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Harrietville is in Alpine LGA, VIC, postcode 3741, with population 488.
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The local employment base leans toward accommodation & food and education. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. VIC employment is up +0.9% year-on-year (+33K jobs) and +13.9% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.
VIC has 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2024-10-02. This suburb also matches 1 local transport stop or station, which adds nearby access context but does not prove direct project exposure. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.
Harrietville is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Alpine local government area (postcode 3741). With a population of 488, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
This suburb mixes release datasets, Census data, and matched local services. Use the data status block before treating every metric as equally fresh.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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This page stays indexable because Harrietville 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.
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The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
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pop same · rent -$150/wk
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pop +500 · adds house price coverage · rent -$140/wk
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Harrietville is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Alpine local government area (postcode 3741). With a population of 488, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $425. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Harrietville is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1097, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Alpine LGA is moderate at 4,197 incidents per 100,000 population.
Harrietville is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Alpine local government area (postcode 3741). With a population of 488, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $425. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Harrietville is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1097, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Alpine LGA is moderate at 4,197 incidents per 100,000 population.