Van Barwon goes to Newport and Armstrong Creek, the best lifestyle areas of Victoria have been unveiled in a new report.
Victoria’s best lifestyle suburbs have been unveiled, from farmers to emerging Melbourne bags.
And with some of the best areas for families to get the right mix of transport, schools, childcare and beach or park access that are currently under their price peak, there is a rare chance to grab a bargain in an idyllic place.
Areas such as Armstrong Creek in Greater Geelong and Winchelsea on the Surf Coast are at the top of the list.
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With median house prices in the low to middle $ 600,000, the Geelong-Buitenwijk and the city with a population of 2400-plus are cheaper today compared to a few years ago.
Newtown, also in Geelong, as well as near Barwon Heads and Torquay, the list also made with seven digits of median house prices.
In Melbourne, Southeast Buitenwijks were very ranked in addition to the city center Port Melbourne and Williamstown, as well as Newport in the West, all with typical house values above $ 1 million.
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Surf on 13th Beach, Barwon Heads. Together with Armstrong Creek, the area was assessed as the best lifestyle area of Victoria in the report of MCG Quantity Surveyors’. Photo: Brad Fleet.
This house with four bedrooms at 26-shipster St Armstrong Creek, is for sale with a demand range of $ 620,000- $ 660,000. The median house price of the area is $ 653,250, according to Proptrack.
The research is commissioned by MCG companies that use data from Suburbtrends from Real Estate Analytics Company.
MCG Quantity Surveyors Director Mike Mortlock said that the report was aimed at discovering Australian outskirts with the best growth potential in the long term and the range of lifestyle, based on factors such as access to facilities, schools, beaches and open space,And 10-year-old median price growth.
“They are attributes that help markets to perform better in the long term – we know that buyers will pay a premium to have them,” said Mr Mortlock.
A sculpture called Dusk welcomes visitors to Winchelsea, which emphasizes the research as an affordable lifestyle area in Victoria.
According to Proptrack, Armstrong Creek is now tens of thousands of dollars cheaper than when the average house price reached $ 728,000 in 2022.
And the typical house price of Winchelsea reached a five -year peak of $ 720,000 only 12 months ago.
Despite the chance of a bargain, the buyers of buyers and real estate investment professionals from Australia, Cate Bakos, warned buyers who think to move and move to Melbourne and add hours of travel time to their week.
But places like Newtown and Geelong West can be ideal for people who want to work from home while they want to enjoy lifestyle benefits and proximity to a train station, Mrs. Bakos noticed.
“Geelong as a city, it is diverse – it has a good economy, and there is a lot going on, it is eating and wine scene and the attraction of the weekend grows,” she added.
Mirampeena Park in the Warraly Estate in Armstrong Creek won a landscape architecture prizes at the Victorian Landscape Architecture Awards in 2018. Image: Jeremy Winter.
Youth Finn, 7, and Olive, 5, Cool Off on Williamstown Beach. The suburb in the west of Melbourne was on the best hotspots in Victoria. Image: Mark Stewart.
Megan Rovers of Armstrong Real Estate, Megan Rovers, who also fellow Gastheer of the Podcast of the Real Estate Industry built above, said that working from home allowed many buyers in the region to have “the best of both worlds” while living to Melbourne for part of the week.
“They can have the house with the back garden to enjoy and the lifestyle to enjoy the weekend,” she said.
Mrs. Rovers said that a wide range of buyers was attracted to Armstrong Creek for his schools, shopping centers and access to the beach, near train stations to travel to Geelong or Melbourne and the Geelong Ring Road.
“What we think is that buyers buy for the first time because it is affordable, down sizers come and follow families,” said Mrs. Rovers.
“So if there is a family that chooses because of the schools or the lifestyle it offers, then the grandparents or parents will come and try to live in the neighborhood.”
With four bedrooms, 214 Highett RD, Highett, has a $ 1.3 million $ 1.4 million. Highett and nearby Cheltenham were the highest ranked Melbourne areas on the Victorian lifestyle list.
Rented to March 2026, this historic house at 66 Market ST, Newport, has a $ 1 million $ 1.1 million demand range. The suburb has a typical house value of $ 1,205 million.
Closer to Melbourne, Newport has a median house price of $ 1.205 million and Williamstown $ 1.52 million.
Real Estate Institute of Victoria Director and Compton Green West director Adrian Butera said that Newport was running the 33ha Newport Lakes Reserve and two train lines through the station.
He said that although Newport was not arranged as high as some of the other inner western suburbs of Melbourne, many buyers now started cotton.
“If you take out a calculator and the percentage per square meter of Newport versus, for example, removes Yarraville or Williamstown, Newport is so beautifully positioned, but is fairly affordable,” said Mr Butera.
“In perspective you get more value for money in Newport than most other suburbs in the west.”
Sunset over Mentone Beach. The suburb in the southeast of Melbourne was another at the top position mentioned in the report. Photo: Lee Scotland.
Ten -year -old Henry Pier van de Pier at Barwon Heads. Photo: Sarah Matray.
White Fox Associate Director Cheyne Fox said that the parks, schools, shops, restaurants, friendly community and proximity to Port Melbourne in Melbourne’s CBD meant that many locals in the suburb had watched an upize or reduction.
Mrs. Fox said that the “slightly softer” market now allowed buyers to buy houses in the suburb that they might not have been able to pay three to four years ago.
“So while there was something at $ 3 million or just over a few years ago, it now dives to $ 2.6 million, $ 2.7 million and it makes it more feasible for those people,” she said.
“And I see some smart purchases that are aware of that fact that a number of really good property is at very reasonable prices, given what they were a few years ago.”
The median house price of Port Melbourne is $ 1.55 million, according to Proptrack.
A house with four bedrooms, the Victorian era on 28 West Fyans ST, Newtown, is on the market with a price tag of $ 1.1 million. The area is a suburb of Geelong.
Victoria’s best lifestyle areas
Armstrong Creek, Barwon Heads: Average house prices from $ 653,250 to $ 1.49 million
Winchelsea: Average house price $ 600,000
Newtown: Average house price $ 1,085m
Cheltenham, Highett: Average house prices from $ 1.19 million to $ 1,425 million
Mentone: Average house price $ 1,325m
Newport: Average house price $ 1,205 million
Port Melbourne: Average house price $ 1.55 million
Beaumaris: Average house price $ 2.05 million
Torquay: Average house price $ 1,175m
Williamstown: Average house price $ 1.52 million
Recorded areas are regional statistical area level 3s, as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They are the home of each between 30,000 to 130,000 inhabitants.
Source: MCG Top Suburbestyle Index July 2025, MCG Quantity Surveyors, Suburbtrends and Proptrack.
Additional reporting by Aidan Devine
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