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Mornington Peninsula LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Hastings'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 (+23% / ~5 yrs) and fair yield (4.2% gross); the watch-out is average crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Hastings'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.
Hastings ranks 5th of 6 among its Mornington Peninsula peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill South | — | — | 3.4% | Very safe |
| Merricks Beach | — | — | 4.0% | Above average |
| HMAS Cerberus | — | — | 0.0% | Very safe |
| HastingsThis suburb | $692k | +23% | 4.2% | 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.
Hastings's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 59% of the total. That's broadly in line with the Victorian average. Violent crime levels are in line with the state, and total offences are up 36% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
Safety is one of the five inputs behind this suburb's PropSignal Score.
Forgery and counterfeiting is rising — +243% over 3 years (7 → 24).
Reported offences per 10,000 residents — population-adjusted, so size doesn't distort the comparison.
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Hastings median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Reasonable fundamentals for a balanced focus — 56/100.
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Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Hastings'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 Hastings's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about HastingsFree 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. Hastings grew +11% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +10% more by 2036.
Forecast and historical growth are blended from Hastings's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates. Suburb-exact demographics are in “Who lives in Hastings” below.
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.
Largest by enrolment · 2024.
Median sale price by property type and size, 2025; the chart shows the yearly median trend. Yield is gross rental yield.
Typically sells in 67 days — about the 62-day VIC median.
Typically sells in 83 days — slower than the 62-day VIC median, so more room to negotiate.
Sale activity, 2025. Fewer sales and longer days on market usually mean more room to negotiate.
The figures behind the Suburb Score — median, growth and yield are house-level (or blended across dwelling types), so match them to what you're targeting. Rental vacancy (2025) — under ~2% is a tight market.