The apartment-thesis read on St Kilda East as an investment market.
St Kilda East, located in Victoria with the postcode 3183, is a vibrant suburb just 6 km southeast of Melbourne's Central Business District. It blends a diverse and multicultural atmosphere with a rich history. Leafy streets feature a mix of Victorian and Edwardian homes, modern apartments, and stylish townhouses.
The suburb boasts excellent public transport links, proximity to the bustling St Kilda precinct, and schools such as Caulfield Grammar. Popular with both young professionals and families, it offers a variety of cafes, shops, and parks, including Alma Park, enhancing its appeal as a lively and convenient place to live.
Source: HtAG Analytics Suburb Report (St Kilda East, VIC 3183). Distance to GPO: 7km.
Apartment buyers focus on the left card. Houses shown for context.
Four "Risk & Conviction Score" axes from HtAG Analytics (0–100, higher is better). Units lead.
36, 43, 54 + an extra value 76 in a separate location, and on page 10 (units) 71, 81, 89 + 345. I've mapped them to Lower Risk / Capital Growth / Cashflow following the same convention as the HtAG web pages (Richmond reference), and treated 76 / 345 as separate metrics (likely annual sales volume — 76 houses sold, 345 units sold per year). Please double-check the PDF's labels match what I've assigned.Buy / rent / yield breakdown across bedroom types. From HtAG Analytics median data.
| Bedrooms | Median buy | Median rent (wk) | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1BR | $348K | $435 | 6.49% |
| 2BR | $626K | $578 | 4.80% |
| 3BR | $845K | $774 | 4.76% |
| All units | $606K | $595 | 5.10% |
| Bedrooms | Median buy | Median rent (wk) | Gross yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2BR | $1,090K | $793 | 3.78% |
| 3BR | $1,519K | $915 | 3.13% |
| 4BR | $1,912K | $1,251 | 3.40% |
| All houses | $1,507K | $986 | 3.40% |
Market dynamics from HtAG: stock on market, vacancy, days on market, clearance rate.
For houses: Days on Market 26 · Vacancy 1.23% · Stock on Market 0.37% · Inventory 1.66 months · Hold Period 10.14 years. Similar dynamics, slightly thinner liquidity.
Demographics + risk + amenity. Source: HtAG Analytics.
12,571 / 7,235 / 61 / $1,083). The labels aren't extractable as text — I've mapped them to Population / Dwellings / School Rank / something monetary (likely median weekly household rent or infra spend per resident). The $1,083 value isn't shown above pending your confirmation of what it is. Please verify the label assignments against the PDF visually.St Kilda East 3183 sits inside the City of Glen Eira, which spans Caulfield, Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Bentleigh, Elsternwick, and surrounding suburbs.
city-of-glen-eira.pdf) into ~/Desktop/apartment-lga-reports/ and I'll generate the parent page with the same apartment-thesis treatment.