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Cardinia LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Caldermeade'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 fair yield (3.4% gross); the watch-out is high crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Caldermeade'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.
“Premium” means desirable but costly to enter, not a negative.
Caldermeade ranks 6th of 6 among its Cardinia peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koo Wee Rup North | A · 73 | — | — | 3.9% | Very safe |
| Cora Lynn | A · 73 | — | — | 3.5% | Very safe |
| Vervale | A · 71 | — | — | 3.5% | Very safe |
| CaldermeadeThis suburb | D · 34 | — | — | 3.4% | 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.
How to read these numbers
Caldermeade's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 88% of the total. That's noticeably above the Victorian average of 58%. Violent crime is less common than average here, and total offences are up 6% over 4 years.
Hover any segment for the full breakdown.
Steal from a retail store is rising — +400% over 3 years (1 → 5).
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Caldermeade median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Poor fundamentals for a balanced focus — 34/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 3.4% gross house yield maps to 48/100 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 3/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
3 funded projects (~$638M) across the whole council area. Ranked by investment per resident, this LGA sits in the top 24% of VIC for infrastructure spend (76/100). Applies to every suburb in the LGA, not just this one.
Our verdict
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Caldermeade'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 Caldermeade's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about CaldermeadeFree 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. Caldermeade grew +63% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +101% more by 2036.
Blended from Caldermeade's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates, not suburb-exact.
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.
The figures behind the Suburb Score — rental vacancy (2025); under ~2% is a tight market.
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