Burwood East, VIC 3151
Whitehorse City, Victoria
Good to Know
Burwood East, VIC 3151 is a high-value house market in the Whitehorse City Council area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. It is home to roughly 10,675 adults across 5,584 dwellings, and the current vacancy rate sits at 1.91%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Burwood East is exhibiting tight supply conditions and firm rental pressure. Stock on Market sits at 0.18% and Inventory at 1.52 months — well inside the ~3-month balanced threshold — driving +3.0% YoY price growth and +4.2% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Burwood East shows rental demand running ahead of price gains: 1-year rent growth is +4.2% versus 1-year price growth of +3.0%. Combined with a low Stock on Market of 0.18% and Inventory of 1.52 months, the data points to a tight supply rhythm that supports rental momentum even while gross yields remain below conventional thresholds (2.82%).
For a visual of where Burwood East sits in the cycle, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Burwood East — and why it matters for investors
Burwood East records an IRSAD of 1039, which sits above recommended minimum socioeconomic thresholds and typically signals relatively stable household incomes and lower downside volatility. The local renter/owner split is neutral at 25.0%, suggesting a balanced mix of tenants and owner-occupiers that can support steady rental demand without extreme turnover.
Read more on how neighbourhood socioeconomic mix influences growth in our IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Burwood East
Suburb-level metrics reveal the real investment signals for Burwood East: a typical house price of $1,338,009, a gross yield of just 2.82%, Stock on Market at 0.18%, Inventory of 1.52 months, and median days on market of 31 days. These suburb-specific readings show tightly held stock and fast turnover that council-level averages can mask — you should base decisions on Burwood East's own metrics, not only on broader layers.
See our methodology on geographic screening in LGA vs Suburb research. For a downloadable breakdown, get the full Burwood East data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 77
The HtAG RCS™ combines three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite. Burwood East's 77 reflects a blend of strong supply constraints and solid rental momentum but compressed gross yields; inspecting each sub-score helps match the suburb to your strategy.
Learn how the RCS™ is built, then open Burwood East in HtAG Copilot to explore the full sub-score breakdown.
Forward signals to watch
Monitor the vacancy rate — currently 1.91%: sustained sub-2% vacancies over 12–24 months would keep rental pressure high and support smaller uplifts in yield even if capital growth remains moderate.
Watch the building approvals ratio — currently 1.04%: this neutral reading suggests development activity is present but not excessive, so local supply relief is unlikely to be rapid unless approvals accelerate.
Track the wider Melbourne cycle phase: a city-wide upswing would heighten local momentum in Burwood East, while a broad slowdown would likely cool demand and extend hold-period risk despite tight local supply.
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RCS Breakdown
Burwood 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.
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Market Trends
Burwood East's headline values — $1,338K to buy and $725PW to rent, a 2.81% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 24.71% and rents 63.15% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,338K 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.
$725PW today, with rent growth at (+4.16% YoY) compared to price growth (+3.02%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Burwood East in its cycle - and is the 2.81% 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.
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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 Burwood East's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Burwood 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.
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Supply & Demand
Burwood 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).
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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.
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Fundamentals
Burwood 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 Burwood 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.
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Where do Burwood 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.
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Can you actually buy into Burwood 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.
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Education & Infrastructure
Burwood 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 Burwood 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 Burwood East has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Burwood 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 Burwood 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 Burwood East 3151 VIC is 9,214, with a median age of 41. Of those, 52.04% are married, 8.48% are divorced or separated, 33.18% are single and 6.28% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.6 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $7,888. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $2,147 which is 27.22% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)