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Baw Baw LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Rawson'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 (4.1% gross); the watch-out is high crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Rawson'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.
Rawson ranks 6th of 6 among its Baw Baw peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumina | A · 79 | — | — | 4.1% | Very safe |
| Lillico | A · 77 | — | — | 4.1% | Very safe |
| Ferndale | A · 70 | — | — | 3.1% | Very safe |
| Gainsborough | A · 64 | — | — | 2.6% | Very safe |
| Nayook | A · 56 | — | — | 0.0% | Very safe |
| RawsonThis suburb | B · 48 | $354k | +4% | 4.1% | 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.
How to read these numbers
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Rawson median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Weak fundamentals for a balanced focus — 48/100.
A 5-year median-price change of +4% maps to 28/100 on the growth scale.
A 4.1% gross house yield maps to 63/100 on the yield scale.
A median of $354k against the ~$780k VIC benchmark maps to 97/100.
Safety score of 15/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
4 funded projects (~$356M) across the whole council area. Ranked by investment per resident, this LGA sits in the top 29% of VIC for infrastructure spend (71/100). Applies to every suburb in the LGA, not just this one.
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Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Rawson'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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Ask AI about RawsonFree 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. Rawson grew +10% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +6% more by 2036.
Blended from Rawson'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.
Government & non-government schools located in Rawson (2024), largest by enrolment.
Median sale price by property type and size, 2025; the chart shows the yearly median trend. Trend uses the most-traded bedroom size where an all-bedroom series wasn't available. Yield is gross rental yield.
Sale activity, 2025: 1-year price change, annual sales volume, days on market and auction clearance. Fewer sales and longer days on market usually mean more room to negotiate.
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.