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Suburb profile ·Macedon Ranges LGA · VIC ·3437

Gisborne South VIC 3437

Gisborne South is in Macedon Ranges LGA, VIC, postcode 3437, with population 854.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$580/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
854
854 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,092
185 added 12mo · 16MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,342
Median rent · wk$462

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 Gisborne South

Owner-occupied 95%Rented 5%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared9.6%
721 of 1,182 landlords
Avg rental loss$8,698/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,182
Reported capital gains842
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

93% of homes here are owner-occupied and 5% rented, with 10% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

93% 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 $2,342/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $171/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$146K
Median rent · wk
$580
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,342

Household income

$146K household · yr+76.8% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$151K
Household
$146K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
13
$300-649
18
$650-999
21
$1,000-1,499
30
$1,500-1,999
19
$2,000-2,999
32
$3,000-3,999
47
$4,000+
73

At the median asking rent, about 39% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,933/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (279 households)
Owned outright
48%
Owned with mortgage
45%
Rented
5%
Dwelling structure8.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 1% public transport, 2% walk or cycle, 32% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending Mar 2026
2,777
5,037 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,037
Total incidents2,777· Year ending Mar 2026
  • Assault23551%
  • Sexual Offences5111%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter17137%

Bushfire-prone area

Designated ~100.0%
~100.0% 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 Rural Living (RLZ)
Residential 90% Public / Open space 6% Rural / Green wedge 5%
Residential density: Low

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 · Macedon Ranges LGA

Dwellings
+27.9%
20,630 → 26,390
+5,760 dwellings
Population
+25.9%
51,570 → 64,950
Households
+31.2%
19,370 → 25,410

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

Population outlook

14,450 people · 202216,520 by 2032 (+14.3%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Gisborne South VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Macedon Ranges local government area, Gisborne South is a small locality (postcode 3437). With a population of 854, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $146K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 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 professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,342.

The crime rate in the Macedon Ranges LGA is moderate at 5,037 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,342
Rent · wk(Census)$462
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$580
Population growth · Macedon Ranges LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)54,464
5-year growth+1.4% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Macedon Ranges LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)231
Houses 88%Units 12%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Macedon Ranges LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.7%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3437ATO
Negatively geared9.6%
721 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,698/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,182
Reported capital gains842
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population854
Median age46
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,799
Personal income · wk$897
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,198 → $2,799
Change+27.3%
vs VIC median+3.8 pp
Median rent+59.3%
stablevs VIC 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Macedon Ranges LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kyneton District Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Macedon Ranges LGAGEN
Facilities7
Residential places669
Romsey Community Aged Care120 places
Bupa Woodend113 places
Arcare Gisborne96 places
Bupa Kyneton93 places
RM Begg90 places
Warrina Aged Care79 places
+1 more in Macedon Ranges LGA
Childcare · Macedon Ranges LGAACECQA
Services48
Approved places3,308
Exceeding NQS11
The Learning Sanctuary Gisborne131 places
Story House Early Learning Gisborne123 places
Embracia Childcare and Kindergarten120 places
Gumboots Early Learning Gisborne120 places
Gumboots Early Learning Riddells Creek119 places
Story House Early Learning New Gisborne116 places
+42 more in Macedon Ranges LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Gisborne South is usable, but 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 · 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 Gisborne South 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.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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

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

Malmsbury better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$230/wk

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

Mount Macedon better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +600 · adds house price coverage · rent -$250/wk

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

Tylden most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -200 · rent -$230/wk

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

Gisborne South FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Gisborne South in?

    Gisborne South is in the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3437. Council-level context for Macedon Ranges LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Gisborne South?

    The median weekly rent in Gisborne South is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Gisborne South?

    Rent context available: Gisborne South 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 Gisborne South a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Gisborne South 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 Gisborne South?

    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 Gisborne South 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.