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Suburb profile ·Kingston (Vic.) LGA · VIC ·3195

Braeside VIC 3195

Braeside is in Kingston (Vic.) LGA, VIC, postcode 3195, with population 25.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$600/wk
Income-stretched rent market
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
25
25 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
4,444
280 added 12mo · 34MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,998
Median rent · wk$504

Affordability

61%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,998/mo, while renters pay about $2,600/mo — renting runs $602/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$51K
Median rent · wk
$600
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,998

Household income

$51K household · yr-38% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$98K
Household
$51K

Growth outlook · Kingston LGA

Dwellings
+17.1%
67,620 → 79,210
+11,590 dwellings
Population
+15.1%
159,560 → 183,580
Households
+18%
64,160 → 75,710

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Crime Year ending Dec 2025
12,282
7,320 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k7,320
Total incidents12,282· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault91344%
  • Sexual Offences21710%
  • Robbery894%
  • Break And Enter86742%

Full data detail

Braeside VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Braeside is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Kingston (Vic.) local government area (postcode 3195). The area has roughly 25 residents and an older demographic, with a median age of 58. Households earn a median income of $51K per year, with an average household size of 1.4 people. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $600. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,998.

Public transport access includes 34 bus stops. The crime rate in the Kingston (Vic.) LGA is moderate at 7,320 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,998
Rent · wk(Census)$504
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$600
Employment · Kingston (Vic.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.7%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3195ATO
Negatively geared2,627 (11% of filers)
Avg rental loss$10,558/yr
Landlords (rental income)4,400
Reported capital gains2,899
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population25
Median age58
Household size1.4
HH income · wk$982
Personal income · wk$871
Persons / bedroom1.1
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$61,560
Mean income$139,526
Earners169
YoY change-5.3%
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations4
Cafes & dining11
TransportGTFS
Bus stops34
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Braeside works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · manual file · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria · Sep 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Dec 2025 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 34 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Braeside is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Braeside feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Moorabbin Airport most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$114/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Aspendale Gardens better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +6400 · adds house price coverage · rent -$104/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Heatherton better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2800 · adds house price coverage · rent -$129/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Braeside FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Braeside in?

    Braeside is in the Kingston (Vic.) Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3195. Council-level context for Kingston (Vic.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Braeside?

    The median weekly rent in Braeside is $600/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Braeside?

    Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 51% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Braeside?

    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.

  5. How often is the Braeside data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.