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Suburb profile ·Northern Grampians LGA · VIC ·3385

Deep Lead VIC 3385

Deep Lead is in Northern Grampians LGA, VIC, postcode 3385, with population 210.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

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
$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
135
3 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,029
Median rent · wk$450

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,029/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $704/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$69K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,029

Household income

$69K household · yr-16.7% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$32K
Family
$83K
Household
$69K

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

Deep Lead VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Deep Lead is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Northern Grampians local government area (postcode 3385). The area has roughly 210 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 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 community & personal service, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,029.

The crime rate in the Northern Grampians LGA is higher than average at 13,475 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, 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$1,029
Rent · wk(Census)$450
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 3385ATO
Negatively geared12 (3.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,101/yr
Landlords (rental income)33
Reported capital gains27
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population210
Median age49
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,319
Personal income · wk$612
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Deep Lead is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 · 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 Deep Lead 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, 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.

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

Concongella most similar
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pop -100 · rent -$170/wk

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

Halls Gap better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$150/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Glenorchy most similar
similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$250/wk

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

Deep Lead FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Deep Lead in?

    Deep Lead is in the Northern Grampians Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3385. 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 Deep Lead?

    The median weekly rent in Deep Lead 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 Deep Lead?

    Rent context available: Deep Lead 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 Deep Lead a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Deep Lead 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 Deep Lead?

    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 Deep Lead 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.