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Suburb profile ·Greater Shepparton LGA · VIC ·3631

Kialla West VIC 3631

Kialla West is in Greater Shepparton LGA, VIC, postcode 3631, with population 415.

The read

Livability-led

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$470/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
69,865
70K via Greater Shepparton LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
3,452
236 added 12mo · 27MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,664
Median rent · wk$261

Affordability

23%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,664/mo, while renters pay about $2,037/mo — renting runs $373/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$105K
Median rent · wk
$470
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,664

Household income

$105K household · yr+27.4% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$42K
Family
$113K
Household
$105K

Growth outlook · Greater Shepparton LGA

Dwellings
+19.6%
28,890 → 34,560
+5,670 dwellings
Population
+14.9%
68,520 → 78,730
Households
+21.9%
27,060 → 32,980

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1033
Students222
Government1
  • Kialla West Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1033
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
10,548
14,955 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k14,955
Total incidents10,548· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault94952%
  • Sexual Offences21011%
  • Robbery332%
  • Break And Enter64135%

Full data detail

Kialla West VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Kialla West (postcode 3631) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Greater Shepparton local government area. The area has roughly 415 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $105K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $470. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,664.

Kialla West is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1033, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Greater Shepparton LGA is higher than average at 14,955 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,664
Rent · wk(Census)$261
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$470
Population growth · Greater Shepparton LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)69,865
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Greater Shepparton LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)467
Houses363
Units104
YoY change+0%
Employment · Greater Shepparton LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change+0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3631ATO
Negatively geared691 (7.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,649/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,313
Reported capital gains813
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population415
Median age43
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,017
Personal income · wk$805
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Kialla West carries 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.

Kialla West FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kialla West in?

    Kialla West is in the Greater Shepparton Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3631. Council-level context for Greater Shepparton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kialla West?

    The median weekly rent in Kialla West is $470/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kialla West?

    Rent context available: Kialla West 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 Kialla West a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kialla West 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 Kialla West?

    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 Kialla West 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.