Brunswick East, VIC 3057
Moreland City, Victoria
Good to Know
Brunswick East, VIC 3057 is a tightly-held house market in the Moreland City Council area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. Located around 6 km north of Melbourne CBD, it is home to roughly 13,279 adults across 8,911 dwellings and is operating with a vacancy rate of 0.97%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Brunswick East is exhibiting tight supply and strong tenant demand. Stock on Market sits at 0.35% and Inventory at 1.7 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +4.5% YoY price growth and +8.3% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Brunswick East shows rental growth outpacing capital growth: one-year rent growth is +8.3% versus one-year price growth of +4.5%. With a gross yield of 3.5% (above the 3% recommended minimum), very low Stock on Market at 0.35% and Inventory at 1.7 months, the data signals a market where demand is tightening faster than fresh supply is arriving.
Monitor the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap for live shifts in price and rent momentum across nearby suburbs.
Who lives in Brunswick East — and why it matters for investors
Brunswick East scores 1096 on IRSAD, indicating a relatively advantaged socio-economic profile that supports long-run capital resilience. At the same time, the renter/owner split of 53.0% and a units/houses ratio of 76.0% point to a higher renter share and a strong apartment presence — factors that can boost rental demand but also increase turnover and short-term volatility for certain strategies.
Read the evidence behind how socio-economic crossover affects markets in our IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Brunswick East
Council- or LGA-level averages can mask pockets like Brunswick East. Here, the suburb's own metrics tell the story: a typical house price of $1,373,865, gross yield of 3.5%, Stock on Market at 0.35%, Inventory at 1.7 months and median days on market of 34 days show a tightly-supplied local market with quick transaction times. Decisions should rest on these suburb-level signals rather than broader council averages.
For more on why local granularity matters see LGA vs Suburb research. For a downloadable summary, get the full Brunswick East data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 69
The HtAG RCS™ composite score (69) bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one headline figure. Each sub-score matters when matching the suburb to an investor's strategy: a higher rent-growth component supports cashflow-focused plans, while capital-growth signals matter for long-term accumulation.
Learn more about how the RCS™ is built. To explore the full dataset and scenario tools, open Brunswick East in HtAG Copilot.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 0.97%: sustained sub-1% vacancy typically indicates strong tenant pressure and limited re-letting opportunities, which can push rents higher over the next 12–24 months.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.23%: a low approvals ratio suggests limited new housing supply pipeline, reinforcing existing tightness and supporting price resilience if demand persists.
The Melbourne cycle phase: a city-wide upswing would amplify local demand and price momentum in Brunswick East, while a broader downturn in Melbourne could dampen rents and slow price growth locally.
Does this area meet your investment goals?
Get full accessCritical to know
RCS Breakdown
Brunswick East's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
starter
Investor
Pro
Critical to know
Market Trends
Brunswick East's headline values — $1,373K to buy and $924PW to rent, a 3.49% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 35.70% and rents 45.60% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,373K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$924PW today, with rent growth at (+8.3% YoY) compared to price growth (+4.5%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Brunswick East in its cycle - and is the 3.49% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
Cycle Phase
Cycle Position
Yield Trajectory
Rent vs Price Spread
Investor
Pro
Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Brunswick East's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Brunswick East carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
MADI Risk
EDI Risk
Bushfire
Flood
Investor
Pro
Critical to know
Supply & Demand
Brunswick East's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
Stock on Market
Inventory
Building Approvals
Hold Period
Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
Days on Market
Vacancy Rate
Search Index
Clearance Rate
Investor
Pro
Critical to know
Fundamentals
Brunswick East can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Brunswick East genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
IRSAD
Renter to Owner
Units to Houses
Where do Brunswick East prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
Projected Annual ROI
Volatility Index
Can you actually buy into Brunswick East - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
Annual Sales Volume
Annual Rental Volume
Investor
Pro
Important to know
Education & Infrastructure
Brunswick East looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Brunswick East's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Brunswick East has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
School Rank
Hospitals & Employment
Infrastructure Spend
Transport Projects
Investor
Pro
Full HtAG Intelligence
Brunswick East shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Brunswick East has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Brunswick East 3057 VIC is 12,028, with a median age of 33. Of those, 23.50% are married, 8.02% are divorced or separated, 65.75% are single and 2.69% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.0 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $11,348. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $2,000 which is 17.62% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)