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Suburb profile ·Central Goldfields LGA · VIC ·3475

Bealiba VIC 3475

Bealiba is in Central Goldfields LGA, VIC, postcode 3475, with population 213.

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Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$380/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
13,753
14K via Central Goldfields LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
97
0 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$130

Affordability

52%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,647/mo — renting runs $780/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$380
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$38K household · yr-53.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$23K
Family
$50K
Household
$38K

Growth outlook · Central Goldfields LGA

Dwellings
+11%
7,000 → 7,770
+770 dwellings
Population
+7.6%
13,380 → 14,400
Households
+12.2%
6,290 → 7,060

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA850
Students2
Government1
  • Bealiba Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 850
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
1,441
10,450 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k10,450
Total incidents1,441· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault19064%
  • Sexual Offences3813%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter6923%

Full data detail

Bealiba VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Bealiba is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Central Goldfields local government area (postcode 3475). It is home to about 213 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $380. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

Bealiba is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 850, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Central Goldfields LGA is higher than average at 10,450 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$130
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$380
Population growth · Central Goldfields LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)13,753
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Central Goldfields LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)22
Houses22
YoY change+0%
Employment · Central Goldfields LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.5%
YoY change-0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3475ATO
Negatively geared6 (3.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$9,295/yr
Landlords (rental income)14
Reported capital gains13
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population213
Median age61
Household size2
HH income · wk$734
Personal income · wk$437
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Strong evidence

Bealiba has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Bealiba FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bealiba in?

    Bealiba is in the Central Goldfields Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3475. Council-level context for Central Goldfields LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bealiba?

    The median weekly rent in Bealiba is $380/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Bealiba?

    Rent context available: Bealiba 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 Bealiba a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bealiba 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 Bealiba?

    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 Bealiba 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.