5.

2 Victoria

In Victoria, the ‘top’ 30 disconnection postcodes that were largely characterised as facing
housing affordability issues in the previous analysis are no longer in the ‘top’ 30. Map 30 below
shows the ‘top’ disconnection postcodes in Victoria that were present in each analysis.

By comparing the two time periods, it is evident that there has been a clear shift from suburbs
to regional areas in the ‘top’ disconnection postcodes across Victoria. These include areas such
as Ardmona (postcode 3629), Pyramid Hill, south of Kerang (Pyramid Hill, postcode 3575), Nyah
West (postcode 3595), Murtoa, northwest of Horsham (postcode 3390), north of Warrnambool
(Ballangeich - postcode 3279 and Purnim - postcode 3278), Cressy (postcode 3322), around
Geelong, in Barrabool (postcode 3221), Little River (postcode 3211), Nowa Nowa in East
Gippsland (postcode 3887) and on the Mornington Peninsula (Main Ridge, postcode 3928).

Fifteen postcodes, however, have been in the ‘top’ 30 for both studies. These include areas such
as Wendouree, northwest of Ballarat (postcode 3355), Shepparton-Mooroopna (postcode 3630),
Morwell (postcode 3840), Churchill (postcode 3842), Frankston North (postcode 3200), East
Geelong (postcode 3219), Corio (postcode 3214), Brookfield (postcode 3338), Melton (postcode
3337), Broadmeadows (postcode 3047), St Albans (postcode 3021), Sunshine (postcode 3020),
Ardeer (postcode 3022) and Braybrook (postcode 3019).

MAP 30 | Comparison of ‘top’ disconnection postcodes in Victoria between current and previous
analysis

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