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Suburb profile ·Corangamite LGA · VIC ·3266

Elingamite North VIC 3266

Elingamite North is in Corangamite LGA, VIC, postcode 3266, with population 118.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
15,712
16K via Corangamite LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
484
16 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,819
Median rent · wk$150

Rental vacancy rate

Rental vacancy rate · Regional Victoria
1.9%
Tight (landlord) market

Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).

Source: Homes Victoria Rental Report (DFFH) · Latest: Sep 2025
Investor profile

Who invests in Elingamite North

Owner-occupied 81%Rented 19%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared3.6%
67 of 202 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,933/yr
Landlords (rental income)202
Reported capital gains157
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

84% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

84% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

21%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,819/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — owning runs $1,086/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$101K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,819

Household income

$101K household · yr+22.4% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$117K
Household
$101K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (31 households)
Owned outright
39%
Owned with mortgage
45%
Rented
19%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 65% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 14% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending Mar 2026
977
6,238 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,238
Total incidents977· Year ending Mar 2026
  • Assault9441%
  • Sexual Offences5625%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter7633%

Bushfire-prone area

Partly designated ~96.7%
~96.7% of the suburb is within Victoria's designated Bushfire Prone Area

Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Flood exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood-hazard area

Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Farming (FZ)
Rural / Green wedge 90% Public / Open space 10%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Growth outlook · Corangamite LGA

Dwellings
+8%
7,900 → 8,530
+630 dwellings
Population
-4.1%
16,030 → 15,380
Households
+4.9%
6,920 → 7,260

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

Population outlook

7,140 people · 20227,066 by 2032 (-1.0%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Corangamite - South SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Elingamite North VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Elingamite North is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Corangamite local government area (postcode 3266). It is home to about 118 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $101K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 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 ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, community & personal service, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,819.

The crime rate in the Corangamite LGA is moderate at 6,238 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.3% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,819
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$400
Population growth · Corangamite LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)15,712
5-year growth-0.5% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Corangamite LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)44
Houses 93%Units 7%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Corangamite LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.8%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3266ATO
Negatively geared3.6%
67 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,933/yr
Landlords (rental income)202
Reported capital gains157
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population118
Median age35
Household size3.3
HH income · wk$1,937
Personal income · wk$822
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,875 → $1,937
Change+3.3%
vs VIC median-20.2 pp
softeningvs VIC 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Corangamite LGAAIHW
Public4
Private0
Beaufort & Skipton Health Service [Skipton]public
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]public
Terang & Mortlake Health Service [Terang]public
Timboon & District Healthcare Servicepublic
Aged care · Corangamite LGAGEN
Facilities6
Residential places185
Cobden District Health Services60 places
Sunnyside House40 places
Merindah Lodge Nursing Home36 places
Skipton Nursing Home20 places
Mount View Aged Care Facility15 places
Timboon Multi-Purpose Service14 places
Childcare · Corangamite LGAACECQA
Services16
Approved places566
Exceeding NQS1
Terang Children's Centre66 places
Baranbali Camperdown Kindergarten60 places
Cobden & District Kindergarten60 places
Timboon & District Kindergarten60 places
Banana Splits Childcare Centre58 places
Simpson and District Kindergarten37 places
+10 more in Corangamite LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Elingamite North works as a starting read but 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 · mixed acquisition · 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 Mar 2026 · 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 Elingamite North 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, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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

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.

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Elingamite North FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Elingamite North in?

    Elingamite North is in the Corangamite Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3266. Council-level context for Corangamite LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Elingamite North?

    The median weekly rent in Elingamite North 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 Elingamite North?

    Rent context available: Elingamite North 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 Elingamite North a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Elingamite North show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Elingamite North?

    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 Elingamite North 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.