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Melton LGA · VIC
Signal · Strong fit
For an investor,
A read of Diggers Rest'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 growth (+18% / ~5 yrs) and fair yield (4.1% gross); the watch-out is moderate crime risk.
A balanced profile — match it against the dimensions you weight most.
Suburb highlights
Diggers Rest ranks 3rd of 6 among its Melton peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Heights | $745k | +14% | 3.9% | Very safe |
| Plumpton | — | — | 3.9% | Around average |
| Diggers RestThis suburb | $661k | +18% | 4.1% | Around average |
What could go wrong
Diggers Rest's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 65% of the total. That's noticeably above the Victorian average of 58%. Violent crime is less common than average here, and total offences have stayed roughly flat over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
A fast-filling new growth area — capital growth is still building from a small base.
By bedroom 3-bed $578k · 4-bed $700k
Balanced rental market — neither tight nor oversupplied.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Sells slower than the VIC median — typically more room to negotiate.
Diggers Rest is an emerging growth-area suburb — its resident base is still small and filling in fast, so a percentage off that tiny base overstates the trend. Read it as a new area being built out, not a precise growth rate.
A comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate. For a new growth area, the local income is a thin Census sample — read it as indicative.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Diggers Rest median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Strong fundamentals for a balanced focus — 58/100.
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Our verdict
A reasonable fit for a balanced focusEvery figure on Diggers Rest'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.
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Indicative only; not financial or safety advice.