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Darebin LGA · VIC
Signal · Higher risk
For an investor,
A read of Thornbury'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 affordability (mortgage ≈26% of local income · moderate); the watch-out is weak infrastructure (2 LGA projects · ~$28M).
Pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
Thornbury ranks 1st of 6 among its Darebin peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThornburyThis suburb | $1.6m | +7% | 2.8% | Elevated |
| Kingsbury | $896k | +5% | 3.6% | High activity |
| Northcote | $1.7m | +3% | 2.6% | Elevated |
Every suburb gets the same data-backed verdict. Compare Thornbury against its neighbours.
What could go wrong
Thornbury's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 74% 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 23% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
Prices rose 13.9% over the year — strong +119% over the longer run. (thin market — too few sales to be reliable)
Tight rental market — landlords have the upper hand.
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. Thornbury grew +5% between 2015 and 2025, and is projected +14% more by 2036.
A comparative guide, not a household-level stress rate.
The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Thornbury median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Established, premium market — 30/100 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 Thornbury'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.