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Suburb profile ·Latrobe (Vic.) LGA · VIC ·3869

Jumbuk VIC 3869

Jumbuk is in Latrobe (Vic.) LGA, VIC, postcode 3869, with population 42.

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.

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
42
42 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
414
21 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,544
Median rent · wk$138

Affordability

40%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,544/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $276/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$55K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,544

Household income

$55K household · yr-32.9% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$55K
Household
$55K

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

Jumbuk VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Latrobe (Vic.) local government area, Jumbuk is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3869). The area has roughly 42 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 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 clerical & administrative, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,544.

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$1,544
Rent · wk(Census)$138
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 3869ATO
Negatively geared56 (4.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,332/yr
Landlords (rental income)127
Reported capital gains83
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population42
Median age50
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,062
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Jumbuk is 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 Jumbuk 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, 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

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Maryvale most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$315/wk

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

Delburn most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$200/wk

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

Moe better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +9300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$220/wk

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

Jumbuk FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Jumbuk in?

    Jumbuk is in the Latrobe (Vic.) Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3869. 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 Jumbuk?

    The median weekly rent in Jumbuk 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 Jumbuk?

    Rent context available: Jumbuk 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 Jumbuk?

    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 Jumbuk 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.