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Suburb profile ·Loddon LGA · VIC ·3517

Bears Lagoon VIC 3517

Bears Lagoon is in Loddon LGA, VIC, postcode 3517, with population 53.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$380/wk
Rent context available
D8 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,718
8K via Loddon LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
416
19 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$421
Median rent · wk$125

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $421/mo, while renters pay about $1,647/mo — renting runs $1,226/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$66K
Median rent · wk
$380
Owner mortgage · mo
$421

Household income

$66K household · yr-19.5% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$70K
Household
$66K

Growth outlook · Loddon LGA

Dwellings
+5.1%
4,320 → 4,540
+220 dwellings
Population
+2.5%
7,700 → 7,890
Households
+6.3%
3,480 → 3,700

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
517
6,652 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,652
Total incidents517· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault5545%
  • Sexual Offences1613%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter5242%

Full data detail

Bears Lagoon VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Bears Lagoon is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Loddon local government area (postcode 3517). The area has roughly 53 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $66K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% 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, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $380. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $421.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Loddon LGA is moderate at 6,652 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.0% 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+0.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$421
Rent · wk(Census)$125
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$380
Population growth · Loddon LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,718
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0%
20012025
Development · Loddon LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)13
Houses13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Loddon LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.3%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3517ATO
Negatively geared27 (3.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,853/yr
Landlords (rental income)77
Reported capital gains45
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population53
Median age44
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,274
Personal income · wk$630
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Bears Lagoon 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 · 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 · 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Bears Lagoon 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 and hospital coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches and hospital coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Buckrabanyule most similar
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pop same · rent -$280/wk

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similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$265/wk

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pop same · rent -$280/wk

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Bears Lagoon FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Bears Lagoon in?

    Bears Lagoon is in the Loddon Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3517. Council-level context for Loddon LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Bears Lagoon?

    The median weekly rent in Bears Lagoon 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 Bears Lagoon?

    Rent context available: Bears Lagoon 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 Bears Lagoon a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Bears Lagoon 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 Bears Lagoon?

    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 Bears Lagoon 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.