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Suburb profile ·Baw Baw LGA · VIC ·3816

Labertouche VIC 3816

Labertouche is in Baw Baw LGA, VIC, postcode 3816, with population 386.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$525/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
62,784
63K via Baw Baw LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
558
31 added 12mo · 4MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,167
Median rent · wk$411

Affordability

25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $2,275/mo — renting runs $108/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$108K
Median rent · wk
$525
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$108K household · yr+31.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$41K
Family
$116K
Household
$108K

Growth outlook · Baw Baw LGA

Dwellings
+40%
24,520 → 34,340
+9,820 dwellings
Population
+37.4%
57,580 → 79,130
Households
+41.9%
23,090 → 32,760

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA989
Students80
Government1
  • Labertouche Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 989
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
5,193
8,229 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,229
Total incidents5,193· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault53348%
  • Sexual Offences19317%
  • Robbery161%
  • Break And Enter36333%

Full data detail

Labertouche VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Labertouche is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Baw Baw local government area (postcode 3816). With a population of 386, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $108K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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 managers, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $525. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

Labertouche is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 989, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Baw Baw LGA is higher than average at 8,229 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$411
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$525
Population growth · Baw Baw LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)62,784
5-year growth+2.4% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Baw Baw LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)380
Houses369
Units11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Baw Baw LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change-0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3816ATO
Negatively geared80 (4.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,572/yr
Landlords (rental income)161
Reported capital gains79
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population386
Median age43
Household size2.8
HH income · wk$2,076
Personal income · wk$793
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Labertouche 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.

Labertouche FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Labertouche in?

    Labertouche is in the Baw Baw Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3816. Council-level context for Baw Baw LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Labertouche?

    The median weekly rent in Labertouche is $525/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Labertouche?

    Rent context available: Labertouche 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 Labertouche a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Labertouche 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 Labertouche?

    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 Labertouche 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.