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Port Phillip LGA · VIC
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For an investor,
A read of St Kilda West'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 (2 LGA projects · ~$642M); the watch-out is weak growth (-12% / ~5 yrs).
Pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
St Kilda West ranks 6th of 6 among its Port Phillip peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Park | $2.31m | +21% | 2.2% | High activity |
| Elwood | $2.22m | +5% | 2.6% | Elevated |
| Ripponlea | $1.83m | −8% | 2.6% | Around average |
| St Kilda WestThis suburb | $2.32m | −12% | 2.6% | Elevated |
What could go wrong
St Kilda West's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 72% 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 13% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
Prices eased 3.4% over the year — strong +103% over the longer run. (thin market — too few sales to be reliable)
Balanced rental market — neither tight nor oversupplied.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Population growth is the clearest leading indicator of housing demand. St Kilda West grew +10% between 2015 and 2025, and is projected +20% more by 2036.
A comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the St Kilda West median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 23/100 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 St Kilda West'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.