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Wellington LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Fulham'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 yield (4.4% gross); the watch-out is elevated crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Fulham'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.
Fulham ranks 6th of 6 among its Wellington peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Sale | A · 85 | — | — | 5.0% | Very safe |
| Dutson Downs | A · 78 | — | — | 4.4% | Very safe |
| Giffard | A · 78 | — | — | 4.4% | Very safe |
| Glomar Beach | A · 78 | — | — | 4.4% | Very safe |
| Blackwarry | A · 73 | — | — | 3.6% | Very safe |
| FulhamThis suburb | B · 53 | — | — | 4.4% | Elevated |
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
Fulham's most common reported offences are court & bail offences — about 79% of the total. That's noticeably above the Victorian average of 16%. Violent crime is less common than average here, and total offences are down 49% over 4 years.
Hover any segment for the full breakdown.
Breach family violence order is rising — +277% over 3 years (13 → 49).
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Fulham median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Mixed fundamentals for a balanced focus — 53/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 4.4% gross house yield maps to 69/100 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 37/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
1 funded project in the council-wide pipeline maps to 55/100 (LGA-wide, not suburb-specific).
Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Fulham'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 Fulham's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about FulhamFree 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. Fulham grew +3% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +8% more by 2036.
Blended from Fulham'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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