The Gurdies is in Bass Coast LGA, VIC, postcode 3984, with population 243.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $2,080/mo — renting runs $563/mo higher on these medians.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
The Gurdies is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Bass Coast local government area (postcode 3984). The area has roughly 243 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% 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, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $480. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Public transport access includes 6 bus stops. The crime rate in the Bass Coast LGA is higher than average at 8,622 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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The Gurdies has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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The Gurdies is in the Bass Coast Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3984. Council-level context for Bass Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in The Gurdies is $480/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: The Gurdies 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for The Gurdies show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.