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Suburb profile ·Greater Geelong LGA · VIC ·3340

Staughton Vale VIC 3340

Staughton Vale is in Greater Geelong LGA, VIC, postcode 3340, with population 105.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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
$500/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
295,052
295K via Greater Geelong LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
4,040
278 added 12mo · 25MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,854
Median rent · wk

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,854/mo, while renters pay about $2,167/mo — renting runs $313/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$149K
Median rent · wk
$500
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,854

Household income

$149K household · yr+81.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$49K
Family
$162K
Household
$149K

Growth outlook · Greater Geelong LGA

Dwellings
+39.1%
120,820 → 168,120
+47,300 dwellings
Population
+35.8%
270,770 → 367,670
Households
+39.2%
110,010 → 153,110

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
25,574
8,641 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,641
Total incidents25,574· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault2,11746%
  • Sexual Offences75217%
  • Robbery982%
  • Break And Enter1,58735%

Full data detail

Staughton Vale VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Greater Geelong local government area, Staughton Vale is a quiet locality (postcode 3340). It is home to about 105 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $149K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,854.

The crime rate in the Greater Geelong LGA is higher than average at 8,641 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.2% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,854
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$500
Population growth · Greater Geelong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)295,052
5-year growth+2.1% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Greater Geelong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)2,231
Houses1,862
Units369
YoY change+0%
Employment · Greater Geelong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.6%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3340ATO
Negatively geared1,109 (7.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,199/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,781
Reported capital gains893
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population105
Median age50
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,874
Personal income · wk$933
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

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

Swan Bay better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$250/wk

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

Mannerim better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$10/wk

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

Moorabool 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.

Staughton Vale FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Staughton Vale in?

    Staughton Vale is in the Greater Geelong Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3340. Council-level context for Greater Geelong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

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

    The median weekly rent in Staughton Vale is $500/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

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

    Rent context available: Staughton 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 Staughton Vale a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Staughton Vale show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Staughton 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 Staughton 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.