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Crunching safety, prices and growth — this takes a moment for suburbs we haven't loaded recently.
Melbourne LGA · VIC
Signal · Worth a look
For an investor,
A read of East Melbourne'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 strong growth (+30% / ~5 yrs); the watch-out is weak yield (1.6% gross).
Growth is the draw — weigh the entry price against the upside, and pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
East Melbourne ranks 1st of 6 among its Melbourne peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East MelbourneThis suburb | $3.72m | +30% | 1.6% | High activity |
| West Melbourne | $1.37m | +13% | 2.6% | High activity |
| South Wharf | — | — | 2.9% | High activity |
What could go wrong
Prices eased 1.4% over the year — strong +108% over the longer run. (based on 10 recent sales — indicative only)
By bedroom 4-bed $4.51m
Balanced rental market — neither tight nor oversupplied.
Population growth is the clearest leading indicator of housing demand. East Melbourne grew −3% between 2015 and 2025, and is projected +5% more by 2036.
A comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the East Melbourne median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 48/100 on growth-and-yield fundamentals. Blue-chip prices come with lower yields and slower growth — the trade-off for stability, not weak fundamentals.
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Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on East Melbourne'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.