Street Score · Data as of Sept 2026

Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC

1 addresses · scores the same as 205 of the other 372 streets in Harkness · See the Harkness suburb score · Melton council area

Street profile · 2 of 2 tests pass — Old Western Highway scores 4 points below the Harkness street average.

  • Owner-occupiers above 65%
  • Public housing 5% or less
  • Rent at or above suburb median
  • Yield at or above suburb

Not enough data on this street for a reliable read

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Streets scoring 75+ make up 35% of the 411,166 Australian streets we score; in VIC it's 36%. Old Western Highway sits above 35% of them.

Low confidence · 1 addresses across 1 census block · Tenure: 2021 Census · Rent & yield: Sept 2026

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Scores describe measured conditions on the blocks this street runs through — not your home, not personal advice, and not a forecast.

Old Western Highway50
Harkness street average54

Across 373 scored streets

Harkness market R-Score75

How the whole suburb’s market is running this month — a different, 27-indicator measure

Old Western Highway scores 4 points below the Harkness street average.

The blocks on Old Western Highway pass fewer of the four tests than the typical Harkness street — the full report shows which, block by block.

Owner-occupiers68%

Mostly owner-occupied — the kind of street people hold onto.

Median weekly rent—

Rental data is thin for the blocks on this street.

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Old Western Highway, Harkness FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions: Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC

Block-level census tenure, rent and yield answers for Old Western Highway in Harkness.

What is the Street Score for Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC?

Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC scores 50/100 on the Ripehouse Street Score — 4 points below the Harkness street average of 54/100 (ranked #133 of 373 streets in Harkness). The score is calculated across 1 addresses and 1 ABS census block.

What is the owner-occupier and public housing percentage on Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC?

On the ABS 2021 Census SA1 blocks that Old Western Highway runs through in Harkness, owner-occupiers account for 68% of households (Ripehouse benchmark: >65%) and public/social housing accounts for 0% of households (Ripehouse benchmark: ≤5%).

What is the typical rent and rental yield on Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC?

Blocks along Old Western Highway, Harkness VIC record a typical asking rent of insufficient data (compared with the Harkness suburb median of $440/wk) and a gross rental yield of insufficient data (versus 3.8% across Harkness).

How does Old Western Highway compare with other streets in Harkness VIC?

Harkness has 373 streets with a suburb street average of 54/100 and an overall suburb R-Score of 75/100. There are 118 streets in Harkness that score higher than Old Western Highway (up to 100/100).

How the Street Score works. Every address on Old Western Highway is matched (G-NAF) to its ABS 2021 mesh block and SA1 area. Each block scores 100 when owner-occupiers are above 65%, public housing is 5% or less, and both its median rent and rental yield are at or above the Harkness median; 75 when one of the rent/yield tests passes; 50 when neither does; 25 when only one of the two tenure tests passes; 0 when neither does. The Street Score is the address-weighted average of its blocks — the same street test our research engine applies to every listed property. Suburb medians are as of Sept 2026; tenure is from the 2021 Census. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Nothing on this page is personal financial advice.