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Maribyrnong LGA · VIC
Signal · Worth a look
For an investor,
A read of Tottenham'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.
Pocket and street selection matter more than the suburb average.
Suburb highlights
Tottenham ranks 2nd of 6 among its Maribyrnong peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsville | $1.21m | +24% | 3.0% | Around average |
| TottenhamThis suburb | — | — | 3.6% | High activity |
| West Footscray | $898k | +7% | 3.7% | Elevated |
What could go wrong
Tottenham's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 62% of the total. That's broadly in line with the Victorian average. Violent crime is more common than the state average, and total offences are up 112% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
A fast-filling new growth area — capital growth is still building from a small base.
Tight rental market — landlords have the upper hand.
New approvals are running below local demand — a supply gap that supports prices and rents.
Tottenham 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 Tottenham median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Reasonable fundamentals for a balanced focus — 48/100.
Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Tottenham'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.