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Suburb profile ·Nillumbik LGA · VIC ·3760

Smiths Gully VIC 3760

Smiths Gully is in Nillumbik LGA, VIC, postcode 3760, with population 356.

Limited data

Thin-context

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$580/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
63,797
64K via Nillumbik LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
80
2 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,167
Median rent · wk$278

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $346/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$128K
Median rent · wk
$580
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167

Household income

$128K household · yr+55.9% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$53K
Family
$135K
Household
$128K

Growth outlook · Nillumbik LGA

Dwellings
+11.3%
22,410 → 24,950
+2,540 dwellings
Population
+6.3%
63,450 → 67,420
Households
+11.3%
21,950 → 24,440

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
2,353
3,681 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,681
Total incidents2,353· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault18241%
  • Sexual Offences419%
  • Robbery184%
  • Break And Enter19945%

Full data detail

Smiths Gully VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Smiths Gully (postcode 3760) is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Nillumbik local government area. It is home to about 356 residents, with a mature demographic and a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $128K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.4% 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

The crime rate in the Nillumbik LGA is below average at 3,681 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.4% 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+0.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$278
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$580
Population growth · Nillumbik LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)63,797
5-year growth-0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.4%
20012025
Development · Nillumbik LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)82
Houses47
Units35
YoY change+0%
Employment · Nillumbik LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.9%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3760ATO
Negatively geared11 (4.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,785/yr
Landlords (rental income)31
Reported capital gains23
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population356
Median age49
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,468
Personal income · wk$1,012
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Smiths Gully is usable as a read, though 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 Smiths Gully 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

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pop same · rent -$227/wk

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Bend Of Islands most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$280/wk

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Arthurs Creek most similar
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pop +100 · rent -$362/wk

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Smiths Gully FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Smiths Gully in?

    Smiths Gully is in the Nillumbik Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3760. Council-level context for Nillumbik LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Smiths Gully?

    The median weekly rent in Smiths Gully is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Smiths Gully?

    Rent context available: Smiths Gully 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 Smiths Gully a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Smiths Gully 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 Smiths Gully?

    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 Smiths Gully 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.