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Suburb profile ·Moira LGA · VIC ·3730

Bathumi VIC 3730

Bathumi is in Moira LGA, VIC, postcode 3730, with population 76.

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
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
30,866
31K via Moira LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,858
214 added 12mo · 19MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,865
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,865/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $128/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$136K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,865

Household income

$136K household · yr+65.8% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$60K
Family
$149K
Household
$136K

Growth outlook · Moira LGA

Dwellings
+14.2%
14,950 → 17,070
+2,120 dwellings
Population
+8.2%
30,350 → 32,840
Households
+14%
13,070 → 14,900

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
2,751
8,887 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,887
Total incidents2,751· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault29653%
  • Sexual Offences8616%
  • Robbery41%
  • Break And Enter16830%

Full data detail

Bathumi VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Bathumi (postcode 3730) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Moira local government area. The area has roughly 76 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $136K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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 managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,865.

The crime rate in the Moira LGA is higher than average at 8,887 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,865
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$460
Population growth · Moira LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)30,866
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Moira LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)296
Houses274
Units22
YoY change+0%
Employment · Moira LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3730ATO
Negatively geared267 (4.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,515/yr
Landlords (rental income)634
Reported capital gains517
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population76
Median age45
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$2,624
Personal income · wk$1,149
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Bathumi is usable, but 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 Bathumi 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Yielima most similar
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pop same · rent -$160/wk

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similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$260/wk

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pop same · rent -$260/wk

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Bathumi FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bathumi in?

    Bathumi is in the Moira Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3730. Council-level context for Moira LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bathumi?

    The median weekly rent in Bathumi is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Bathumi?

    Rent context available: Bathumi 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 Bathumi a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bathumi 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 Bathumi?

    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 Bathumi 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.