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Mitchell LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Wallan'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 growth (+20% / ~5 yrs) and fair yield (4.0% gross); the watch-out is elevated crime risk.
Suburb highlights
How Wallan'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.
Wallan ranks 6th of 6 among its Mitchell peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathcote South | — | — | 4.4% | Very safe |
| Glenaroua | — | — | 3.7% | Very safe |
| Nulla Vale | — | — | 3.2% | Very safe |
| WallanThis suburb | $623k | +20% | 4.0% | Elevated |
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.
Wallan's most common reported offences are burglary, theft & damage — about 43% of the total. That's lower than the Victorian average of 58%. Violent crime levels are in line with the state, and total offences are up 67% over 4 years.
Share of this suburb's offences; ±pt is the gap to the VIC average. Tap a category for its count.
Safety is one of the five inputs behind this suburb's PropSignal Score.
Steal from a retail store is rising — +268% over 3 years.
Reported offences per 10,000 residents — population-adjusted, so size doesn't distort the comparison.
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Wallan median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Reasonable fundamentals for a balanced focus — 48/100.
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Our verdict
A mixed pick for a balanced focusEvery figure on Wallan'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 Wallan's prices, yields and growth, or compare it with other suburbs on your shortlist — free.
Ask AI about WallanFree government data, each metric at its latest available year — see full sources & licensing. Indicative only; not financial or safety advice.
Wallan 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.
Population figures are blended from this area's ABS SA2 statistical areas — area estimates. Suburb-exact demographics are in “Who lives in Wallan” below.
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. For a new growth area, the local income is a thin Census sample — read it as indicative.
Largest by enrolment · 2024.
Median sale price by property type and size, 2025; the chart shows the yearly median trend. Yield is gross rental yield.
Typically sells in 93 days — slower than the 64-day VIC median, so more room to negotiate.
Typically sells in 60 days — about the 64-day VIC median.
Sale activity, 2025. Fewer sales and longer days on market usually mean more room to negotiate.
The figures behind the Suburb Score — median, growth and yield are house-level (or blended across dwelling types), so match them to what you're targeting. Rental vacancy (2025) — under ~2% is a tight market.