Shepparton.

Shepparton is the service centre for the whole Goulburn Valley. Goulburn Valley Health, the La Trobe University campus, the food processors and the main retail strip are all here. That mix of work keeps demand steady across a wide price range. Buyers are local families moving up, first-home buyers, and people relocating for a job at the hospital or a school.

The housing runs from established brick homes on the older streets to new estates on the southern and eastern edges. Goldfields lists the 641-lot Parkers Grove community as now selling, with a central park, wetlands and walking paths planned. The $229.3 million redevelopment of Shepparton Hospital is complete, including expanded emergency and inpatient facilities.

Shepparton homes sell faster than the other suburbs in our report, at a median of 46 days. The team's Shepparton results over the past year run from $400,000 at 53 Community Street to $840,000 at 6 Rosina Court, so there are buyers across most of the market. Well presented three and four bedroom homes on a standard block move the quickest.