VIC · West Wimmera Council

Miram, 3415

Est. population · Jun 2025

35

Growth (1 yr)

0.0%

Growth (5 yr)

-2.8%

Median age

52

Median income

$3,125/wk

Employment rate

79.4%

University qualified

8.1%

Work from home

34.6%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Rural living
What Miram is known for: Green suburb, Agricultural, Rural living

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Suburb profile

Miram is a rural locality in Victoria, in West Wimmera Council.

Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities, and recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places, with recorded road crashes 100% below the peer median, and working from home is more common than in comparable places, with working from home 62% above the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are weaker population growth and thinner local amenities, with local amenities 100% below the peer median.

Overall, Miram suits people prioritising socio-economic advantage over population growth.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Victoria (1828)

Strengths

  • Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group
  • Recorded road-crash rates are lower than in comparable places
  • Working from home is more common than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Population growth is a relative weakness
  • Local amenity access is relatively limited

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Housing, growth and risk

How Miram compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

—

No data available

Population (ERP)

35

0.0% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

25.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Crime rate

53rd

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

26th

percentile in VIC

Rented dwellings

0%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

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

Population

Estimated resident population

35(June 2025)

0.0% annual · -2.8% over 5 years · 26th percentile in VIC

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
0.0%
5-year growth
-2.8%
Change in 1 year
0
Change in 5 years
-1
Growth rank in VIC
26th 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 (~50), extrapolated at -0.6% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
36
Median age
52
Median household income / week
$3,125
Dwelling vacancy
25%
Unoccupied private dwellings
5 of 20
Median monthly mortgage
$634
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
100% / 0% / 0%
Employment rate
79.4%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
34.6% / 0% / 46.2%
Walked or cycled to work
11.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
13 / 0 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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

Qualifications

8.1% of adults have a university degree, compared with 29.2% across Victoria. 24.3% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified8.1% · 29.2% VIC
  • Diploma qualified10.8% · 9.8% VIC
  • Trade / vocational24.3% · 14.2% VIC
  • Year 12 or below56.8% · 46.8% VIC

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Agriculture and environment83.3%
  • Education16.7%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

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

Seasonal & agricultural work

69.2% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 30.1× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.1% across Victoria.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
69.2%

98th percentile in VIC · +2909% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
18
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 3415

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 3415 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for North West (SA4 215), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12132,133
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,933
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415800
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1214769
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412685
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211504
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419195
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416194
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841319
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

North West is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 26 · AFF share +3195% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

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

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

Language at home
36 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
0 (0%)
Australian citizens
36

Religion

83.3%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 83.3%, while 30.6% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion30.6%38.8%
Christianity83.3%40.9%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Uniting Church27.8%2.4%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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)
2
Against the person
0
Against property
2
Rate per 1,000 residents
57.1
State crime-rate percentile
53.1th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate)
+100%
Recorded road crashes (in suburb)
0
Crash rate per 1,000 residents (state rank)
0

Most common offence types

  • B49 Other Theft2

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

School list
School catchments
  • Kaniva CollegeGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

  • Victorian designated neighbourhood zones — Victorian Department of Education · current · Updated · Open catchment polygons where published

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Kaniva Golf Club

    Golf · +61 3 5392 2337

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0.4%
Woodland / forest cover
0.4%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
161
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
30°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Kaniva Hospital (11.9 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
28.6

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
30° / 12°
Rainfall
61 mm · ~8 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
22° / 9°
Rainfall
91 mm · ~11 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
15° / 4°
Rainfall
149 mm · ~19 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
22° / 7°
Rainfall
126 mm · ~16 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping. Flood cover uses inundation overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood 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 74.2 km away).

Coalition 79.1%Labor 20.9%

10.0 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -1.0 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • KanivaLabor 19.6% · Coalition 80.4% TPP (2025)12.7 km away
  • NhillLabor 21.6% · Coalition 78.3% TPP (2025)24.2 km away
  • GorokeLabor 16.7% · Coalition 83.3% TPP (2025)39.4 km away
  • DimboolaLabor 34.7% · Coalition 65.3% TPP (2025)58.3 km away
  • JeparitLabor 28.4% · Coalition 71.5% TPP (2025)59.9 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)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

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 (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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