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Suburb profile ·Hepburn LGA · VIC ·3461

Yandoit VIC 3461

Yandoit is in Hepburn LGA, VIC, postcode 3461, with population 181.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$473/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
17,011
17K via Hepburn LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
1,263
56 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,235
Median rent · wk$285

Affordability

39%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,235/mo, while renters pay about $2,050/mo — renting runs $815/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$64K
Median rent · wk
$473
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,235

Household income

$64K household · yr-22.7% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$34K
Family
$85K
Household
$64K

Growth outlook · Hepburn LGA

Dwellings
+15.1%
9,510 → 10,950
+1,440 dwellings
Population
+13.7%
16,470 → 18,720
Households
+20.4%
7,490 → 9,020

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

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1047
Students16
Government1
  • Yandoit Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1047
Crime Year ending Dec 2025
806
4,750 per 100k
D6 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k4,750
Total incidents806· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault6838%
  • Sexual Offences2916%
  • Robbery11%
  • Break And Enter7945%

Full data detail

Yandoit VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Hepburn local government area, Yandoit is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 3461). The area has roughly 181 residents and a more retirement-aged population, with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $64K 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 +1.2% 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, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $473. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,235.

Yandoit is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1047, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Hepburn LGA is moderate at 4,750 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.2% 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+1.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,235
Rent · wk(Census)$285
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$473
Population growth · Hepburn LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)17,011
5-year growth+0.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.2%
20012025
Development · Hepburn LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)79
Houses77
Units2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Hepburn LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3461ATO
Negatively geared168 (6.4% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,365/yr
Landlords (rental income)381
Reported capital gains261
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population181
Median age57
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,224
Personal income · wk$654
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Yandoit carries enough direct local evidence 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 · 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 · 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.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Yandoit 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 hospital coverage and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are 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

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

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Yandoit FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Yandoit in?

    Yandoit is in the Hepburn Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3461. Council-level context for Hepburn LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Yandoit?

    The median weekly rent in Yandoit is $473/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Yandoit?

    Rent context available: Yandoit 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 Yandoit a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Yandoit 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 Yandoit?

    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 Yandoit 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.