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Melton LGA · VIC
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For an investor,
A read of Mount Cottrell'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 (4.9% gross); the watch-out is weak growth (-38% / ~5 yrs).
An income play more than a growth play — buy for cash-flow, not capital gains, and pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
Mount Cottrell ranks 5th of 6 among its Melton peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Heights | $745k | +14% | 3.9% | Very safe |
| Plumpton | — | — | 3.9% | Around average |
| Exford | — | — | 3.8% | Elevated |
| Mount CottrellThis suburb | $573k | −38% | 4.9% | High activity |
What could go wrong
How to read these numbers
Mount Cottrell's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 73% of the total. That's noticeably above the Victorian average of 58%. Violent crime is less common than average here, and total offences are up 55% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
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.
Mount Cottrell 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 Mount Cottrell median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Reasonable fundamentals for a balanced focus — 41/100.
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Our verdict
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Mount Cottrell'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.