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Cardross VIC 3496

Cardross is in Mildura LGA, VIC, postcode 3496, with population 847.

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Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$465/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
847
847 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,314
53 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$200

Affordability

27%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $2,015/mo — renting runs $715/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$89K
Median rent · wk
$465
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$89K household · yr+8.5% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$99K
Household
$89K

Growth outlook · Mildura LGA

Dwellings
+14.9%
25,370 → 29,150
+3,780 dwellings
Population
+10.6%
56,970 → 62,990
Households
+16.6%
23,300 → 27,160

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA974
Students100
Government1
  • Cardross Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 974
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
8,180
14,116 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k14,116
Total incidents8,180· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault83152%
  • Sexual Offences23715%
  • Robbery262%
  • Break And Enter51432%

Full data detail

Cardross VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Cardross (postcode 3496) is a close-knit residential community in Victoria within the Mildura local government area. It is home to about 847 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $89K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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, managers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $465. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Cardross is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 974, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mildura LGA is higher than average at 14,116 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.3% 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+0.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$200
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$465
Population growth · Mildura LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)57,309
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · Mildura LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)311
Houses260
Units51
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mildura LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.8%
YoY change-2.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3496ATO
Negatively geared150 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,303/yr
Landlords (rental income)326
Reported capital gains239
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population847
Median age39
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,717
Personal income · wk$733
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Cardross 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.

Cardross FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Cardross in?

    Cardross is in the Mildura Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3496. Council-level context for Mildura LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Cardross?

    The median weekly rent in Cardross is $465/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Cardross?

    Rent context available: Cardross 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 Cardross a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Cardross 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 Cardross?

    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 Cardross 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.