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Mitchell LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Tallarook'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 (3.4% gross); the watch-out is high crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Tallarook'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.
“Premium” means desirable but costly to enter, not a negative.
Tallarook ranks 6th of 6 among its Mitchell peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathcote South | A · 81 | — | — | 4.4% | Very safe |
| Glenaroua | A · 75 | — | — | 3.7% | Very safe |
| Nulla Vale | A · 69 | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| TallarookThis suburb | D · 34 | — | — | 3.4% | 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
Tallarook's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 55% of the total. That's broadly in line with the Victorian average. Violent crime levels are in line with the state, and total offences are up 8% over 4 years.
Hover any segment for the full breakdown.
Receiving or handling stolen goods is rising — +500% over 3 years (1 → 6).
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Tallarook median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Poor fundamentals for a balanced focus — 34/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 3.4% gross house yield maps to 48/100 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 5/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
3 funded projects in the council-wide pipeline maps to 74/100 (LGA-wide, not suburb-specific).
Our verdict
Hard to justify for a balanced focusEvery figure on Tallarook'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 Tallarook's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about TallarookFree 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. Tallarook grew +6% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +3% more by 2036.
Blended from Tallarook's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates, not suburb-exact.
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.
Largest by enrolment · 2024.
The figures behind the Suburb Score — rental vacancy (2025); under ~2% is a tight market.
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