Median house price
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VIC · Murrindindi Council
Molesworth, 3718
Est. population · Jun 2025
95
Growth (1 yr)
+1.1%
Growth (5 yr)
+9.2%
Median age
61
Median income
$1,249/wk
Employment rate
57%
Languages at home
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
- National parks
- Excellent transport
Suburb profile
Molesworth offers a slower smaller community life in Murrindindi Council, with open surrounds and a close-knit community feel. A mature community gives the area a calm, settled social fabric. Food and coffee punch above the usual for comparable suburbs, giving the suburb a lived-in social scene.
Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre. Open space is thinner than in many comparable suburbs, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield.
Buyers typically pay more than the metro middle for a home here. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
At a glance
Molesworth snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
95
+1.1% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
19.2%
Census unoccupied dwellings
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Safety
82nd
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
71st
percentile in VIC
Advantage (IRSAD)
8/10
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
95(June 2025)
+1.1% annual · +9.2% over 5 years · 71th percentile in VIC
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.1%
- 5-year growth
- +9.2%
- Change in 1 year
- +1
- Change in 5 years
- +8
- Growth rank in VIC
- 71th 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 (~100), extrapolated at +1.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 91
- Median age
- 61
- Median household income / week
- $1,249
- Dwelling vacancy
- 19.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 10 of 52
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,733
- Employment rate
- 57%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 33 / 0 / 0 (+ 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 are unchanged compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (2026)
- 12
- Against the person
- 2
- Against property
- 10
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 126.3
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 46 residents
- State safety percentile
- 81.7th (lower crime is better)
- No change (daily rate)
- 0%
Most common offence types
- A212 Non-Fv Serious Assault1
- B311 Residential Aggravated Burglary2
- B321 Residential Non-Aggravated Burglary2
- B41 Motor Vehicle Theft4
- B42 Steal From A Motor Vehicle2
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
Public transport
2 public transport stops in this suburb
- General Store/Goulburn Valley Hwy
- General Store/Goulburn Valley Hwy
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
10 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 pubs
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 5/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 10.99
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Food & drink(1)
- Goulburn River InnPub
Sport & outdoors(1)
- Sports field
Transport(1)
1 bus stops
Other(5)
- Molesworth Recreation ReserveCaravan Site
- Goulburn River InnHotel
- Picnic Table (3)
- Telephone
- Waste Basket
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
1 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Black Range State ForestNature reserve
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Yea and District Memorial Hospital (10.2 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
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)
- 2
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 21.1
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
- 28° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 176 mm · ~22 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 233 mm · ~29 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 12° / 2°
- Rainfall
- 385 mm · ~48 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 19° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 295 mm · ~37 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).
4 planning-related records
2021· 3 proposals
September 2021
- Single Dwelling Use and Development of land for a dwelling1599 WHANREGARWEN ROAD MOLESWORTH 3718In progress
- Single Dwelling Use and Development of land for a Dwelling1327 KILLINGWORTH ROAD MOLESWORTH 3718Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
July 2021
- Single Dwelling Use and Development of land for a Dwelling1599 WHANREGARWEN ROAD MOLESWORTH 3718NOD issued by the Resp. Authority
2020· 1 proposal
October 2020
- Garages/Carports/Outbuildings Construction of a farm shed854 Molesworth-Dropmore RoadPermit 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) · 2020–2022 · Updated · MapServer through FY 2022–23; newer data needs council/API access
Roadworks & transport
7 active roadworks / incidents
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 04/08/2026 and 31/12/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY, KILLINGWORTH ROAD03 Aug 2026 – 30 Dec 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 05/06/2026 and 30/09/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.KILLINGWORTH ROAD, GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY04 Jun 2026 – 29 Sep 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 05/06/2026 and 30/09/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.RIDDS ROAD, HOOD STREET04 Jun 2026 – 29 Sep 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 05/06/2026 and 30/09/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY, NATIVE DOG ROAD04 Jun 2026 – 29 Sep 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 05/06/2026 and 30/09/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY, KILLINGWORTH ROAD04 Jun 2026 – 29 Sep 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 05/06/2026 and 30/09/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Impact to traffic will be lanes closed both directions. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY, HOOD STREET04 Jun 2026 – 29 Sep 2026
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 18/04/2026 and 31/12/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 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 Greater than 10 min.GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY, KILLINGWORTH ROAD17 Apr 2026 – 30 Dec 2026
Data sources & freshness
- Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · 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
- Indi
- Member of Parliament
- Helen HAINES (Independent)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 120,774
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -1.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 56.7%Labor 43.3%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 33.9 km away).
Coalition 59.7%Labor 40.3%
3.1 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -1.0 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- YeaLabor 39.3% · Coalition 60.7% TPP (2025)10.0 km away
- AlexandraLabor 41.2% · Coalition 58.8% TPP (2025)16.0 km away
- RuffyLabor 41.9% · Coalition 58.1% TPP (2025)21.1 km away
- TaggertyLabor 43.9% · Coalition 56.1% TPP (2025)24.1 km away
- ThorntonLabor 31.5% · Coalition 68.5% TPP (2025)26.3 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)
- 8/10
- 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
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Murrindindi Council
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Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Victoria.