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Suburb profile ·Swan Hill LGA · VIC ·3597

Piangil VIC 3597

Piangil is in Swan Hill LGA, VIC, postcode 3597, with population 230.

The read

Livability-led

The page has enough signal to be useful, but the story is mixed rather than decisive. Use compare mode to pressure-test it against stronger nearby options, then use the calculator if it still makes the shortlist.

Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$430/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
20,962
21K via Swan Hill LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
94
1 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$625
Median rent · wk$138

Affordability

35%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $625/mo, while renters pay about $1,863/mo — renting runs $1,238/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$64K
Median rent · wk
$430
Owner mortgage · mo
$625

Household income

$64K household · yr-22.8% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$82K
Household
$64K

Growth outlook · Swan Hill LGA

Dwellings
+7.6%
9,550 → 10,280
+730 dwellings
Population
-3.4%
21,380 → 20,660
Households
+2.6%
8,530 → 8,750

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
2,322
11,054 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k11,054
Total incidents2,322· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault26365%
  • Sexual Offences6015%
  • Robbery31%
  • Break And Enter8020%

Full data detail

Piangil VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Swan Hill local government area, Piangil is a small, quiet locality (postcode 3597). The area has roughly 230 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $64K 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 +0.1% 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, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $430. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $625.

Public transport access includes 5 bus stops. The crime rate in the Swan Hill LGA is higher than average at 11,054 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +0.1% 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+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$625
Rent · wk(Census)$138
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$430
Population growth · Swan Hill LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)20,962
5-year growth-0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Swan Hill LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)92
Houses80
Units12
YoY change+0%
Employment · Swan Hill LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.3%
YoY change-2.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3597ATO
Negatively geared15 (5.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,539/yr
Landlords (rental income)23
Reported capital gains23
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population230
Median age49
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,222
Personal income · wk$776
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
TransportGTFS
Bus stops5
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Piangil 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 · 5 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.

Piangil FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Piangil in?

    Piangil is in the Swan Hill Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3597. Council-level context for Swan Hill LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Piangil?

    The median weekly rent in Piangil is $430/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Piangil?

    Rent context available: Piangil 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 Piangil a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Piangil 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 Piangil?

    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 Piangil 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.