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Suburb profile ·Golden Plains LGA · VIC ·3351

Cape Clear VIC 3351

Cape Clear is in Golden Plains LGA, VIC, postcode 3351, with population 148.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
26,620
27K via Golden Plains LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,817
82 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,100
Median rent · wk$180

Affordability

38%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,100/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $893/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$63K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,100

Household income

$63K household · yr-23.7% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$83K
Household
$63K

Growth outlook · Golden Plains LGA

Dwellings
+39.9%
9,410 → 13,160
+3,750 dwellings
Population
+36.8%
24,880 → 34,040
Households
+41.8%
8,770 → 12,440

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA977
Students13
Government1
  • Cape Clear Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 977
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
803
2,988 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,988
Total incidents803· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault7642%
  • Sexual Offences2816%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter7642%

Full data detail

Cape Clear VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Golden Plains local government area, Cape Clear is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3351). With a population of 148, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $63K 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 +1.5% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,100.

Cape Clear is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 977, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Golden Plains LGA is below average at 2,988 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,100
Rent · wk(Census)$180
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$460
Population growth · Golden Plains LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)26,620
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Golden Plains LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)136
Houses135
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Golden Plains LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3351ATO
Negatively geared297 (5.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,623/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains397
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population148
Median age52
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,208
Personal income · wk$585
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Cape Clear 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 Cape Clear 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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pop same · rent -$285/wk

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pop same · rent -$260/wk

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Cape Clear FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cape Clear in?

    Cape Clear is in the Golden Plains Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3351. Council-level context for Golden Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cape Clear?

    The median weekly rent in Cape Clear is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Cape Clear?

    Rent context available: Cape Clear 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 Cape Clear a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cape Clear 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 Cape Clear?

    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 Cape Clear 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.