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Suburb profile ·Gannawarra LGA · VIC ·3579

Murrabit VIC 3579

Murrabit is in Gannawarra LGA, VIC, postcode 3579, with population 230.

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Livability-led

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What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$323/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,311
10K via Gannawarra LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,224
31 added 12mo · 9MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$158

Affordability

31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,400/mo — renting runs $533/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$323
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$54K household · yr-34.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$59K
Household
$54K

Growth outlook · Gannawarra LGA

Dwellings
+6.4%
5,330 → 5,670
+340 dwellings
Population
-4.1%
10,610 → 10,180
Households
+1.2%
4,810 → 4,870

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA915
Students25
Government1
  • Murrabit Group SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 915
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
862
8,294 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,294
Total incidents862· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault7947%
  • Sexual Offences4728%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter3923%

Full data detail

Murrabit VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Gannawarra local government area, Murrabit is a quiet locality (postcode 3579). With a population of 230, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $323. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

Murrabit is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 915, which is below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 4 bus stops. The crime rate in the Gannawarra LGA is higher than average at 8,294 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$867
Rent · wk(Census)$158
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$323
Population growth · Gannawarra LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,311
5-year growth-0.5% CAGR
YoY change-0.3%
20012025
Development · Gannawarra LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gannawarra LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.6%
YoY change-2.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3579ATO
Negatively geared89 (2.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,275/yr
Landlords (rental income)288
Reported capital gains271
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population230
Median age52
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,036
Personal income · wk$553
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops4
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Strong evidence

Murrabit 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 · 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.

Murrabit FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Murrabit in?

    Murrabit is in the Gannawarra Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3579. Council-level context for Gannawarra LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Murrabit?

    The median weekly rent in Murrabit is $323/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Murrabit?

    Rent context available: Murrabit 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 Murrabit a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Murrabit 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 Murrabit?

    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 Murrabit 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.