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Suburb profile ·Baw Baw LGA · VIC ·3821

Warragul South VIC 3821

Warragul South is in Baw Baw LGA, VIC, postcode 3821, with population 280.

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
$525/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
62,784
63K via Baw Baw LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
639
33 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$2,284
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

24%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,284/mo, while renters pay about $2,275/mo — owning runs $9/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$111K
Median rent · wk
$525
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,284

Household income

$111K household · yr+35.4% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$123K
Household
$111K

Growth outlook · Baw Baw LGA

Dwellings
+40%
24,520 → 34,340
+9,820 dwellings
Population
+37.4%
57,580 → 79,130
Households
+41.9%
23,090 → 32,760

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
5,193
8,229 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,229
Total incidents5,193· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault53348%
  • Sexual Offences19317%
  • Robbery161%
  • Break And Enter36333%

Full data detail

Warragul South VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Warragul South (postcode 3821) is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Baw Baw local government area. It is home to about 280 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $525. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,284.

The crime rate in the Baw Baw LGA is higher than average at 8,229 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.6% 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+1.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$2,284
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$525
Population growth · Baw Baw LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)62,784
5-year growth+2.4% CAGR
YoY change+1.6%
20012025
Development · Baw Baw LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)380
Houses369
Units11
YoY change+0%
Employment · Baw Baw LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change-0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3821ATO
Negatively geared119 (6.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,696/yr
Landlords (rental income)272
Reported capital gains189
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population280
Median age42
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,143
Personal income · wk$841
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Warragul South 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 Warragul South 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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

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

Rawson better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$315/wk

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

Ripplebrook most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$225/wk

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

Trafalgar South most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$215/wk

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

Warragul South FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Warragul South in?

    Warragul South is in the Baw Baw Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3821. Council-level context for Baw Baw LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Warragul South?

    The median weekly rent in Warragul South is $525/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Warragul South?

    Rent context available: Warragul South 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 Warragul South a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Warragul South 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 Warragul South?

    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 Warragul South 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.