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Suburb profile ·Indigo LGA · VIC ·3691

Allans Flat VIC 3691

Allans Flat is in Indigo LGA, VIC, postcode 3691, with population 297.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$480/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,758
18K via Indigo LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
3,368
361 added 12mo · 24MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,820
Median rent · wk$340

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,820/mo, while renters pay about $2,080/mo — renting runs $260/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$103K
Median rent · wk
$480
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,820

Household income

$103K household · yr+25.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$49K
Family
$114K
Household
$103K

Growth outlook · Indigo LGA

Dwellings
+19%
7,750 → 9,220
+1,470 dwellings
Population
+13.3%
17,250 → 19,540
Households
+18.8%
7,140 → 8,480

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Crime Year ending Dec 2025
598
3,341 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,341
Total incidents598· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault4939%
  • Sexual Offences2419%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter5242%

Full data detail

Allans Flat VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Allans Flat (postcode 3691) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Indigo local government area. The area has roughly 297 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $103K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $480. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,820.

The crime rate in the Indigo LGA is below average at 3,341 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,820
Rent · wk(Census)$340
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$480
Population growth · Indigo LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,758
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Indigo LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)74
Houses72
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Indigo LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.3%
YoY change+1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3691ATO
Negatively geared441 (5.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,612/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,127
Reported capital gains733
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population297
Median age46
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,981
Personal income · wk$933
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Allans Flat is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · manual file · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria · Sep 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Dec 2025 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Allans Flat is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Allans Flat feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · rent -$192/wk

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Osbornes Flat most similar
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pop same · rent -$260/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Allans Flat FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Allans Flat in?

    Allans Flat is in the Indigo Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3691. Council-level context for Indigo LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Allans Flat?

    The median weekly rent in Allans Flat is $480/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Allans Flat?

    Rent context available: Allans Flat has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Allans Flat a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Allans Flat show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Allans Flat?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Allans Flat data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.