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Suburb profile ·Murrindindi LGA · VIC ·3713

Taylor Bay VIC 3713

Taylor Bay is in Murrindindi LGA, VIC, postcode 3713, with population 76.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$400/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
15,648
16K via Murrindindi LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
287
5 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$1,400
Median rent · wk$320

Affordability

37%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,400/mo, while renters pay about $1,733/mo — renting runs $333/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$56K
Median rent · wk
$400
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,400

Household income

$56K household · yr-32.1% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$146K
Household
$56K

Growth outlook · Murrindindi LGA

Dwellings
+18.8%
8,350 → 9,920
+1,570 dwellings
Population
+17%
15,130 → 17,700
Households
+24.1%
6,710 → 8,330

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
885
5,639 per 100k
D7 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k5,639
Total incidents885· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault8240%
  • Sexual Offences3316%
  • Robbery21%
  • Break And Enter9043%

Full data detail

Taylor Bay VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Taylor Bay (postcode 3713) is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Murrindindi local government area. With a population of 76, the suburb has a predominantly older resident base with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $56K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward education and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $400. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,400.

The crime rate in the Murrindindi LGA is moderate at 5,639 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,400
Rent · wk(Census)$320
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$400
Population growth · Murrindindi LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)15,648
5-year growth+1% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Murrindindi LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)48
Houses42
Units6
YoY change+0%
Employment · Murrindindi LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3713ATO
Negatively geared17 (3.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,354/yr
Landlords (rental income)37
Reported capital gains41
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population76
Median age62
Household size1.6
HH income · wk$1,075
Personal income · wk$833
Persons / bedroom0.5
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Taylor Bay 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 Taylor Bay 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 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.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Taylor Bay 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 -$77/wk

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pop same · rent -$150/wk

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pop same · rent -$49/wk

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Taylor Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Taylor Bay in?

    Taylor Bay is in the Murrindindi Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3713. Council-level context for Murrindindi LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Taylor Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Taylor Bay is $400/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Taylor Bay?

    Rent context available: Taylor Bay 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 Taylor Bay a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Taylor Bay 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 Taylor Bay?

    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 Taylor Bay 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.