Big Hill is in Greater Bendigo LGA, VIC, postcode 3555, with population 281.
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This suburb 28% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 10% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,656/mo, while renters pay about $2,136/mo — renting runs $480/mo higher on these medians.
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Big Hill (postcode 3555) is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Greater Bendigo local government area. With a population of 281, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 37. Households earn a median income of $92K 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 +1.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.8% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.
The current median weekly rent is $493. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,656.
Big Hill is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 980, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Greater Bendigo LGA is higher than average at 9,898 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Big Hill is in the Greater Bendigo Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3555. Council-level context for Greater Bendigo LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Big Hill is $493/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Big Hill 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Big Hill show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.