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Suburb profile ·Latrobe (Vic.) LGA · VIC ·3825

Hernes Oak VIC 3825

Hernes Oak is in Latrobe (Vic.) LGA, VIC, postcode 3825, with population 365.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

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
$420/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
365
365 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
3,661
161 added 12mo · 21MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,725
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,725/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $95/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,725

Household income

$98K household · yr+19.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$105K
Household
$98K

Growth outlook · Latrobe LGA

Dwellings
+13.6%
35,690 → 40,560
+4,870 dwellings
Population
+10%
77,080 → 84,780
Households
+17.2%
33,110 → 38,810

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

Crime Year ending Dec 2025
14,172
17,840 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k17,840
Total incidents14,172· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault1,39048%
  • Sexual Offences49617%
  • Robbery502%
  • Break And Enter95433%

Full data detail

Hernes Oak VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Hernes Oak is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Latrobe (Vic.) local government area (postcode 3825). With a population of 365, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 technicians & trades, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward utilities and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,725.

The crime rate in the Latrobe (Vic.) LGA is higher than average at 17,840 incidents per 100,000 population.

Market & money
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,725
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$420
Employment · Latrobe (Vic.) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)6.1%
YoY change-1.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3825ATO
Negatively geared487 (4.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,192/yr
Landlords (rental income)988
Reported capital gains746
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population365
Median age38
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,894
Personal income · wk$768
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Hernes Oak as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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 · 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 · No linked annual population growth series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
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 Hernes Oak 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.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and population trend data.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, population trend data, and building approvals, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Callignee most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$220/wk

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

Budgeree most similar
similar rent profile

pop -200 · rent -$320/wk

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

Boolarra better covered
better market coverage

pop +700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$202/wk

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

Hernes Oak FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hernes Oak in?

    Hernes Oak is in the Latrobe (Vic.) Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3825. Council-level context for Latrobe (Vic.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hernes Oak?

    The median weekly rent in Hernes Oak is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Hernes Oak?

    Rent context available: Hernes Oak 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. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Hernes Oak?

    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.

  5. How often is the Hernes Oak 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.