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Barwon Heads (VIC) property development snapshot

GoSiteHunt Research · Victoria · Other Regional Centres · sales Apr-Jun 2025 · rents moving annual median, year to Sep 2025

$1,455,000
Median house price · Apr-Jun 2025
+13%
Median change, year on year
18
House sales in the period
$550/wk
Median rent · 3-bed houses
2%
Indicative gross yield

Median rents by bedroom — Ocean Grove-Barwon Heads rental area

Type1-bed2-bed3-bed4+ bedAll
House$520/wk (21 bonds)$550/wk (165 bonds)$650/wk (136 bonds)
Unit$468/wk (62 bonds)$560/wk (45 bonds)

Bond-lodgement medians from the Homes Victoria Rental Report, Victorian Government (CC BY 4.0), moving annual median, year to Sep 2025. "Low sample" = the count is masked or small at source; treat those medians with care.

What the data suggests for developers.

At around 2% gross, rent barely registers against the $1,455,000 median — this is an end-value-led market. A feasibility in Barwon Heads stands or falls on the sale price of the finished product, and holding costs bite harder while you build. Median growth of +13% year-on-year on 18 sales reads as steady rather than speculative — a reasonable backdrop for a scheme that still has to work at today's end values. Rental depth is genuine: 165 bonds behind the headline median means the rent figure is an observed market, not a handful of tenancies. All of the above is area-level screening, not advice: a specific parcel lives or dies on zoning, overlays, frontage, and the end value of what it can actually carry.

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Granularity & method.

Suburb-level sale medians from the Valuer-General's quarterly series (published in arrears). Rents are Homes Victoria bond medians, published for grouped suburb areas — where shown, the rent row names the group. Indicative gross yield = headline weekly bond median × 52 ÷ sale median — a screening ratio, not a valuation input.

Sources: Victorian Property Sales Report, Valuer-General Victoria / DTP (CC BY 4.0) · Homes Victoria Rental Report, Victorian Government (CC BY 4.0) · Indicative screening data — not financial, investment, valuation or planning advice. Area medians can move sharply between periods, especially on thin samples. © Madison Jade Pty Ltd.