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Warrnambool LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Bushfield's fundamentals as they stand — not a price forecast. The scorecard below rates each factor so you can weigh the ones that matter to you.
The draw is low crime risk; the watch-out is weak yield (3.2% gross).
The bigger picture
How Bushfield's metrics connect, ordered for the selected buyer — derived from the figures above, not a forecast.
The overall Suburb Score, then each category on its own scale — weigh the ones that matter to you.
Each category is rated on its own scale — weigh the ones that matter to you. “Premium” means desirable but costly to enter, not a negative.
Bushfield ranks 1st of 2 among its Warrnambool peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BushfieldThis suburb | A · 64 | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| Warrnambool | A · 63 | $602k | +45% | 4.8% | High activity |
Peers are same-LGA suburbs from the safety roster, scored on the same Suburb Score (a balanced weighting). For context, the VIC benchmark median is ~$780k.
What could go wrong
We surface the downside on purpose — most tools only show the upside. Observations from the data we hold, not advice.
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Bushfield median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Mixed fundamentals for a balanced focus — 64/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 3.2% gross house yield maps to 44/100 on the yield scale.
Affordability data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
Safety score of 80/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
3 funded projects in the council-wide pipeline maps to 73/100 (LGA-wide, not suburb-specific).
Our verdict
A reasonable fit for a balanced focusEvery figure on Bushfield's page comes from free, public government data — no scraped listings. Some datasets carry a reporting lag (e.g. Census is 2021, ABS releases settle a quarter behind), so read them as a considered starting point, not live quotes.
Chat to PropSignal AI about Bushfield's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about BushfieldFree government data, each metric at its latest available year — see full sources & licensing. Indicative only; not financial or safety advice.
Population growth is the clearest leading indicator of housing demand. Bushfield grew +10% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +12% more by 2036.
Blended from Bushfield's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates, not suburb-exact.
Source: ABS 2021 Census, suburb level. Median household income is gross (before tax). Affordability is median rent/mortgage against the suburb's median household income — a comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate.
Median house price, five-year capital growth and gross rental yield — plus rental vacancy (2025); under ~2% is a tight rental market — the figures behind the Suburb Score below.
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