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Mornington Peninsula LGA · VIC
Signal · Strong fit
For an investor,
A read of Merricks Beach'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 yield (4.0% gross); the watch-out is moderate crime risk.
A balanced profile — match it against the dimensions you weight most.
Suburb highlights
Merricks Beach ranks 5th of 6 among its Mornington Peninsula peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Schanck | $1.57m | +43% | 2.8% | Very safe |
| Main Ridge | — | — | 2.8% | Very safe |
| Merricks | — | — | 2.7% | Very safe |
| Merricks BeachThis suburb | — | — | 4.0% | Around average |
What could go wrong
A fast-filling new growth area — capital growth is still building from a small base.
Soft rental market — higher vacancy, so weigh the income side carefully.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Merricks Beach 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 Merricks Beach median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Strong fundamentals for a balanced focus — 57/100.
Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Merricks Beach'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.