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Surf Coast LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Mount Moriac'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 infrastructure (1 LGA project); the watch-out is high crime risk.
The bigger picture
How Mount Moriac'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.
Each category is rated on its own scale — weigh the ones that matter to you. “Premium” means desirable but costly to enter, not a negative.
Mount Moriac ranks 6th of 6 among its Surf Coast peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambra | A · 69 | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| Wensleydale | A · 65 | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| Winchelsea South | A · 65 | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| Modewarre | A · 58 | — | — | 2.1% | Very safe |
| Barrabool | A · 55 | — | — | 1.8% | Very safe |
| Mount MoriacThis suburb | E · 20 | — | — | 2.1% | 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.
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Mount Moriac median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Poor fundamentals for a balanced focus — 20/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 2.1% gross house yield maps to 19/100 on the yield scale.
Affordability data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
Safety score of 10/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
1 funded project in the council-wide pipeline maps to 50/100 (LGA-wide, not suburb-specific).
Our verdict
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Mount Moriac'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 Mount Moriac's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about Mount MoriacFree 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. Mount Moriac grew +17% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +23% more by 2036.
Blended from Mount Moriac's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates, not suburb-exact.
Source: ABS 2021 Census, suburb level. 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.
Median house price, five-year capital growth and gross rental yield — plus rental vacancy (2025); under ~2% is a tight rental market — the figures behind the Suburb Score below.
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