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Suburb profile ·Northern Grampians LGA · VIC ·3387

Callawadda VIC 3387

Callawadda is in Northern Grampians LGA, VIC, postcode 3387, with population 45.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
11,804
12K via Northern Grampians LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
80
1 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$1,289
Median rent · wk$190

Affordability

37%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,289/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $444/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$56K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,289

Household income

$56K household · yr-31.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$36K
Family
$62K
Household
$56K

Growth outlook · Northern Grampians LGA

Dwellings
+5.8%
6,250 → 6,610
+360 dwellings
Population
-2.6%
11,880 → 11,570
Households
+4.1%
5,360 → 5,580

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
1,584
13,475 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k13,475
Total incidents1,584· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault19150%
  • Sexual Offences7219%
  • Robbery82%
  • Break And Enter10929%

Full data detail

Callawadda VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Callawadda (postcode 3387) is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Northern Grampians local government area. The area has roughly 45 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,289.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Northern Grampians LGA is higher than average at 13,475 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$1,289
Rent · wk(Census)$190
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$400
Population growth · Northern Grampians LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)11,804
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Northern Grampians LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)28
Houses15
Units13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Northern Grampians LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.7%
YoY change-3.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3387ATO
Negatively geared8 (4.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$15,196/yr
Landlords (rental income)22
Reported capital gains20
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population45
Median age41
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,083
Personal income · wk$687
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Callawadda 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 · 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 Callawadda 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 Callawadda feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Ledcourt most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$205/wk

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

St Arnaud North most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$200/wk

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

Fyans Creek most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$225/wk

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

Callawadda FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Callawadda in?

    Callawadda is in the Northern Grampians Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3387. Council-level context for Northern Grampians LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Callawadda?

    The median weekly rent in Callawadda is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Callawadda?

    Rent context available: Callawadda 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 Callawadda a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Callawadda 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 Callawadda?

    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 Callawadda 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.