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Suburb profile ·Towong LGA · VIC ·3709

Pine Mountain VIC 3709

Pine Mountain is in Towong LGA, VIC, postcode 3709, with population 32.

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
$330/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,158
6K via Towong LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
117
5 added 12mo · 1MW

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

Affordability

24%
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 $1,430/mo — renting runs $130/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$72K
Median rent · wk
$330
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$72K household · yr-13.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$72K
Household
$72K

Growth outlook · Towong LGA

Dwellings
+7%
3,130 → 3,350
+220 dwellings
Population
+2.6%
6,180 → 6,340
Households
+6.9%
2,740 → 2,930

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
210
3,359 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,359
Total incidents210· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault2645%
  • Sexual Offences1322%
  • Robbery23%
  • Break And Enter1729%

Full data detail

Pine Mountain VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Pine Mountain (postcode 3709) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Towong local government area. With a population of 32, the suburb has a more retirement-aged population with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, managers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $330. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

The crime rate in the Towong LGA is below average at 3,359 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$330
Population growth · Towong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,158
5-year growth+0% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Towong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)11
Houses11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Towong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.8%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3709ATO
Negatively geared4 (2.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$2,684/yr
Landlords (rental income)25
Reported capital gains17
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population32
Median age60
Household size2.2
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$735
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Pine Mountain is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
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 Pine Mountain 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, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Berringama better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$150/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Mount Alfred better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$110/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Koetong better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$25/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Pine Mountain FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Pine Mountain in?

    Pine Mountain is in the Towong Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3709. Council-level context for Towong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Pine Mountain?

    The median weekly rent in Pine Mountain is $330/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Pine Mountain?

    Rent context available: Pine Mountain 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 Pine Mountain a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Pine Mountain 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 Pine Mountain?

    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 Pine Mountain 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.