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Suburb profile ·Alpine LGA · VIC ·3744

Wandiligong VIC 3744

Wandiligong is in Alpine LGA, VIC, postcode 3744, with population 522.

The read

Livability-led

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Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$450/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
522
522 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
131
6 added 12mo · 1MW

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$275

Rental vacancy rate

Rental vacancy rate · Regional Victoria
1.9%
Tight (landlord) market

Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).

Source: Homes Victoria Rental Report (DFFH) · Latest: Sep 2025
Investor profile

Who invests in Wandiligong

Owner-occupied 88%Rented 12%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.7%
13 of 38 landlords
Avg rental loss$4,391/yr
Landlords (rental income)38
Reported capital gains46
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 12% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

86% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

28%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,400/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $550/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$84K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,400

Household income

$84K household · yr+2% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$41K
Family
$99K
Household
$84K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
10
$300-649
18
$650-999
20
$1,000-1,499
33
$1,500-1,999
23
$2,000-2,999
31
$3,000-3,999
15
$4,000+
21

At the median asking rent, about 47% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,500/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (182 households)
Owned outright
47%
Owned with mortgage
39%
Rented
12%
Dwelling structure31.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
101%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 72% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 29% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1070
Students40
Government1
  • Wandiligong Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1070

Livability

15/ 100 livability index

Top 85% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.

Peer distributionstronger than 15% of Australian suburbs
WeakerTypicalStronger
Everyday access19
Public transport0
Schools & hospitals25

Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer

Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.

Crime Year ending Mar 2026
487
3,670 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,670
Total incidents487· Year ending Mar 2026
  • Assault6760%
  • Sexual Offences2018%
  • Robbery11%
  • Break And Enter2321%

Bushfire-prone area

Designated ~100.0%
~100.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's designated Bushfire Prone Area

Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Flood exposure

No mapped exposure ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood-hazard area

Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Public Conservation & Resource (PCRZ)
Public / Open space 57% Rural / Green wedge 41% Residential 2%
Residential density: Low

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Growth outlook · Alpine LGA

Dwellings
+11.1%
7,270 → 8,080
+810 dwellings
Population
+6.2%
13,150 → 13,960
Households
+9.3%
5,780 → 6,320

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Population outlook

8,902 people · 20229,730 by 2032 (+9.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Bright - Mount Beauty SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Wandiligong VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Alpine local government area, Wandiligong is a small community (postcode 3744). The area has roughly 522 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $84K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,400.

Wandiligong is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1070, which is above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Alpine LGA is below average at 3,670 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,400
Rent · wk(Census)$275
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$450
Population growth · Alpine LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)13,236
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Alpine LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)29
Houses 93%Units 7%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Alpine LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.9%
YoY change+1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3744ATO
Negatively geared4.7%
13 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,391/yr
Landlords (rental income)38
Reported capital gains46
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population522
Median age47
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,615
Personal income · wk$784
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,095 → $1,615
Change+47.5%
vs VIC median+24 pp
Median rent+21.7%
gentrifyingvs VIC 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Alpine LGAAIHW
Public3
Private0
Alpine Health [Bright]public
Alpine Health [Mount Beauty]public
Alpine Health [Myrtleford]public
Aged care · Alpine LGAGEN
Facilities4
Residential places186
Mercy Place Myrtleford Lodge81 places
Bright Multi-Purpose Service45 places
Myrtleford Multi-Purpose Service35 places
Mount Beauty Multi-Purpose Service25 places
Childcare · Alpine LGAACECQA
Services12
Approved places846
Exceeding NQS3
Chabad Youth Holiday Program - Harrietville300 places
Alpine View Children's Centre155 places
Mountain View Children's Centre97 places
Lake View Children's Centre96 places
Bright P-12 College TheirCare30 places
Dederang Primary School OSHC30 places
+6 more in Alpine LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Wandiligong for a first-pass decision.

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 · mixed acquisition · 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 Mar 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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.

Wandiligong FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wandiligong in?

    Wandiligong is in the Alpine Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3744. Council-level context for Alpine LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Wandiligong?

    The median weekly rent in Wandiligong is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Wandiligong?

    Rent context available: Wandiligong 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 Wandiligong a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Wandiligong 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 Wandiligong?

    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 Wandiligong 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.