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Katamatite VIC 3649

Katamatite is in Moira LGA, VIC, postcode 3649, with population 453.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
30,866
31K via Moira LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
106
3 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$952
Median rent · wk$185

Affordability

38%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $952/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $1,041/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$63K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$952

Household income

$63K household · yr-24.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$72K
Household
$63K

Growth outlook · Moira LGA

Dwellings
+14.2%
14,950 → 17,070
+2,120 dwellings
Population
+8.2%
30,350 → 32,840
Households
+14%
13,070 → 14,900

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA974
Students37
Government1
  • Katamatite Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 974
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
2,751
8,887 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,887
Total incidents2,751· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault29653%
  • Sexual Offences8616%
  • Robbery41%
  • Break And Enter16830%

Full data detail

Katamatite VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Katamatite is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Moira local government area (postcode 3649). The area has roughly 453 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $63K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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, labourers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $952.

Katamatite is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 974, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Moira LGA is higher than average at 8,887 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% 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+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$952
Rent · wk(Census)$185
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$460
Population growth · Moira LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)30,866
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Moira LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)296
Houses274
Units22
YoY change+0%
Employment · Moira LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3649ATO
Negatively geared12 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,395/yr
Landlords (rental income)28
Reported capital gains14
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population453
Median age45
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,202
Personal income · wk$643
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets1
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Katamatite 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 · 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.

Katamatite FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Katamatite in?

    Katamatite is in the Moira Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3649. Council-level context for Moira LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Katamatite?

    The median weekly rent in Katamatite is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Katamatite?

    Rent context available: Katamatite 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 Katamatite a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Katamatite 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 Katamatite?

    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 Katamatite 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.