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Suburb profile ·Yarriambiack LGA · VIC ·3487

Lascelles VIC 3487

Lascelles is in Yarriambiack LGA, VIC, postcode 3487, with population 82.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$310/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,295
6K via Yarriambiack LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
20
0 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$382
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $382/mo, while renters pay about $1,343/mo — renting runs $961/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$310
Owner mortgage · mo
$382

Household income

$88K household · yr+6.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$37K
Family
$100K
Household
$88K

Growth outlook · Yarriambiack LGA

Dwellings
+2.5%
3,600 → 3,690
+90 dwellings
Population
-8.9%
6,510 → 5,930
Households
-6.3%
3,020 → 2,830

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
507
8,069 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,069
Total incidents507· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault6353%
  • Sexual Offences2924%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter2723%

Full data detail

Lascelles VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Lascelles (postcode 3487) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Yarriambiack local government area. With a population of 82, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $88K 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 -0.3% 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, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $310. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $382.

Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Yarriambiack LGA is higher than average at 8,069 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-0.3% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$382
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$310
Population growth · Yarriambiack LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,295
5-year growth-1.1% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Yarriambiack LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Yarriambiack LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.9%
YoY change-2.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3487ATO
Negatively geared0 (0% of filers)
Landlords (rental income)5
Reported capital gains6
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population82
Median age47
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,687
Personal income · wk$706
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Lascelles 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 · 4 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 Lascelles 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches and hospital coverage; 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.

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

Yaapeet most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$260/wk

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

Cannum most similar
similar rent profile

pop same · rent -$200/wk

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

Bangerang most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$110/wk

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

Lascelles FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lascelles in?

    Lascelles is in the Yarriambiack Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3487. Council-level context for Yarriambiack LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Lascelles?

    The median weekly rent in Lascelles is $310/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Lascelles?

    Rent context available: Lascelles 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 Lascelles a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Lascelles show: Declining, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lascelles?

    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 Lascelles 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.