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Suburb profile ·Benalla LGA · VIC ·3673

Broken Creek VIC 3673

Broken Creek is in Benalla LGA, VIC, postcode 3673, with population 45.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$450/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,581
15K via Benalla LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
530
24 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$70

Affordability

28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$450

Household income

$85K household · yr+2.7% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$45K
Family
$98K
Household
$85K

Growth outlook · Benalla LGA

Dwellings
+12.5%
7,210 → 8,110
+900 dwellings
Population
+4.7%
14,430 → 15,110
Households
+10.8%
6,580 → 7,290

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA958
Students25
Government1
  • Broken Creek Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 958
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
1,556
10,557 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k10,557
Total incidents1,556· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault14153%
  • Sexual Offences3814%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter8532%

Full data detail

Broken Creek VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Broken Creek (postcode 3673) is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Benalla local government area. With a population of 45, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 59. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $450.

Broken Creek is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 958, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Benalla LGA is higher than average at 10,557 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$70
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$450
Population growth · Benalla LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,581
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Benalla LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)107
Houses99
Units8
YoY change+0%
Employment · Benalla LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.1%
YoY change+1.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3673ATO
Negatively geared55 (5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,310/yr
Landlords (rental income)164
Reported capital gains112
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population45
Median age59
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$860
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Broken Creek carries 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 · 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 Broken Creek 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Moorngag most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$350/wk

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

Bungeet West most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$240/wk

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

Samaria most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$287/wk

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

Broken Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Broken Creek in?

    Broken Creek is in the Benalla Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3673. Council-level context for Benalla LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Broken Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Broken Creek is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Broken Creek?

    Rent context available: Broken Creek 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 Broken Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Broken Creek 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 Broken Creek?

    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 Broken Creek 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.