Median house price
$306k
+14% change
VIC · Hindmarsh Council
Dimboola, 3414
Est. population · Jun 2025
1,573
Growth (1 yr)
+0.2%
Growth (5 yr)
-2.9%
Median age
52
Median income
$1,059/wk
Employment rate
43.6%
Median house price · 4th Quarter 2025
$306,000
Languages at home
2.1%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Tagalog, German
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- National parks
- Education hub
- Excellent transport
- Heritage area
Suburb profile
In Hindmarsh Council, Dimboola keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Life here is grounded in local routine rather than big-city choice.
Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many regional towns, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here, with buses covering longer trips across the wider area. Purchase and rent costs sit on the more affordable side of the local range.
Local crime has been trending higher of late. Light infill development is updating a few streets while the wider area stays largely unchanged.
Versus similar regional towns, the suburb reads below average on desirability, chiefly because community and employment trail behind. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Dimboola snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
—
No data available
Population (ERP)
1,573
+0.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
18.8%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#329
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
73rd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
46th
percentile in VIC
Advantage (IRSAD)
2/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
35th
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 26.7/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 6052nd in Australia
- State rank
- 1144th in VIC
- Peer rank
- #329 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #631 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 100%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- Median house price (4th Quarter 2025)
- $306,000
- Median price change
- +13.8%
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- DFFH rent report and Valuer-General property sales report — Department of Families, Fairness and Housing / Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · 4th Quarter 2025 · Updated · Quarterly releases; council median rent fallback where suburb rent unavailable
Population
Estimated resident population
1,573(June 2025)
+0.2% annual · -2.9% over 5 years · 46th percentile in VIC
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.2%
- 5-year growth
- -2.9%
- Change in 1 year
- +3
- Change in 5 years
- -47
- Growth rank in VIC
- 46th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~1,550), extrapolated at -0.6% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 1,635
- Median age
- 52
- Median household income / week
- $1,059
- Dwelling vacancy
- 18.8%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 169 of 899
- Median monthly mortgage
- $800
- Employment rate
- 43.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 690 / 0 / 22 (+ 5 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2026)
- 143
- Against the person
- 26
- Against property
- 54
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 90.9
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 63 residents
- State safety percentile
- 72.7th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +64.4%
Most common offence types
- B21 Criminal Damage7
- B49 Other Theft15
- B53 Obtain Benefit By Deception9
- E21 Breach Family Violence Order43
- Other Crimes Against The Person9
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- Recorded offences by suburb/town — Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria) · 2025 · Updated
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 2
- Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
- 972.5
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 35th
School list
- Dimboola Memorial Secondary CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 956 · 27th percentile · LBOTE 2% · 124 students · Top SEA quarter 4%View on My School →
- Dimboola Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 989 · 42th percentile · LBOTE 2% · 85 students · Top SEA quarter 15%View on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Dimoola Early Learning Centerkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
4 public transport stops in this suburb
- Car Park Rear Toilet Block/Lloyd St
- Car Park Rear Toilet Block/Lloyd St
- Dimboola Railway Station
- Dimboola Station
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
1 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 6 parks mapped in suburb
- Walkability proxy
- 6/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 3.67
Other(1)
- Lil-Lil Dam Bushland ReserveNature Reserve
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
13 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Bi Centennial Community ParkPark
- Cloughs Waterholes Wildlife Reserve (hunting)Nature reserve
- Dimboola Flora ReserveNature reserve
- Habys Swamp Wildlife Reserve (hunting)Nature reserve
- Katyil Bushland ReserveNature reserve
- Lil-Lil Dam Bushland ReserveNature reserve
- Loch Iel (Pink Lake) Lake ReserveNature reserve
- Nine Creeks ReservePark
- Seven Mile Dam Wildlife Reserve (hunting)Nature reserve
- Snape ReserveNature reserve
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 14
- Parks (OSM)
- 6
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 2
- Nearest hospital
- Wimmera Health Care (7.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- GuardianPharmacy
- Wimmera Health CareHospital
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 40
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 25.4
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 30° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 67 mm · ~8 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 87 mm · ~11 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 15° / 4°
- Rainfall
- 118 mm · ~15 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 116 mm · ~14 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Planning & development
Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).
20 planning-related records
2022· 1 proposal
January 2022
- Change shed permit to a carport145 Lloyd StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
2021· 8 proposals
August 2021
- Construction of new dwelling112 ELLERMAN STREET DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by the RA
- Construction of a fence3 MONTROSE STREET DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Harvesting of SaltWESTERN HIGHWAY DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by the RA
July 2021
- Use and development for place of assembly116-120 Lloyd StreetPermit issued by the RA
- Construct fence112 ELLERMAN STREET DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Use and development of an emergency services facility (Dimboola Fire Station)2-4 HIGH STREET DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by the RA
June 2021
- Four Lot Subdivision12 PARK STREET DIMBOOLA 3414Permit issued by the RA
March 2021
- Increase the permitted shed by 9.5metres51 Lloyd StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 11 proposals
December 2020
- New Dwelling3 Lochiel StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
November 2020
- Construction of a shed21 Moulder StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Change of Use51 Lloyd StreetWithdrawn
- Installation of inground swimming pool81 Wimmera StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
October 2020
- Place of Assembly - Library and Customer Service Centre - Demolition & construction of a toilet block, shade sails101 Lloyd StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
September 2020
- Construction of dwelling and shedGierke RoadWithdrawn
- Two lot subdivision320 Horseshoe Bend RoadPermit issued by the RA
- Change of Use from Commercial to GR1 Zone48 Victoria StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
May 2020
- 2 lot subdivision40-42 Victoria StreetPermit issued by the RA
February 2020
- Honey Extraction10 Riverside RoadPermit issued by the RA
January 2020
- Removal of native vegetation8-10 Wimmera StreetPermit issued by the RA
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- PPARS planning permit activity (statewide) — Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · 2020–2022 · Updated · MapServer through FY 2022–23; newer data needs council/API access
Heritage
1 heritage place
- EBENEZER MISSIONNH0288
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Mallee
- Member of Parliament
- Anne WEBSTER (The Nationals)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 121,604
- Turnout (2025)
- 91.5%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -0.1 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 69.0%Labor 31.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 38.9 km away).
Coalition 66.4%Labor 33.6%
2.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -0.4 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- DimboolaLabor 34.7% · Coalition 65.3% TPP (2025)7.3 km away
- JeparitLabor 28.4% · Coalition 71.5% TPP (2025)27.8 km away
- WarracknabealLabor 25.1% · Coalition 74.9% TPP (2025)34.7 km away
- NhillLabor 21.6% · Coalition 78.3% TPP (2025)36.3 km away
- Horsham NorthLabor 31.7% · Coalition 68.3% TPP (2025)37.1 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Hindmarsh Council
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Comparable suburbs
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