Melbourne · 3207
Garden City, VIC
incomes +21.0% (5y), population +7.8% (5y).
NextSuburb scoreTier C
47Average
Median house
$1.63M
5y growth
3.5%/yr
Gross yield
2.4%
Vacancy
1.8%
Stable but fully pricedLow confidence
Thin marketSmall sample sizes (~0 sales/yr) can distort medians. Treat the score with caution and weight the eight-signal breakdown over the headline number.
Eight-signal breakdown
Each signal scored 0–100 against the national distribution. Bars reflect how this suburb sits across the index.
- Capital growth (5y)3.5%/yr35/100
- Population growth+7.8% (5y)78/100
- Supply tightening-4.0% YoY70/100
- Rental yield2.4%48/100
- Rental demand1.8% vacancy55/100
- Income growth+21.0% (5y)84/100
- Construction pipeline$0.8bn nearby16/100
- Affordabilityabove cap0/100
Why this score
Garden City scores 47/100 (Average). The two strongest signals: 21.0% income growth and 7.8% population growth over five years. The standout watch-out: the median is 109% of a typical budget.
Drivers
- Income growth+21.0% (5y)
- Population growth+7.8% (5y)
- Supply tightening-4.0% YoY
Risks
- At top of budget (109% of cap)
- Thin gross yield (2.4%)
Nearest infrastructure
West Gate Tunnel3.6 km away
Construction · $10.2bn · completion 2025
Construction-stage projects within 10 km lift the suburb’s infrastructure score; projects more than 25 km away barely move it.
Comparable suburbs
Three VIC suburbs in the same budget band with the closest NextSuburb scores.
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