchment (38.7% in tertiary education; strong Chinese, Indian, Malaysian and Bhutanese communities) on a value cost base.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 5/10
Demand 8/10: Claremont Quarter spillover drives post-shopping café and casual dining trade.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 6/10 · Competition 5/10
Demand 8/10: an outer-west Indian-Punjabi mega-corridor (36,305 residents — largest in this set, median age 30, household income $2,126/week, 26.2% Indian ancestry, 13.1% Punjabi at home — highest in this set, 85.6% family households) with master-planned town-centre catchment.
Demand 8/10 · Rent 4/10 · Competition 5/10
Demand 7/10: Napoleon Street supports premium brunch and boutique formats with affluent resident base.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 6/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: Scarborough Beach Road village loyalty rivals inner strips at lower rent.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 4/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: Angelo Street riverside trade plus CBD ferry commuter morning window.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: Preston Street village trade is steady with Curtin spillover.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 3/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: Whatley Crescent riverside village improving with professional in-migration.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 4/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: premium western-suburbs spend per deliberate visit.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 6/10 · Competition 4/10
Demand 7/10: Applecross-adjacent village trade on Ardross Street.
Demand 7/10 · Rent 5/10 · Competition 4/10
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