Quarterly Median House Price Changes by Suburb in Victoria, Australia

Victorian Property Sales Report - Median House by Suburb Quarterly is published by the Department of Transport and Planning on data_gov_au. It lists the percentage shift in median property prices between quarters and over a 12-month period, including overall metropolitan and country Victoria medians for each property type. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-01.

Use Cases

• Modeling quarterly price volatility based on the percentage shift in median prices between quarters.
• Analyzing long-term housing market trends based on the 12-month price change data.
• Comparing metropolitan and regional market performance based on the separate Melbourne and country Victoria median price figures.
• Segmenting market analysis by property type using the included medians for each type.

Strengths

• Includes percentage change data for both quarterly and 12-month periods, enabling trend analysis.
• Provides separate median price aggregates for metropolitan Melbourne and country Victoria.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Department of Transport and Planning.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au's Victorian focus.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official property sales records.

Time Range

Quarterly time series; specific date range is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-01 06:31:03.208286; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia, with separate aggregates for Melbourne metropolitan area and country Victoria.