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Stonnington LGA · VIC
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For an investor,
A read of Malvern'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 affordability (mortgage ≈27% of local income · moderate); the watch-out is weak yield (1.9% gross).
Pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
Malvern ranks 2nd of 6 among its Stonnington peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kooyong | — | — | 2.8% | Elevated |
| MalvernThis suburb | $3.06m | +7% | 1.9% | Elevated |
| Malvern East | $2.05m | +8% | 2.2% | High activity |
What could go wrong
Malvern's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 75% of the total. That's noticeably above the Victorian average of 58%. Violent crime levels are in line with the state, and total offences are up 34% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
Prices rose 5.8% over the year — strong +103% over the longer run.
By bedroom 2-bed $2.20m · 3-bed $2.38m · 4-bed $3.31m · 5-bed $3.90m
Balanced rental market — neither tight nor oversupplied.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Sells at about the VIC pace.
Population growth is the clearest leading indicator of housing demand. Malvern grew +4% between 2015 and 2025, and is projected +21% more by 2036.
A comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Malvern median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 27/100 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
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Malvern'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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