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Learmonth VIC 3352

Learmonth is in Ballarat LGA, VIC, postcode 3352, with population 396.

The read

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What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$420/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
122,661
123K via Ballarat LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
3,479
191 added 12mo · 25MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk$175

Affordability

28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $520/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$79K
Median rent · wk
$420
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$79K household · yr-4% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$105K
Household
$79K

Growth outlook · Ballarat LGA

Dwellings
+36%
50,350 → 68,480
+18,130 dwellings
Population
+27.5%
113,480 → 144,730
Households
+33%
47,470 → 63,140

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
14,481
11,695 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,695
Total incidents14,481· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault1,20650%
  • Sexual Offences26711%
  • Robbery572%
  • Break And Enter88337%

Full data detail

Learmonth VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Ballarat local government area, Learmonth is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3352). The area has roughly 396 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $79K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% 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, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballarat LGA is higher than average at 11,695 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.7% 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+1.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)$175
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$420
Population growth · Ballarat LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)122,661
5-year growth+1.9% CAGR
YoY change+1.7%
20012025
Development · Ballarat LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)853
Houses748
Units105
YoY change+0%
Employment · Ballarat LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.1%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3352ATO
Negatively geared767 (6.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,892/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,523
Reported capital gains845
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population396
Median age45
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,520
Personal income · wk$731
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Learmonth 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.

Learmonth FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Learmonth in?

    Learmonth is in the Ballarat Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3352. Council-level context for Ballarat LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Learmonth?

    The median weekly rent in Learmonth is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Learmonth?

    Rent context available: Learmonth 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 Learmonth a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Learmonth 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 Learmonth?

    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 Learmonth 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.