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Suburb profile ·Wangaratta LGA · VIC ·3678

Wangandary VIC 3678

Wangandary is in Wangaratta LGA, VIC, postcode 3678, with population 217.

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
$450/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
30,089
30K via Wangaratta LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,041
125 added 12mo · 15MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,855
Median rent · wk$375

Affordability

25%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,855/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $95/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$93K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,855

Household income

$93K household · yr+13.2% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$41K
Family
$103K
Household
$93K

Growth outlook · Wangaratta LGA

Dwellings
+14.4%
13,680 → 15,650
+1,970 dwellings
Population
+8.5%
29,740 → 32,260
Households
+14.1%
12,830 → 14,640

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
2,889
9,523 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k9,523
Total incidents2,889· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault26453%
  • Sexual Offences9820%
  • Robbery71%
  • Break And Enter13326%

Full data detail

Wangandary VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Wangandary (postcode 3678) is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Wangaratta local government area. With a population of 217, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $93K 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 +0.2% 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 professionals, managers, sales. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,855.

The crime rate in the Wangaratta LGA is higher than average at 9,523 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,855
Rent · wk(Census)$375
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$450
Population growth · Wangaratta LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)30,089
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Wangaratta LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)120
Houses88
Units32
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wangaratta LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)5.1%
YoY change+1.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3678ATO
Negatively geared275 (6.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,195/yr
Landlords (rental income)674
Reported capital gains445
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population217
Median age52
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,792
Personal income · wk$793
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Wangandary works as a starting read but 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 Wangandary 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Markwood most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$220/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Whitfield most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$250/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Byawatha most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$150/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Wangandary FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wangandary in?

    Wangandary is in the Wangaratta Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3678. Council-level context for Wangaratta LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Wangandary?

    The median weekly rent in Wangandary 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 Wangandary?

    Rent context available: Wangandary 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 Wangandary a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Wangandary 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 Wangandary?

    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 Wangandary 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.