Wyndham Vale, VIC 3024
Wyndham City, Victoria
Good to Know
Wyndham Vale, VIC 3024 is a rapid-growth house market in the Wyndham City area, currently positioned as a capital-growth submarket. It sits around 32 km west of Melbourne CBD and is home to roughly 20,518 adult residents across 11,322 dwellings, with a vacancy rate of 4.05%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Wyndham Vale is exhibiting soft rental demand and rising supply pressure. Stock on Market sits at 0.66% and Inventory at 3.25 months — slightly above the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +17.0% YoY price growth alongside -3.4% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Wyndham Vale shows a strong recent capital run — +17.0% 1‑year price growth — while rents have softened (-3.4%) and vacancy sits at an unfavourable 4.05%. That mix suggests buyer interest has driven prices despite weaker rental demand, but elevated vacancy and a 2.28% building approvals ratio point to growing supply risk that could temper momentum.
See the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap for how Wyndham Vale’s short‑term signals compare across metro suburbs.
Who lives in Wyndham Vale — and why it matters for investors
Wyndham Vale’s IRSAD of 960 sits above the minimum recommended threshold and indicates a moderate socio‑economic profile that supports stable demand. The renter/owner split of 31.0% is in the neutral band, while a low units/houses ratio of 4.0% is opportune for investors targeting house stock with less apartment competition.
These demographic and affordability signals influence downside volatility and long‑cycle growth—read the IRSAD Crossover study for the mechanics behind the trends.
Why suburb-level data matters for Wyndham Vale
Council or LGA averages can conceal pockets like Wyndham Vale: local metrics — $710,670 typical price, 3.15% gross yield, 0.66% Stock on Market, 3.25 months Inventory and a median 43 days on market — tell the true risk/reward for properties here. Decisions should rest on these suburb‑level signals rather than broader aggregates.
For more on methodology, see LGA vs Suburb research. You can also download the full Wyndham Vale data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 76
The HtAG RCS™ (76) bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital‑growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one composite. Examining the component sub‑scores helps match Wyndham Vale to your strategy (e.g. growth vs income).
Learn more about how the RCS™ is built, or open Wyndham Vale in HtAG Copilot to explore the score and sub‑metrics interactively.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 4.05%: sustained high vacancy over 12–24 months implies ongoing rental weakness and downward pressure on yields and rent growth.
The building approvals ratio — currently 2.28%: at this level approvals are unfavourable and signal additional housing supply that can blunt price upside if absorption slows.
The Melbourne cycle phase: a city‑wide shift from expansion to slowing would likely reduce local momentum in Wyndham Vale and make high vacancies and rising approvals more consequential for prices and rents.
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RCS Breakdown
Wyndham Vale'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
Wyndham Vale's headline values — $710K to buy and $430PW to rent, a 3.14% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 126.14% and rents 42.38% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$710K 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.
$430PW today, with rent growth at (-3.37% YoY) compared to price growth (+17.0%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Wyndham Vale in its cycle - and is the 3.14% 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 Wyndham Vale's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Wyndham Vale 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
Wyndham Vale'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
Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale - 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
Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale'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 Wyndham Vale has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale 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 Wyndham Vale 3024 VIC is 15,289, with a median age of 31. Of those, 48.56% are married, 10.81% are divorced or separated, 37.59% are single and 3.05% are widowed.
The average household size is 3.0 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $7,568. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,733 which is 22.90% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)