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Suburb profile ·Pyrenees LGA · VIC ·3373

Lake Wongan VIC 3373

Lake Wongan is in Pyrenees LGA, VIC, postcode 3373, with population 3.

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
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
7,957
8K via Pyrenees LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
558
19 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$4,000
Median rent · wk

Affordability

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

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $4,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — owning runs $2,267/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$84K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$4,000

Household income

$84K household · yr+2.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$84K
Family
$130K
Household
$84K

Growth outlook · Pyrenees LGA

Dwellings
+12.9%
3,940 → 4,450
+510 dwellings
Population
+8.4%
7,610 → 8,250
Households
+11.3%
3,270 → 3,640

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
528
6,576 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,576
Total incidents528· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault6250%
  • Sexual Offences97%
  • Robbery11%
  • Break And Enter5342%

Full data detail

Lake Wongan VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Pyrenees local government area, Lake Wongan is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3373). With a population of 3, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $84K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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 top ancestries reported are English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,000.

The crime rate in the Pyrenees LGA is moderate at 6,576 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.4% 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+0.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$4,000
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$400
Population growth · Pyrenees LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)7,957
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.4%
20012025
Development · Pyrenees LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)32
Houses32
YoY change+0%
Employment · Pyrenees LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3373ATO
Negatively geared73 (5.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,239/yr
Landlords (rental income)173
Reported capital gains106
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population3
Median age44
Household size1.5
HH income · wk$1,624
Personal income · wk$1,624
Persons / bedroom0.4
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Lake Wongan is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

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 · 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 Lake Wongan 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, and transport stops.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Beaufort better covered
better market coverage

pop +1700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$150/wk

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

Avoca better covered
better market coverage

pop +1400 · adds house price coverage · rent -$190/wk

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

Frenchmans most similar

pop same

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

Lake Wongan FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lake Wongan in?

    Lake Wongan is in the Pyrenees Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3373. Council-level context for Pyrenees LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lake Wongan?

    The median weekly rent in Lake Wongan is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Lake Wongan?

    Rent context available: Lake Wongan 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 Lake Wongan a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lake Wongan 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 Lake Wongan?

    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 Lake Wongan 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.