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Crunching safety, prices and growth — this takes a moment for suburbs we haven't loaded recently.
Greater Geelong LGA · VIC
Signal · Higher risk
For an investor,
A read of Newtown'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 infrastructure (13 LGA projects · ~$1.5B); the watch-out is elevated crime risk.
Pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
Newtown ranks 6th of 6 among its Greater Geelong peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staughton Vale | — | — | 3.8% | Very safe |
| Point Wilson | — | — | 4.3% | Above average |
| Swan Bay | — | — | 2.6% | Very safe |
| NewtownThis suburb | $1.2m | +10% | 2.8% | High activity |
Every suburb gets the same data-backed verdict. Compare Newtown against its neighbours.
What could go wrong
Prices rose 10.2% over the year — modest +10% over the longer run.
By bedroom 2-bed $686k · 3-bed $985k · 4-bed $1.40m · 5-bed $2.41m
Tight rental market — landlords have the upper hand.
Sells slower than the VIC median — typically more room to negotiate.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Newtown median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 35/100 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 Newtown'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.