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Kurunjang sits in outer-west Melbourne’s Melton area and feels like a settled, suburban neighbourhood. It combines established brick homes and newer residential estates, with quiet, family-focused streets, local parks, playgrounds, sporting ovals and small shopping strips. Melton’s town centre and regional rail are a short drive away for commuting and larger shopping trips, so the suburb tends to suit families and commuters after conventional blocks and practical homes rather than big commercial precincts.

About 10,711 people live in Kurunjang and the median age is 34; homes are predominantly owner-occupied, with roughly three quarters owned and about a quarter rented. A new town-centre plan sets out a Main Street, a town square and space for a supermarket, shops, medical and recreation facilities, and the council has a number of local reserve, pavilion and school projects either planned or underway. Whether it suits you comes down to whether you want a calm suburban base with nearby parks and practical local amenities.

Buying looks relatively stretched in Kurunjang. The median house price of $640,000 is about 7.9 times a typical local household's annual income at the last Census. Rents sit differently: the average house rent of $430 a week is about 27.7% of a typical local household's weekly income at the last Census, and the average unit rent of $420 a week is about 27.1%, both a moderate share of that income. On these figures, renting takes a more moderate share of local incomes while buying sits well above what households locally earned at the last Census; whether that feels expensive will depend on your own income and circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Over the past 12 months Kurunjang’s median house value rose 13.9%, a strong increase in house prices and the clearest movement in the data for the suburb. That figure speaks to capital growth for houses over the year; there isn’t enough recent information here to describe how rents or unit values moved, so the available numbers mainly reflect house price appreciation.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.