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Suburb profile ·Hepburn LGA · VIC ·3461

Musk Vale VIC 3461

Musk Vale is in Hepburn LGA, VIC, postcode 3461, with population 170.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$473/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,011
17K via Hepburn LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,263
56 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,614
Median rent · wk$341

Affordability

34%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,614/mo, while renters pay about $2,050/mo — renting runs $436/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$73K
Median rent · wk
$473
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,614

Household income

$73K household · yr-10.9% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$92K
Household
$73K

Growth outlook · Hepburn LGA

Dwellings
+15.1%
9,510 → 10,950
+1,440 dwellings
Population
+13.7%
16,470 → 18,720
Households
+20.4%
7,490 → 9,020

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
806
4,750 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,750
Total incidents806· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault6838%
  • Sexual Offences2916%
  • Robbery11%
  • Break And Enter7945%

Full data detail

Musk Vale VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Hepburn local government area, Musk Vale is a small, quiet locality (postcode 3461). It is home to about 170 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $473. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,614.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops. The crime rate in the Hepburn LGA is moderate at 4,750 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.2% 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+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,614
Rent · wk(Census)$341
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$473
Population growth · Hepburn LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,011
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Hepburn LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)79
Houses77
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Hepburn LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3461ATO
Negatively geared168 (6.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,365/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains261
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population170
Median age48
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,410
Personal income · wk$593
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Musk Vale 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 · 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Musk Vale 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 Musk Vale feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Denver most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$123/wk

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

Lyonville most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$163/wk

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

Spring Hill most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$123/wk

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

Musk Vale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Musk Vale in?

    Musk Vale is in the Hepburn Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3461. Council-level context for Hepburn LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Musk Vale?

    The median weekly rent in Musk Vale is $473/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Musk Vale?

    Rent context available: Musk Vale 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 Musk Vale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Musk Vale 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 Musk Vale?

    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 Musk Vale 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.