Alpine · 3740
Porepunkah, VIC
population +7.8% (5y), 5.7%/yr capital growth.
NextSuburb scoreTier D
25Below trend
Median house
$700k
5y growth
5.7%/yr
Gross yield
2.8%
Vacancy
2.4%
Thin market · ~1.0k residentsLow confidence
Thin marketSmall sample sizes (~8 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)5.7%/yr57/100
- Population growth+7.8% (5y)78/100
- Supply tightening+5.0% YoY25/100
- Rental yield2.8%57/100
- Rental demand2.4% vacancy40/100
- Income growth+13.0% (5y)52/100
- Construction pipelineno nearby pipeline0/100
- Affordability53% under cap53/100
Why this score
Porepunkah scores 25/100 (Below trend). The two strongest signals: 7.8% population growth over five years and 5.7%/yr capital growth over five years. The standout watch-out: population of 1,024 makes the market illiquid.
Drivers
- Population growth+7.8% (5y)
Risks
- Only 1,024 residents — illiquid, slow to sell
- No major construction project in this state
Nearest infrastructure
North East Link — Bulleen202.8 km away
Construction · $16.5bn · completion 2028
Construction-stage projects within 10 km lift the suburb’s infrastructure score; projects more than 25 km away barely move it.
Comparable suburbs
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