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Property

Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index ETF

About this ETF

Tracks the S&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index, providing exposure to Australian real estate investment trusts (REITs) spanning retail, office, industrial and diversified property.

IssuerVanguard
Management fee (MER)0.23% p.a.
Inception date11 Oct 2010
BenchmarkS&P/ASX 300 A-REIT Index

Scout Score

48/100
Ranked #4 of 6 in Property

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost20
Diversification40
Tracking100
Liquidity60
Fund Strength92
Performance0
Income20

Strengths

  • Tight index tracking — 0.02% tracking error, tighter than 100% of Property peers.
  • Large, established fund — $2.8B in assets, bigger than 92% of Property funds.

Weaknesses

  • Weak long-term return — +1.5% p.a. (blended), trails 100% of rated Property peers.
  • Higher fee — 0.23% p.a., more expensive than 80% of Property funds.
  • Below-average yield — 3.19%, lower than 80% of Property peers.

Performance (as of 30 Sep 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month-1.89%
3 Months-8.41%
YTD-13.17%
1 Year-14.28%
3 Years (p.a.)+9.07%
5 Years (p.a.)+2.66%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-27%-10%+8%+25%+43%2021-092022-122024-032025-062026-09

Geographic exposure (as at 30 Sep 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

Australia flagAustralia
99.91%

Sector breakdown (as at 30 Sep 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Real Estate
99.91%

Top holdings (as of 30 Sep 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Goodman Group logoGoodman Group37.14%
  2. 2.Scentre Group logoScentre Group12.22%
  3. 3.Stockland logoStockland7.00%
  4. 4.Vicinity Ltd logoVicinity Ltd6.22%
  5. 5.Charter Hall Group logoCharter Hall Group5.96%
  6. 6.GPT Group/The5.85%
  7. 7.Mirvac Group logoMirvac Group4.88%
  8. 8.Dexus logoDexus4.11%
  9. 9.Region RE Ltd1.71%
  10. 10.BWP Property Group Ltd1.45%
  11. 11.Charter Hall Long Wale REIT1.42%
  12. 12.HomeCo Daily Needs REIT1.34%
  13. 13.Ingenia Communities Group1.32%
  14. 14.Charter Hall Retail REIT1.19%
  15. 15.Centuria Industrial REIT1.00%
  16. 16.Waypoint REIT Ltd0.95%
  17. 17.Centuria Capital Group0.87%
  18. 18.DigiCo Infrastructure REIT0.73%
  19. 19.Aspen Group Ltd/Australia0.63%
  20. 20.Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund0.60%