VIC · Indigo Council
Huon, 3695
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Updated
Desirability score
- Rural
- Established
- Residential
- Amenities
- Open space
Suburb profile
Huon offers a slower smaller community life in Indigo, with open surrounds and a close-knit community feel. Life revolves around the local community, with the wider region offering trips and services when needed. The landscape itself is part of the lifestyle: open paddocks, big skies and room to breathe.
A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Everyday life leans local, with a handful of trusted shops, a familiar main street and neighbours who know your name. Homes offer solid value for the lifestyle on offer.
Tree-lined streets and established homes set the tone, with little pressure to reinvent the neighbourhood.
On the desirability index, the suburb sits below average overall, mainly because local dining and lifestyle amenities and growth momentum lag similar regional towns, despite relative strength in housing affordability and community and employment. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
Population
- Population
- 206
- Median age
- 49
- Median household income / week
- $1,875
- Dwelling vacancy
- 6.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 5 of 80
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,842
- Employment rate
- 68.2%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 6 / 0 / 0
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 · 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)
- 13
- Against the person
- 11
- Against property
- 1
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 63.1
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 19 residents
- State safety percentile
- 57.2th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +1200%
Reported offences increased compared with the previous period.
Reported offences by period
Most common offence types
- A722 Non-Fv Harassment And Private Nuisance1
- B19 Other Fire Related Offences1
- E22 Breach Intervention Order1
- Other Crimes Against The Person10
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) · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Year ending March release
Planning & development
Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).
6 planning-related records
2021· 2 proposals
June 2021
- Extension of timeMURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY HUON 3695Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
May 2021
- 2nd Dwelling2063 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY HUON 3695Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 4 proposals
November 2020
- Sign1497 Murray Valley HighwayLapsed
July 2020
- Shed2466 Murray Valley HighwayPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
May 2020
- Boundary realignment1198 Murray Valley HighwayPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
April 2020
- Shed2063 Murray Valley HighwayPermit issued by a delegate of 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) · Period: 2020–2022 · 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.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Parks & reserves
1 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Sandy Creek, Red Bluff Streamside ReserveNature reserve
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 8/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 10/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
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 · Period: current · Updated on site
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 34.8/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 4308th in Australia
- State rank
- 816th in VIC
- Peer rank
- #161 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #369 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 52%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- A722 Non-Fv Harassment And Private Nuisancecrime1
- B19 Other Fire Related Offencescrime1
- E22 Breach Intervention Ordercrime1
- Other Crimes Against The Personcrime10
- Sandy Creek, Red Bluff Streamside Reservegovernmentnature_reserve
- 2nd Dwellingplanning2063 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY HUON 3695Lodged 24 May 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Boundary realignmentplanning1198 Murray Valley HighwayLodged 23 May 2020 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Extension of timeplanningMURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY HUON 3695Lodged 25 Jun 2021 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Shedplanning2466 Murray Valley HighwayLodged 23 Jul 2020 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Shedplanning2063 Murray Valley HighwayLodged 30 Apr 2020 · Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
Data sources & freshness
- Recorded offences by suburb/town — Crime Statistics Agency (Victoria) · Updated on site · Year ending March release
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · Updated on site
- 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
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