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Suburb profile ·Golden Plains LGA · VIC ·3351

Staffordshire Reef VIC 3351

Staffordshire Reef is in Golden Plains LGA, VIC, postcode 3351, with population 63.

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
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
26,620
27K via Golden Plains LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,817
82 added 12mo · 12MW

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$135

Affordability

62%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $1,126/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$38K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

$38K household · yr-53.3% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$31K
Family
$56K
Household
$38K

Growth outlook · Golden Plains LGA

Dwellings
+39.9%
9,410 → 13,160
+3,750 dwellings
Population
+36.8%
24,880 → 34,040
Households
+41.8%
8,770 → 12,440

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
803
2,988 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k2,988
Total incidents803· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault7642%
  • Sexual Offences2816%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter7642%

Full data detail

Staffordshire Reef VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Staffordshire Reef (postcode 3351) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Golden Plains local government area. With a population of 63, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 1.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% 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, machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

The crime rate in the Golden Plains LGA is below average at 2,988 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$135
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$460
Population growth · Golden Plains LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)26,620
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Golden Plains LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)136
Houses135
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Golden Plains LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change-0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3351ATO
Negatively geared297 (5.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,623/yr
Landlords (rental income)633
Reported capital gains397
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population63
Median age60
Household size1.7
HH income · wk$739
Personal income · wk$602
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Staffordshire Reef 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 Staffordshire Reef 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops; 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Werneth most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$307/wk

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

Mannibadar most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$285/wk

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

Russells Bridge most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$260/wk

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

Staffordshire Reef FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Staffordshire Reef in?

    Staffordshire Reef is in the Golden Plains Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3351. Council-level context for Golden Plains LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Staffordshire Reef?

    The median weekly rent in Staffordshire Reef is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Staffordshire Reef?

    Rent context available: Staffordshire Reef 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 Staffordshire Reef a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Staffordshire Reef 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 Staffordshire Reef?

    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 Staffordshire Reef 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.