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Suburb profile ·Greater Bendigo LGA · VIC ·3523

Knowsley VIC 3523

Knowsley is in Greater Bendigo LGA, VIC, postcode 3523, with population 168.

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
$493/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
126,568
127K via Greater Bendigo LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,161
64 added 12mo · 7MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,896
Median rent · wk$315

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,896/mo, while renters pay about $2,136/mo — renting runs $240/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$493
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,896

Household income

$85K household · yr+2.7% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$108K
Household
$85K

Growth outlook · Greater Bendigo LGA

Dwellings
+25.7%
53,170 → 66,820
+13,650 dwellings
Population
+23.3%
121,220 → 149,490
Households
+26.5%
49,900 → 63,130

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
12,282
9,634 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k9,634
Total incidents12,282· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault1,17947%
  • Sexual Offences62725%
  • Robbery422%
  • Break And Enter63526%

Full data detail

Knowsley VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Knowsley (postcode 3523) is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Greater Bendigo local government area. With a population of 168, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $493. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,896.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Greater Bendigo LGA is higher than average at 9,634 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,896
Rent · wk(Census)$315
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$493
Population growth · Greater Bendigo LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)126,568
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Greater Bendigo LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)582
Houses506
Units76
YoY change+0%
Employment · Greater Bendigo LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3523ATO
Negatively geared90 (4.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,482/yr
Landlords (rental income)216
Reported capital gains142
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population168
Median age47
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$845
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Knowsley 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 · 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 · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Knowsley 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 and hospital coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches and hospital coverage, 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

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

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pop same · rent -$178/wk

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pop same · rent -$278/wk

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Knowsley FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Knowsley in?

    Knowsley is in the Greater Bendigo Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3523. Council-level context for Greater Bendigo LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Knowsley?

    The median weekly rent in Knowsley is $493/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Knowsley?

    Rent context available: Knowsley 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 Knowsley a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Knowsley 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 Knowsley?

    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 Knowsley 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.