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Suburb profile ·South Gippsland LGA · VIC ·3960

Turtons Creek VIC 3960

Turtons Creek is in South Gippsland LGA, VIC, postcode 3960, with population 33.

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
$433/wk
Rent context available
D9 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,109
31K via South Gippsland LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
776
35 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$953
Median rent · wk$285

Affordability

41%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $953/mo, while renters pay about $1,876/mo — renting runs $923/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$55K
Median rent · wk
$433
Owner mortgage · mo
$953

Household income

$55K household · yr-32.9% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$68K
Household
$55K

Growth outlook · South Gippsland LGA

Dwellings
+18.1%
17,150 → 20,250
+3,100 dwellings
Population
+15.5%
30,380 → 35,100
Households
+20.5%
13,090 → 15,770

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
2,633
8,421 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,421
Total incidents2,633· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault21130%
  • Sexual Offences27239%
  • Robbery10%
  • Break And Enter21831%

Full data detail

Turtons Creek VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the South Gippsland local government area, Turtons Creek is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3960). With a population of 33, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $55K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 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 technicians & trades, sales, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $433. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $953.

The crime rate in the South Gippsland LGA is higher than average at 8,421 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, 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$953
Rent · wk(Census)$285
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$433
Population growth · South Gippsland LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,109
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · South Gippsland LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)108
Houses102
Units6
YoY change+0%
Employment · South Gippsland LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change-0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3960ATO
Negatively geared72 (4.5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,775/yr
Landlords (rental income)196
Reported capital gains196
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population33
Median age51
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,062
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)7/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Turtons Creek 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 Turtons Creek 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$183/wk

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similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$183/wk

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pop same · rent -$193/wk

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Turtons Creek FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Turtons Creek in?

    Turtons Creek is in the South Gippsland Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3960. Council-level context for South Gippsland LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Turtons Creek?

    The median weekly rent in Turtons Creek is $433/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Turtons Creek?

    Rent context available: Turtons Creek 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 Turtons Creek a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Turtons Creek 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 Turtons Creek?

    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 Turtons Creek 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.