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Mornington Peninsula LGA · VIC
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For an investor,
A read of St Andrews 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 low crime risk; the watch-out is weak growth (-8% / ~5 yrs).
A balanced profile — match it against the dimensions you weight most.
Suburb highlights
St Andrews Beach ranks 6th of 6 among its Mornington Peninsula peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Ridge | — | — | 2.8% | Very safe |
| Merricks | — | — | 2.7% | Very safe |
| Merricks Beach | — | — | 4.0% | Around average |
| St Andrews BeachThis suburb | $1.6m | −8% | 3.0% | Very safe |
Every suburb gets the same data-backed verdict. Compare St Andrews Beach against its neighbours.
What could go wrong
A fast-filling new growth area — capital growth is still building from a small base.
By bedroom 3-bed $1.20m · 4-bed $1.78m
Soft rental market — higher vacancy, so weigh the income side carefully.
Approvals are outpacing demand — incoming supply can cap price and rent growth.
Sells slower than the VIC median — typically more room to negotiate.
St Andrews 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 St Andrews Beach median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 46/100 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
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on St Andrews 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.