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VIC · East Gippsland Council

Metung, 3904

Est. population · Jun 2025

1,650

Growth (1 yr)

+0.6%

Growth (5 yr)

+4.2%

Median age

60

Median income

$1,219/wk

Employment rate

45.1%

Median house price · 4th Quarter 2025

$591,500

Languages at home

3.1%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Filipino, Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

37.2/100
Below average

837th in VIC

Verified 86% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Green suburb
  • Education hub
  • National parks
  • High desirability
What Metung is known for: Green suburb, Education hub, National parks, High desirability

Suburb profile

In East Gippsland Council, Metung keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Life here is grounded in local routine rather than big-city choice.

Local parks and tree cover add a welcome outdoor dimension to suburban life. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets. Homes are priced below the dearer neighbouring markets, though not at the bottom of the scale.

Crime reports are up on the previous period. Construction and infill projects are noticeably reshaping parts of the area.

Desirability sits below average overall, with local dining and lifestyle amenities, plus community and employment the main drag compared with similar regional towns. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.

At a glance

Metung snapshot

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

$592k

-23% change

Median rent

—

No data available

Population (ERP)

1,650

+0.6% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

29.0%

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

#165

among Country & regional · Mature

Safety

39th

percentile in state (higher = safer)

Pop. growth

57th

percentile in VIC

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

62nd

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
37.2/100 — Below average
National rank
4250th in Australia
State rank
837th in VIC
Peer rank
#165 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#368 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
86%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

Median house price (4th Quarter 2025)
$591,500
Median price change
-23.2%

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)

Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

1,650(June 2025)

+0.6% annual · +4.2% over 5 years · 57th percentile in VIC

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.6%
5-year growth
+4.2%
Change in 1 year
+10
Change in 5 years
+66
Growth rank in VIC
57th 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 (~1,750), extrapolated at +1.2% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
1,899
Median age
60
Median household income / week
$1,219
Dwelling vacancy
29%
Unoccupied private dwellings
329 of 1,134
Median monthly mortgage
$1,300
Employment rate
45.1%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
787 / 13 / 0 (+ 4 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)
69
Against the person
16
Against property
24
Rate per 1,000 residents
41.8
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 119 residents
State safety percentile
39.4th (lower crime is better)
Increase (daily rate)
+102.9%

Most common offence types

  • A231 Fv Common Assault6
  • B21 Criminal Damage5
  • B42 Steal From A Motor Vehicle7
  • E13 Resist Or Hinder Officer4
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order20

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
1,034
Median ICSEA percentile
62th
School list
  • Metung Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1034 · 62th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 47 students · Top SEA quarter 20% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)

School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

2 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
  • Great for outdoor family life — 5 parks mapped in suburb
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
2.63
Sport & outdoors(2)
  • Metung Country Club Golf CourseGolf course
  • Park

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

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • A B Patterson ReservePark
  • Shaving Point ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
5
Parks (OSM)
5

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

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
1
Nearest hospital
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service (21.1 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
  • Amcal Chemist Metung DepotMetung RoadPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Hospitals and GP clinics

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
46
Participants per 1,000 residents
27.9

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

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
24° / 14°
Rainfall
187 mm · ~23 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
20° / 11°
Rainfall
190 mm · ~24 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
15° / 6°
Rainfall
188 mm · ~24 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 9°
Rainfall
218 mm · ~27 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).

76 planning-related records

2021· 27 proposals

  • August 2021

  • Use and Development of a Restricted Recreation Facility and Display of Signs
    94 KINGS COVE BOULEVARD METUNG 3904NOD issued by a delegate
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling and outbuilding
    6 WATTLE RISE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for an outbuilding
    275 HARDYS ROAD METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a Dwelling and Associated Earthworks
    70 GILSENANS DRIVE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of a dwelling and associated outbuilding (carport)
    20 TAMBO BOULEVARD METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works including earthworks over 1m for a dwelling and outbuildings (Carport and shed) and building height over 7.5m within an Erosion Management Overlay and Design and Development Overlay
    1/6 ADSAL COURT METUNG 3904NOD issued by a delegate

  • July 2021

  • Variation to Covenant AF442167F on Certificate of Title VOLUME 11029 FOLIO 848 by deleting clause (b)
    21 THE SANCTUARY METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for an outbuilding (shed)
    100 REYNOLDS ROAD METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works including earthworks for a dwelling
    15 LEIGHTON BAY DRIVE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Two lot subdivision and creation of a carriageway easement within a Design and Development Overlay and Erosion Management Overlay
    14 MOORHOUSE STREET METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2021

  • Development of a Dwelling within a Design and Development Overlay and Erosion Management Overlay
    12 OUTLOOK DRIVE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling within a Design and Development Overlay
    7 HOWITT AVENUE METUNG 3904NOD issued by a delegate

  • May 2021

  • Buildings and works for a dependent persons unit
    369 ROSHERVILLE ROAD METUNG 3904No permit required
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling within a Bushfire Management Overlay (Schedule 2) and Design and Development Overlay where slope of the land is greater than 15%.
    22 NICHOLAS AVENUE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Building and Works for a dwelling and an outbuilding, Vegetation Removal & associated Earthworks
    5 OUTLOOK DRIVE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Earthworks greater than 1 meter associated with a dwelling and outbuilding within an Erosion Management Overlay
    15 THE BILLABONG METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • April 2021

  • Removal of one tree
    23 Christmas StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and Development of the land for a dwelling
    2 Hill View LaneWithdrawn
  • Removal of two trees within a Vegetation Protection Overlay and an Erosion Management Overlay
    19 PLATEAU AVENUE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • March 2021

  • Removal of two (2) Trees within a Vegetation Protection Overlay
    5 BESLEY CLOSE METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development for a dwelling within a Design and Development Overlay
    11 Muir PlacePermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • February 2021

  • Development of a dwelling
    22 Lawrence CourtPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling over 7.5 metres from natural ground level in a design and development overlay (DDO11)
    35 Muir PlacePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for an outbuilding within a Design and Development Overlay
    368 Rosherville RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Extension to the area for the sale and consumption of liquor to an existing on premises liquor licence in association with a food and drink premise (increase red line plan)
    109 METUNG ROAD METUNG 3904NOD issued by a delegate
  • Buildings works in the form of an extension to an existing dwelling
    79 Park RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for an outbuilding (domestic storage shed)
    65 Cantrills RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 13 proposals

  • December 2020

  • Variation to a restrictive covenant AE868117E on VOLUME 10838 FOLIO 712 by deletion of clause (b)
    5 The StockyardPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Variation to restrictive covenant AL089286L on VOLUME 11366 FOLIO 148 to delete Clause (b)
    1/76 Beach RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Variation to restrictive covenant AL385698K on VOLUME 11245 FOLIO 317 by deleting Clause (b)
    20 Plateau AvenuePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of three (3) dwellings and three (3) offices, removal of vegetation, alteration of access to a road in a Road Zone Category 1 and associated works
    68 Metung RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a habitable outbuilding
    31 TAMBO BOULEVARD METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling
    10 Avril AvenuePermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • November 2020

  • Buildings and works for an outbuilding
    8 Brookers CourtPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Removal of vegetation (six trees)
    5 Murray Graham PlacePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Removal of one tree witin a Vegetation Protection Overlay
    35 Moorhouse StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Temporary extension to red line area
    113 Metung RoadNo permit required
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling and outbuilding within a Significant Landscape Overlay
    647 Metung RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works for a dwelling and outbuilding and vegetation removal
    9 Kingscote DrivePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of the land for two dwellings
    79 KINGS COVE BOULEVARD METUNG 3904Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)

Development and planning activity

Data sources & freshness

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
Gippsland
Member of Parliament
Darren CHESTER (The Nationals)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
118,075
Turnout (2025)
92.0%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.2 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 69.4%Labor 30.6%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 17.5 km away).

Coalition 64.0%Labor 36.0%

5.3 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +6.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • MetungLabor 38.5% · Coalition 61.5% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
  • JohnsonvilleLabor 24.6% · Coalition 75.4% TPP (2025)5.1 km away
  • Lakes EntranceLabor 28.5% · Coalition 71.5% TPP (2025)12.4 km away
  • PaynesvilleLabor 39.8% · Coalition 60.2% TPP (2025)12.4 km away
  • Lakes Entrance EastLabor 26.2% · Coalition 73.8% TPP (2025)14.7 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

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

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

Compare with

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