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Baw Baw LGA · VIC
For an investor,
A read of Warragul South'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 moderate crime risk; the watch-out is weak yield (3.1% gross).
The bigger picture
How Warragul South'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.
Warragul South ranks 5th of 6 among its Baw Baw peers on the Suburb Score for a balanced buyer.
| Suburb | Score | Median | 5-yr growth | Yield | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumina | A · 79 | — | — | 4.1% | Very safe |
| Lillico | A · 77 | — | — | 4.1% | Very safe |
| Ferndale | A · 70 | — | — | 3.1% | Very safe |
| Gainsborough | A · 64 | — | — | 2.6% | Very safe |
| Warragul SouthThis suburb | A · 60 | — | — | 3.1% | Above average |
| Nayook | A · 56 | — | — | 0.0% | Very safe |
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.
The call above is yours, free. The report goes the next mile — your numbers run on the Warragul South median, tuned to your goal, in one document to take to inspections.
Mixed fundamentals for a balanced focus — 60/100.
Capital growth data isn't available for this suburb, so it's excluded and the other weights are rebalanced.
A 3.1% gross house yield maps to 42/100 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 74/100 — a VIC-wide percentile of reported offences (higher = safer).
4 funded projects (~$356M) across the whole council area. Ranked by investment per resident, this LGA sits in the top 29% of VIC for infrastructure spend (71/100). Applies to every suburb in the LGA, not just this one.
Our verdict
A reasonable fit for a balanced focusEvery figure on Warragul South'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 Warragul SouthFree 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. Warragul South grew +39% between 2013 and 2023, and is projected +41% more by 2036.
Blended from Warragul South'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.
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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