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Suburb profile ·West Wimmera LGA · VIC ·3412

Goroke VIC 3412

Goroke is in West Wimmera LGA, VIC, postcode 3412, with population 295.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$340/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,915
4K via West Wimmera LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
74
1 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$566
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

41%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $566/mo, while renters pay about $1,473/mo — renting runs $907/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$44K
Median rent · wk
$340
Owner mortgage · mo
$566

Household income

$44K household · yr-47.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$66K
Household
$44K

Growth outlook · West Wimmera LGA

Dwellings
+2.7%
2,260 → 2,320
+60 dwellings
Population
-9.1%
3,970 → 3,610
Households
-6.3%
1,890 → 1,770

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA963
Students74
Government1
  • Goroke P-12 CollegeCombined · Government · ICSEA 963
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
180
4,681 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,681
Total incidents180· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault1336%
  • Sexual Offences617%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter1747%

Full data detail

Goroke VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the West Wimmera local government area, Goroke is a quiet locality (postcode 3412). The area has roughly 295 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $44K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 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 managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $340. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $566.

Goroke is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 963, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 rail station. The crime rate in the West Wimmera LGA is moderate at 4,681 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, 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$566
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$340
Population growth · West Wimmera LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)3,915
5-year growth-0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.3%
20012025
Development · West Wimmera LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)5
Houses5
YoY change+0%
Employment · West Wimmera LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.4%
YoY change-2.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3412ATO
Negatively geared12 (6.6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,286/yr
Landlords (rental income)28
Reported capital gains20
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population295
Median age50
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$837
Personal income · wk$570
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
TransportGTFS
Rail stations1
Station St/Main St
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Strong evidence

Goroke has enough direct local evidence 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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.

Goroke FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Goroke in?

    Goroke is in the West Wimmera Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3412. Council-level context for West Wimmera LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Goroke?

    The median weekly rent in Goroke is $340/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Goroke?

    Rent context available: Goroke 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 Goroke a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Goroke 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 Goroke?

    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 Goroke 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.