Located in Victoria within the Baw Baw local government area, Drouin South is a small, quiet locality (postcode 3818). The area has roughly 343 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $95K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $525. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
Drouin South is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 982, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Baw Baw LGA is higher than average at 8,229 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.