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Macedon Ranges LGA · VIC
Signal · Worth a look
For an investor,
A read of Gisborne South'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 affordability (mortgage ≈19% of local income · very affordable); the watch-out is weak yield (2.8% gross).
A balanced profile — match it against the dimensions you weight most.
Suburb highlights
Gisborne South ranks 6th of 6 among its Macedon Ranges peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrie | — | — | 5.2% | Very safe |
| Cobaw | — | — | 3.0% | Very safe |
| Fern Hill | — | — | 3.0% | Very safe |
| Gisborne SouthThis suburb | — | — | 2.8% | Around average |
What could go wrong
A fast-filling new growth area — capital growth is still building from a small base.
Tight rental market — landlords have the upper hand.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Gisborne South 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 Gisborne South median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Reasonable fundamentals for a balanced focus — 44/100.
Our verdict
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Gisborne South'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.