Greater Geelong City, VIC
The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in Victoria’s Barwon South West district, in the state’s western region. It is largely urban in nature, with the bulk of its population concentrated in the Greater Geelong urban region.
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Other notable communities within the LGA include Anakie, Balliang, Barwon Heads, Batesford, Ceres, Clifton Springs, Drysdale, Lara, Ocean Grove, Portarlington, and St Leonards. It was created in 1993 when the Rural City of Bellarine, the Shire of Corio, the City of Geelong, the City of Geelong West, the City of Newtown, the City of South Barwon, and portions of the Shires of Barrabool and Bannockburn merged.
Professionals account for 20.8 % of employment in Greater Geelong, followed by technicians and trades workers at 15.0 %, community and personal service workers at 12.9 %, clerical and administrative workers at 12.2 %, and managers at 10.7 %.
In Greater Geelong, the typical weekly personal income for persons aged 15 years and older is $600.
In Greater Geelong, 85.3 % of occupied private residences are detached houses, 10.9 % are semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses, or other dwellings, 2.8 % are flats or apartments, and 0.6 % are other dwellings.
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Property Market Snapshot
This page provides an overview of the LGA real estate market. The data in this snapshot illustrates typical price, median rent and gross yield metrics for this council area. You are able to drill down to suburb-level data and charts which visualise these 3 key metrics as well as other important indicators in the dashboard section that follows.
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Typical Price for houses in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in house values. Council area house prices are calculated by averaging Typical Price of all suburbs within the area. Typical Price is a more accurate metric than Median Price.
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Median Weekly Rent for houses in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in rental prices. Calculated via median value formula applied to rental prices from online listings.
Yield
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Yearly Gross Yield for houses in this council area. Calculated by multiplying the Median Rent by 52 and dividing the resulting value by Typical Price. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in Gross Yield for houses.
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Typical Price for units in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in unit values. Council area house prices are calculated by averaging Typical Price of all suburbs within the area. Typical Price is a more accurate metric than Median Price.
Rent
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Median Weekly Rent for units in this council area. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in rental prices. Calculated via median value formula applied to rental prices from online listings.
Yield
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Yearly Gross Yield for units in this council area. Calculated by multiplying the Median Rent by 52 and dividing the resulting value by Typical Price. Percent changes indicate Year on Year growth or decline in Gross Yield for units.
How to use this Dashboard
This interactive dashboard illustrates the trends for key real estate metrics in the area. Use these metrics to determine potential return on investment from this property market and its’ sub-markets.
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Property Market in Greater Geelong City, VIC
Greater Geelong City is surrounded by 4 other council areas – Moorabool, Wyndham, Golden Plains, Surf Coast.
Suburbs/localities in this Local Government Area: Grovedale 3216, Hamlyn Heights 3215, Herne Hill 3218, Highton 3216, Indented Head 3223, Lara 3212, Leopold 3224, Lovely Banks 3213, Manifold Heights 3218, Mannerim 3222, Marcus Hill 3222, Marshall 3216, Barwon Heads 3227, Moolap 3224, Moorabool 3213, Bell Park 3215, Bell Post Hill 3215, Newcomb 3219, Bellarine 3223, Norlane 3214, North Geelong 3215, North Shore 3214, Ocean Grove 3226, Belmont 3216, Point Lonsdale 3225, Point Wilson 3212, Portarlington 3223, Rippleside 3215, South Geelong 3220, St Albans Park 3219, St Leonards 3223, Staughton Vale 3340, Swan Bay 3225, Wallington 3222, Wandana Heights 3216, Waurn Ponds 3216, Whittington 3219, Newtown 3220, Thomson 3219, Armstrong Creek 3217, Charlemont 3217, Breakwater 3219, Ceres 3221, Clifton Springs 3222, Corio 3214, Curlewis 3222, Drumcondra 3215, Drysdale 3222, East Geelong 3219, Avalon 3212, Fyansford 3218, Geelong 3220, Geelong West 3218