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VIC · Wangaratta Council

East Wangaratta, VIC, 3678

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Suburb snapshot

East Wangaratta is a small locality in the Wangaratta area, home to around 66 residents (2021 Census). Recent indicators show reported crime totals of around 4 offences in 2026, roughly 60.6 offences per 1,000 residents, 12 school and preschool sites in the area, 5 active roadworks or transport incidents on nearby routes, and notable planning and development activity on record. Use the sections below for detailed population, safety, schools, and local activity data.

Population

Population
66
Median age
51
Median household income / week
$1,875
Dwelling vacancy
0%
Unoccupied private dwellings
0 of 25
Median monthly mortgage
$1,970
Employment rate
71.4%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
0 / 0 / 0

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Total offences (2026)
2,429
Against the person
403
Against property
1,000
Rate per 1,000 residents
36,803
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 66 residents
State safety percentile
55.8th (lower crime is better)
Year-on-year change
-0.2%

Most common offence types

  • A231 Fv Common Assault1
  • B21 Criminal Damage197
  • B21 Criminal Damage2
  • B43 Steal From A Retail Store195
  • C32 Drug Possession144
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order416
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order1
  • E23 Breach Bail Conditions139

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Schools & preschools

Schools & preschools
12
Median school ICSEA (12 schools)
999
  • Appin Park Primary SchoolPrimary
  • Borinya, Wangaratta Community PartnershipSpecial
  • Cathedral College WangarattaCombined
  • Galen Catholic CollegeSecondary
  • Our Lady's SchoolPrimary
  • St Bernard's SchoolPrimary
  • St Patrick's SchoolPrimary
  • Wangaratta District Specialist SchoolSpecial
  • Wangaratta High SchoolSecondary
  • Wangaratta Primary SchoolPrimary

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Roadworks & transport

5 active roadworks / incidents

  • Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/04/2026 and 15/07/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Weekends 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed multiple directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be 0 to 5 min.HUME FREEWAY, HUME IN-GREAT ALPINE RAMP OF09 Apr 2026 – 14 Jul 2026
  • Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/04/2026 and 15/07/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Weekends 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed multiple directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be 0 to 5 min.HUME FREEWAY, HUME OUT-GREAT ALPINE RAMP OF09 Apr 2026 – 14 Jul 2026
  • Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/04/2026 and 15/07/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Weekends 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed multiple directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be 0 to 5 min.HUME IN-GREAT ALPINE RAMP OF, HUME FREEWAY09 Apr 2026 – 14 Jul 2026
  • Maintenance Works activities occurring between 22/02/2025 and 27/02/2027 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Note that changed conditions may also be in place during 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed multiple directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GREAT ALPINE ROAD, LUCAS STREET21 Feb 2025 – 26 Feb 2027
  • Maintenance Works activities occurring between 22/02/2025 and 27/02/2027 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM, Weekends 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Note that changed conditions may also be in place during 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed multiple directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GREAT ALPINE ROAD, LUCAS STREET21 Feb 2025 – 26 Feb 2027

Data sources & freshness

  • Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · Period: current · Updated on site · Hourly refresh where supported

Planning & development

Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).

264 planning-related records

2022· 1 proposal

  • April 2022

  • Staged fifty-six lot subdivision, removal of native vegetation & creation of an easement
    79-89 MASON STREET WANGARATTA 3677Refusal issued by the Resp. Authority
2021· 108 proposals

  • October 2021

  • Eight lot subdivision
    9-11 ESMOND STREET WANGARATTA 3677Withdrawn

  • September 2021

  • Development of an Outbuilding
    89 VINCENT ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of Three Dwellings
    124 BURKE STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of an Industrial Building
    48 NORTON STREET WANGARATTA 3677In progress
  • Development of residential buildings for social housing, demolition of buildings & partial waiver of car parking spaces to be provided
    21-23 TEMPLETON STREET WANGARATTA 3677NOD issued by the Resp. Authority
  • Development of a Store and a Reduction in Car Parking Requirements
    4 NEWMAN STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Two Lot Subdivision and Construction of Two Dwellings
    38 WILLOW DRIVE WANGARATTA 3677NOD issued by a delegate
  • Development of a Second Dwelling and Two Lot Subdivision
    12 BURNS STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of land for a Supermarket, Use and development of land for Licensed Premises (Bottle Shop), Removal of Native Vegetation, Installation of Internally Illuminated Business Identification Signage, Staged Subdivision of the Land (108 Lots) and the Creation of Access to a Road Zone Category One (RDZ1).
    SALISBURY STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Construction of a Storage Shed
    HP BARR RESERVE WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and Works associated with an existing Funeral Parlour (Vehicle Storage)
    184 GRETA ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Installation of an Electronic Promotion Sign and Construction of Parapet and Skirting Board
    118-120 MURPHY STREET WANGARATTA 3677Refusal issued by a delegate
  • Two Lot Residential Subdivision Adjacent to a Road Zone, Category 1
    215 MURDOCH ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2021

  • Development of an Agricultural Shed
    181 WIGHTONS ROAD EAST WANGARATTA 3678Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a Store (and ancillary office), Removal of Native Vegetation and a Reduction in Bicycle Facilities
    SISELY AVENUE WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by the RA
  • Development of an industrial building and reduction in car parking spaces
    3 MURRELL STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and Development of Land for a 24-Hour Service Station, Display of Signage and Alteration of an Access to a Road in a Transport 2 Zone
    46-50 PARFITT ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of two dwellings
    26 HIGGINS STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and Development of a Restricted Recreation Facility
    46 MURRELL STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Alterations to Dwelling
    30 GRAY STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development and Display of a Floodlit Major Promotion Sign
    73-83 TONE ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Refusal issued by a delegate
  • Development of a Carport
    16 ROGER STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of an Addition to an Industrial Building
    147 VINCENT ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of an Outbuilding
    31 KETT STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Staged Subdivision of Land and the Removal of Native Vegetation
    80 SALISBURY STREET WANGARATTA 3677In progress
  • Use and Development of a Medical Centre
    2 GREEN STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2021

  • Development of an Industrial Building, reduction in car parking spaces and a reduction in bicycle facilities and display of business identification signage
    PURBRICK STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Demolition of a Dwelling and associated Outbuildings and the Development of a Dwelling, Outbuilding and Swimming Pool and the Removal of Non-native Vegetation
    101 WILLIAMS ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of Two Dwellings on a Lot
    21 FLANAGAN STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of three dwellings
    3 SILVERWOOD GROVE WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of two dwellings (two-story) and two lot subdivision
    2 BOWERBIRD WAY WANGARATTA 3677NOD issued by the Resp. Authority
  • Partial Demolition and Development of an Outbuilding and an Extension to a Dwelling
    2 CRISP STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of land for a childcare centre, reduction in car parking spaces and the provision of car parking spaces on another site
    2-8 BROWNING STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lapsed
  • Development of Two Dwellings and Alteration of Access to a Road in Road Zone Category 1
    121 MURDOCH ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a Second Dwelling and Two Lot Subdivision
    161 ROWAN STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Extension to dwelling, demolition of an outbuilding and removal of trees
    21 SCOTT STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Partial Demolition, Alterations and Additions to a Residential Aged Care Facility, Removal of Vegetation (non-native), a Reduction in Required Car Parking Requirements and Display of Internally Illuminated Business Identification Signage and Direction Signage
    ST CATHERINES WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Demolition of a Chimney
    35 REID STREET WANGARATTA 3677Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Partial demolition of a Building and Buildings and Works that change the appearance of a Heritage place (Replacement of roof cladding)
    39 SMITH CRESCENT WANGARATTA 3677Withdrawn
2020· 155 proposals

155 proposals lodged in 2020. Individual listings are kept for the most recent proposals.

Data sources & freshness

  • PPARS planning permit activity (statewide) — Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · Period: 2020; 2020–2022; 2021… · Updated on site · Public MapServer last updated Feb 2024 — applications through FY 2022–23 only; newer PPARS data requires council/API access

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh

Socio-economic (SEIFA)

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.

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Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.

Data sources & freshness

  • Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
1
Parks (OSM)
0

OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover features — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh

Recent changes

  • Alterations to Dwellingplanning30 GRAY STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 06 Aug 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and Works associated with an existing Funeral Parlour (Vehicle Storage)planning184 GRETA ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 01 Sep 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Construction of a Storage ShedplanningHP BARR RESERVE WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 02 Sep 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Demolition of a Chimneyplanning35 REID STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 20 Jul 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Demolition of a Dwelling and associated Outbuildings and the Development of a Dwelling, Outbuilding and Swimming Pool and the Removal of Non-native Vegetationplanning101 WILLIAMS ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 29 Jul 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development and Display of a Floodlit Major Promotion Signplanning73-83 TONE ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 06 Aug 2021 · Refusal issued by a delegate
  • Development of Three Dwellingsplanning124 BURKE STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 28 Sep 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of Two Dwellings and Alteration of Access to a Road in Road Zone Category 1planning121 MURDOCH ROAD WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 22 Jul 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of Two Dwellings on a Lotplanning21 FLANAGAN STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 29 Jul 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a Carportplanning16 ROGER STREET WANGARATTA 3677Lodged 06 Aug 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

Data sources & freshness

  • PPARS planning permit activity (statewide) — Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria) · Updated on site · Public MapServer last updated Feb 2024 — applications through FY 2022–23 only; newer PPARS data requires council/API access