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VIC · Bass Coast Council
Newhaven, 3925
Est. population · Jun 2025
585
Growth (1 yr)
+2.1%
Growth (5 yr)
+13.2%
Median age
59
Median income
$1,328/wk
Employment rate
47.4%
Languages at home
4%non-English
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Coastal
- National parks
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Well away from Melbourne, Newhaven is a coastal smaller community built around sand, sea and space. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre.
Local green pockets are modest, with bigger outdoor outings usually found in neighbouring areas. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here, with buses covering longer trips across the wider area. Property prices are middling for the area: fair relative to what is nearby.
Reported crime has been rising recently. A trickle of new development is refreshing selected pockets without changing the overall feel.
The desirability picture is below average, weighed down by softer parks and green space, plus growth momentum relative to similar coastal suburbs. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Newhaven snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
585
+2.1% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
29.1%
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
#74
among Coastal & beach · Mature
Safety
67th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
88th
percentile in VIC
Advantage (IRSAD)
6/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
65th
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
- 27.6/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 5924th in Australia
- State rank
- 1128th in VIC
- Peer rank
- #74 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #122 among Coastal & beach suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Population
Estimated resident population
585(June 2025)
+2.1% annual · +13.2% over 5 years · 88th percentile in VIC
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +2.1%
- 5-year growth
- +13.2%
- Change in 1 year
- +12
- Change in 5 years
- +68
- Growth rank in VIC
- 88th 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 (~700), extrapolated at +3.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 547
- Median age
- 59
- Median household income / week
- $1,328
- Dwelling vacancy
- 29.1%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 88 of 302
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,497
- Employment rate
- 47.4%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 183 / 12 / 14 (+ 3 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)
- 46
- Against the person
- 13
- Against property
- 20
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 78.6
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 42 residents
- State safety percentile
- 67.2th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +142.1%
Most common offence types
- A231 Fv Common Assault4
- B21 Criminal Damage6
- B49 Other Theft5
- E21 Breach Family Violence Order9
- Other Crimes Against The Person5
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
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 1,041
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 65th
School list
- Newhaven Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1041 · 65th percentile · LBOTE 8% · 154 students · Top SEA quarter 19%View on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Public transport
9 public transport stops in this suburb
- Cape Woolamai/Phillip Island Rd
- Forrest Ave/Phillip Island Rd
- Forrest Ave/Phillip Island Rd
- Forrest Ave/Phillip Island Rd
- General Store/Phillip Island Rd
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
5 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Reasonable bus and transport access — 9 public transport stops
- Walkability proxy
- 14/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Entertainment(1)
- National Vietnam Veterans MuseumMuseum
25 Veterans Drive, Newhaven
Transport(1)
1 bus stops
Other(3)
- Bird Hide
- Nature Reserve
- Parking
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
- Park or reserveNature reserve
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 5
- Parks (OSM)
- 0
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
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Hospital (10.5 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)
- 14
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 23.9
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
- 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
- 24° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 155 mm · ~19 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 186 mm · ~23 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 14° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 203 mm · ~25 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 18° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 207 mm · ~26 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).
20 planning-related records
2021· 5 proposals
August 2021
- Development of land for a replacement dwelling in the ESO15 RENNISON ROAD NEWHAVEN 3925Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
July 2021
- Development of the land for signage in the FZ and HO128910 PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD NEWHAVEN 3925Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
March 2021
- Use and development of the land for a Museum and Restaurant (Café), the removal of native vegetation, the construction and display of business identification signage, and the creation of access to a Transport Zone 2 road24 CHURCHILL ROAD NEWHAVEN 3925NOD issued by the Resp. Authority
- Development of land for dependent persons dwelling in BMO132 Cleeland StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
February 2021
- Subdivide the land into two lotsPhillip Island Road - lodged as 58 Veterans DriveWithdrawn
2020· 15 proposals
October 2020
- Use and development of land for a dwelling in FZ and SLO2 and removal of native vegetationVETERANS DRIVE NEWHAVEN 3925Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
September 2020
- Building and works for existing dwelling in DDO121 Forrest AvenuePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Removal of one tree in VPO229 School AvenuePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
July 2020
- Development of land for a fence in HO12254-61 FORREST AVENUE NEWHAVEN 3925Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Extension to an existing dwelling in the BMO116 Anderson StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Use of land for a place of assembly (wedding centre) & accommodation in the FZ64 CHURCHILL ROAD NEWHAVEN 3925Withdrawn
June 2020
- Development of land for Dwelling in BMO27 Anderson StreetWithdrawn
- Development of land for dwelling in BMO1 - Amendment to plans only27 Anderson StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
May 2020
- Extension to existing dwelling in ESO1 and SLO285 Veterans DriveWithdrawn
- Development of land for a gate and fence in SLO2The Cape Kitchen, 1215 Phillip Island RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
- use of land to sell and consume Liquor3/8-10 Forrest AvenueNOD issued by the Resp. Authority
April 2020
- An alteration or extension to an existing building in FZ - Amendment25 VETERANS DRIVE NEWHAVEN 3925Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
March 2020
- Development of the land for a dwelling in a BMO126 Cleeland StreetPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
February 2020
- An alteration or extension to an existing building in FZ - Amendment - An alteration or extension to an existing building in FZ25 Veterans DriveLapsed
January 2020
- Use and development of land for Camping and Caravan Park, Creation of Road Access and removal of vegetation1285 PHILLIP ISLAND ROAD NEWHAVEN 3925Refusal issued by the Resp. Authority
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
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
- Monash
- Member of Parliament
- Mary ALDRED (Liberal)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 116,463
- Turnout (2025)
- 93.5%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -1.2 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 54.1%Labor 45.9%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 19.0 km away).
Coalition 43.3%Labor 56.7%
10.8 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +3.2 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- NewhavenLabor 64.2% · Coalition 35.8% TPP (2025)2.2 km away
- San RemoLabor 40.4% · Coalition 59.6% TPP (2025)3.4 km away
- RhyllLabor 55.4% · Coalition 44.6% TPP (2025)6.1 km away
- CowesLabor 56.5% · Coalition 43.5% TPP (2025)10.8 km away
- BassLabor 45.9% · Coalition 54.1% TPP (2025)12.0 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)
- 6/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 7/10
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 Bass Coast Council
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Comparable suburbs
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