Fairfield is an extensively developed mixed-agricultural enterprise set across approximately 1,392 hectares on 10 freehold Certificates of Title. One of the largest contiguous landholdings along Melbourne's Urban Growth Boundary, Fairfield represents a unique opportunity to acquire a semi-rural lifestyle property in a premier location, with excellent future development upside.
Located in Darraweit Guim, an area of historic significance and home to many of Australia's most noteworthy agricultural pioneers, Fairfield is approximately eight radial kilometres west of Wallan and approximately 48 radial kilometres from the Melbourne CBD.
KEY FEATURES
- One of the largest individual landholdings in an area that has been earmarked for future growth in order to accommodate Greater Melbourne's expanding population.
- Close to the Melbourne CBD (50* minutes) and Tullamarine Airport (30* minutes) as well as the Hume Freeway, Fairfield also benefits from frontage to Romsey Road and Moore's Road.
- Substantial grazing and dry land farming operation, running a combination of sheep and cattle, with approximately 500 hectares available for high quality cropping.
- Outstanding structural improvements, including the five bedroom, two bathroom main homestead, as well as an annex to the main homestead providing a further two bedrooms, a three bedroom manager's residence, four stables with tack room and five car garage.
- Further structural improvements include a four stand shearing shed with capacity for 1,000 sheep, three machinery sheds, two hay sheds, a fertiliser shed, two sets of sheep yards and a set of cattle yards.
- Extensively improved pastures, favourable soil types and climatic conditions (average annual rainfall of 680 millimetres), high quality fencing infrastructure and a well-developed central laneway underpinned by an all-weather access road providing ease of access to both sheep and cattle yards.
- Water is supplied throughout the property via numerous dams and troughs located in each paddock, coupled with two large lakes totalling in excess of approximately 330 megalitres, providing year round water security.
For Sale by Private Treaty.
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The size of Darraweit Guim is approximately 70.6 square kilometres. The population of Darraweit Guim in 2016 was 402 people. By 2021 the population was 402 showing a stable population in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Darraweit Guim is 50-59 years. Households in Darraweit Guim are primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $1400 - $1799 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Darraweit Guim work in a trades occupation.In 2021, 90.40% of the homes in Darraweit Guim were owner-occupied compared with 86.80% in 2016.
Darraweit Guim has 200 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Darraweit Guim have seen a -9.39% decrease in median value, while Units have seen a -27.84% decrease. As at 30 November 2025:
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