Residential property – top 20 suburban areas for growth

Editorial director of Switzer
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The table today ranks the top 20 suburban areas slated for growth for houses over the next five and eight years.

At the top of our list are houses in the Doncaster area in Melbourne in postcodes from 3097 to 3127.
According to the latest census data from the ABS, the Doncaster area reports a higher than average percentage of residents employed in professions – 29.5% versus a national average of 21.3% and 14.3% are managers compared to the national average of 12.9%.

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For investors, there is a relatively solid percentage of Doncaster residents renting at 20%. Just under 50% of residents own their homes and 25.5% have a mortgage.

Residex bases its projections on analysis of historical data going back decades and looks at unemployment rates, interest rates and inflation, to calculate their impact on the property market and how that might affect prices in the future.

The top area in our table for NSW was for houses in Liverpool and Fairfield. There the median value is under $500,000 and the yield is relatively strong at 4.97%, with rents moving in line with inflation.

In the electoral district of Fairfield, the percentage of properties for rent at 39.3% is much higher than the national average. Just 27.3% of properties are owned outright and 29% are owned with a mortgage. The median monthly mortgage repayment as reported in the census was $1818 and quite affordable.

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