Baxter is in Mornington Peninsula LGA, VIC, postcode 3911, with population 2,166.
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Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
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Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.
80% of homes here are owner-occupied and 16% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.
80% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
Gross yield 2.6% is thin — returns here lean on capital growth, not cash flow.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $3,552/mo vs median rent $1,560/mo (+128% · +$460/wk)
At 4.2%: $2,836/mo (-716) · at 6.2% (current): $3,552/mo · at 8.2%: $4,337/mo (+785)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
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This suburb 9.3x · VIC median 8.8x — less affordable than the VIC typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 61% of AU suburbs
This suburb 24% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 21% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,690/mo, while renters pay about $1,560/mo — owning runs $130/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,733/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 39% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,200/wk income).
Getting to work: 78% drive, 1% public transport, 3% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
1 of 1 schools here operate published enrolment zones (catchments). Zone boundaries set eligibility — check the official source for the exact catchment. Not enrolment advice.
Top 51% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
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State median 80.5% · 693 valid suburbs
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Near the state median
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5.8 pp below the state median
State median 22.2% · 693 valid suburbs
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Building due diligence
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About 93.8% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.
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About 0.0% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.
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Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.
Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.
Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Somerville SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Located in Victoria within the Mornington Peninsula local government area, Baxter is a smaller suburb (postcode 3911). The area has roughly 2,166 residents and a settled mid-life population, with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $78K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.8% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Baxter stand at $725,000, having moved higher by 4.7% over the last twelve months. Units have a median price of $586,000 (-3.1% YoY). The median weekly rent is $360 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,690.
Baxter is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1001, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 3 rail stations, 9 bus stops. The crime rate in the Mornington Peninsula LGA is moderate at 6,718 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 2.6% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($725K/$850K). The price-to-income ratio of 9.3x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +4.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Baxter is in the Mornington Peninsula Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3911. Council-level context for Mornington Peninsula LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Baxter, VIC is $725K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Baxter is $360/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Baxter show: Low Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.