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Melton LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Toolern Vale'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 (3.6% gross); the watch-out is elevated crime risk.
The bigger picture
How Toolern Vale'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.
Toolern Vale ranks 5th of 6 among its Melton peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnside Heights | A · 66 | $745k | +14% | 3.9% | Very safe |
| Plumpton | A · 62 | — | — | 3.9% | Around average |
| Exford | A · 54 | — | — | 3.8% | Elevated |
| Parwan | B · 50 | — | — | 3.8% | Elevated |
| Toolern ValeThis suburb | C · 46 | — | — | 3.6% | Elevated |
| Mount Cottrell | C · 43 | $573k | −38% | 4.9% | 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.
Toolern Vale's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 58% 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 down 15% over 4 years.
Hover any segment for the full breakdown.
Non-residential non-aggravated burglary is rising — +400% over 3 years (1 → 5).
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Toolern Vale median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Weak fundamentals for a balanced focus — 46/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 3.6% gross house yield maps to 52/100 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 21/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
8 funded projects in the council-wide pipeline maps to 95/100 (LGA-wide, not suburb-specific).
Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Toolern Vale'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 Toolern ValeFree 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. Toolern Vale grew +11% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +13% more by 2036.
Blended from Toolern Vale'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 Toolern Vale (2024), largest by enrolment.
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.
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