Heywood is in Glenelg LGA, VIC, postcode 3304, with population 1,815.
Price, rent, or affordability signals are lining up without a clear local red flag, and the broader demand backdrop is at least supportive. Treat this as a suburb worth comparing seriously, then stress-test it in the calculator before making a conviction call.
Gross yield screens at about 6.6%. Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,025/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $795/mo higher on these medians.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
Heywood is a small locality in Victoria within the Glenelg local government area (postcode 3304). It is home to about 1,815 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 managers, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Median house prices in Heywood sit at $330,000, little changed on a year ago. The current median weekly rent is $420. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,025.
Heywood is served by 2 schools, including 1 primary, 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 898, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital. The crime rate in the Glenelg LGA is higher than average at 12,431 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Gross rental yield sits at around 6.6% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($330K/$875K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.9x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Heywood has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Heywood is in the Glenelg Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3304. Council-level context for Glenelg LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Heywood, VIC is $330K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Heywood is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 6.6%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Heywood show: High Yield, Below Median, Affordable. 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.