LGA · VIC · EAST MELBOURNE

City of Whitehorse

Eastern LGA anchored by Box Hill Metropolitan Activity Centre and SRL East. Roughly 14km from Melbourne CBD.

East Melbourne Hotspotting refresh: Jun 2026 14km from CBD

Investment thesis

What this LGA is for

East Melbourne LGA covering Box Hill, Box Hill North/South, Blackburn, Blackburn North/South, Burwood, Burwood East, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Nunawading, Vermont and Vermont South. Gross Regional Product $13.17 billion. Box Hill designated as a Metropolitan Activity Centre, undergoing significant redevelopment with residential towers, commercial space and new public realm. The Suburban Rail Loop East adds stations at Box Hill and Burwood, with the integrated rezoning allowing buildings up to 16 storeys at Blackburn station core and up to 12 storeys at Nunawading and Mitcham. Plan Melbourne forecasts the Eastern sub-region to gain 200,000 in population by 2031 plus around 140,000 new homes around SRL station precincts.

Key numbers

Snapshot of the City of Whitehorse economy and demographics.

Gross Regional Product

$13.17B

Local jobs supported

88K

New homes around SRL station precincts

140K

Eastern sub-region population gain by 2031

200K

Infrastructure pipeline

The committed and in-flight infrastructure spend reshaping the LGA.

$35B+

Suburban Rail Loop East

Stage 1 (Cheltenham to Box Hill) under construction. New stations at Box Hill and Burwood inside Whitehorse.

Major

Box Hill Metropolitan Activity Centre

Major State-Govt-designated centre. Significant redevelopment of residential towers, commercial buildings and public realm underway.

16-storey

Blackburn station rezoning

Building heights up to 8 storeys in outer areas, up to 10/12/16 storeys in core around Blackburn station and Whitehorse Road. Major density unlock.

12-storey

Nunawading + Mitcham rezoning

Heights up to 6 storeys generally, 8/10/12 storeys closest to stations.

$8.6M

Sportlink facility redevelopment

Major community infrastructure investment.

Major

Deakin University Burwood + Box Hill Hospital

Deakin Burwood 26,000 students with on-campus accommodation for 600. Box Hill Hospital 621 beds after recent upgrades, plus the co-located Epworth.

Major

6 top-100 secondary schools

Presbyterian Ladies' College, Nunawading Christian College, Box Hill High, Kingswood College, Koonung Secondary College, Mount Scopus Memorial College. Strong family demographic anchor.

Suburbs in scope

Suburbs we actively track within City of Whitehorse. House market data from PropTrack via Hotspotting LGA report (12 months trailing).

Suburb	Median (house)	Yield	1yr growth	Vacancy	Read
Blackburn	$1.65M	2.40%	+5%	0.30%	Premium. SRL station rezoning to 16 storeys in core. Tightest vacancy
Box Hill	$1.67M	2.40%	-7%	0.40%	Metropolitan Activity Centre core. Unit median $500K at 5.9% yield
Vermont South	$1.537M	2.70%	+4%	0.50%	Established premium family suburb
Box Hill South	$1.503M	2.60%	+1%	0.40%	Established premium
Burwood	$1.50M	2.70%	+6%	0.40%	SRL East station, Deakin University adjacency
Box Hill North	$1.40M	2.50%	+3%	0.40%	Established premium
Blackburn North	$1.405M	2.70%	+6%	0.50%	Established middle-tier
Blackburn South	$1.376M	2.90%	+1%	0.60%	Established middle-tier
Vermont	$1.344M	3.00%	+10%	0.50%	Strong YoY growth
Burwood East	$1.338M	2.80%	+4%	0.40%	Established
Mitcham	$1.25M	2.90%	+10%	0.70%	Strong YoY growth. SRL East station rezoning
Forest Hill	$1.21M	3.00%	-1%	0.60%	Established middle-tier
Nunawading	$1.185M	3.20%	+1%	0.50%	SRL East station rezoning. Most affordable LGA entry

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