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Median sale price $809,400 (Oct–Dec 2025) · SEIFA decile 2/10. On the Drillers, Miners and Shot Firers May 2025 annualised earnings equivalent, a Mining Operator rates it an "Out of reach" fit.
These are fixed suburb facts. Affordability depends on your own income and deposit. Use the Family Suburb Fit Finder to see your personal Family Fit Score for Sunshine West.
Nearest primary: Sunshine Heights Primary School (0.8km)
Nearest secondary: Sunshine College (0.4km)
Government schools only (sources below).
89.8 offences per 1,000 residents, last 12 months (lga-level, as VIC doesn't publish suburb-level data).
Ranked as a percentile against other VIC suburbs. It's never compared across states, since offence-counting rules differ.
Nearest GP: 0.6km away
Nearest hospital: 3.9km away
Population grew -1.0% a year on average over the last 5 years (ABS SA2 estimate).
2.1 new dwelling approvals per 1,000 residents in the last 12 months.
$59,593 average individual taxable income a year, postcode 3020 (2023-24 ATO tax data). Before deductions, average total income is $62,262.
An average, not a median, and not a household figure. It's each lodger's annual taxable income (after deductions) averaged across everyone who filed a tax return with postcode 3020. The ATO doesn't publish suburb-level figures, and postcode 3020 covers 4 suburbs, including Sunshine West. A low figure often reflects large deductions or business/rental losses, not low earnings. See the full postcode breakdown.
About these figures: median sale price is from the Victorian Property Sales Report (Valuer-General Victoria), Oct–Dec 2025, from 78 sales. Household income and rent are ABS Census 2021; SEIFA decile is the official ABS SEIFA 2021 IRSAD ranking. Average individual taxable income is an annual figure from the ATO's Taxation Statistics (Table 6B, 2023-24), a postcode-level average of lodged tax returns. It's a different measure from the ABS weekly household figure above, and not a suburb-exact one. Indicative only — not valuation or financial advice.
Put in your own income and deposit to see how Sunshine West and thousands of other suburbs fit your budget against the Oct–Dec 2025 sale-price snapshot.
The occupation comparison uses the Drillers, Miners and Shot Firers gross weekly median for May 2025, multiplied by 52 as an annualised input. It is not an observed annual salary or a current role-specific pay estimate.
$809,400 for Oct–Dec 2025, from the Victorian Property Sales Report (Valuer-General Victoria).
Using the Drillers, Miners and Shot Firers gross weekly median from May 2025, multiplied by 52 as an annualised income equivalent, and a $100,000 deposit, Sunshine West rates as an "Out of reach" fit against its median sale price for Oct–Dec 2025. This is a comparison input, not a current role-specific salary or observed annual pay.
Out of 100: budget fit (estimated max purchase price versus the suburb's median sale price, where one is published) blended with government-data signals: nearest schools, recorded-offence safety percentile, nearest GP/hospital, population and dwelling-approval growth and the official ABS SEIFA decile. Affordability always counts for at least ~35% of the score, and any signal without data for this state is left out rather than guessed.
The nearest government primary school is Sunshine Heights Primary School, about 0.8km away, and the nearest government secondary school is Sunshine College (0.4km).
Sunshine West recorded 89.8 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months (measured at lga level, not suburb, because that's the finest geography VIC publishes in bulk). This is ranked as a percentile against other VIC suburbs in the Family Fit Score's safety signal. Offence-counting rules differ by state, so it's never compared to suburbs outside VIC.
$59,593 average individual taxable income a year for postcode 3020, from the ATO's Taxation Statistics (Table 6B, 2023-24 income year). This is an average of individual tax returns, not a household figure or a median, and the ATO doesn't publish suburb-level data (postcode 3020 covers 4 suburbs, including Sunshine West). A low figure can reflect large deductions or business/rental losses rather than low earnings.
The median sale price is from Oct–Dec 2025. Household income and rent figures are from the ABS Census 2021, the most recent available until 2026 Census data releases from mid-2027. Schools, safety, health and growth signals have their own source periods, listed under "About these figures" below.
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