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Suburb profile ·Wellington LGA · VIC ·3851

The Heart VIC 3851

The Heart is in Wellington LGA, VIC, postcode 3851, with population 30.

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

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
$435/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
46,551
47K via Wellington LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,704
73 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
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 $1,300/mo, while renters pay about $1,885/mo — renting runs $585/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$134K
Median rent · wk
$435
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,300

Household income

$134K household · yr+63.2% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$134K
Household
$134K

Growth outlook · Wellington LGA

Dwellings
+15.9%
23,550 → 27,290
+3,740 dwellings
Population
+12.3%
45,450 → 51,040
Households
+19%
19,130 → 22,760

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
5,680
12,111 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k12,111
Total incidents5,680· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault63248%
  • Sexual Offences25419%
  • Robbery81%
  • Break And Enter42432%

Full data detail

The Heart VIC — Property Data and Demographics

The Heart is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Wellington local government area (postcode 3851). With a population of 30, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $134K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 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. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and professional services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $435. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

The crime rate in the Wellington LGA is higher than average at 12,111 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$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$435
Population growth · Wellington LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)46,551
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Wellington LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)152
Houses133
Units19
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wellington LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.1%
YoY change-0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3851ATO
Negatively geared168 (5.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,015/yr
Landlords (rental income)389
Reported capital gains260
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population30
Median age42
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,583
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

The Heart 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 The Heart 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

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

Calrossie better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$257/wk

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

Dutson better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent +$65/wk

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

Hollands Landing better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$335/wk

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

The Heart FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is The Heart in?

    The Heart is in the Wellington Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3851. Council-level context for Wellington LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in The Heart?

    The median weekly rent in The Heart is $435/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about The Heart?

    Rent context available: The Heart 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 The Heart a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for The Heart 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 The Heart?

    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 The Heart 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.