Median house price
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VIC · Mitchell Council
Sunday Creek, 3658
Est. population · Jun 2025
397
Growth (1 yr)
+1.5%
Growth (5 yr)
+9.4%
Median age
43
Median income
$2,183/wk
Employment rate
60.3%
Languages at home
4.9%non-English
Most common: Indonesian
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- High desirability
Suburb profile
In Mitchell Council, Sunday Creek keeps a rural calm, a smaller community with room to breathe and a strong local rhythm. Established families and long-term residents give the suburb a settled feel, with plenty of young families in the mix. Life here is grounded in local routine rather than big-city choice.
Open space is thinner than in many regional towns, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets. Property prices are middling for the area: fair relative to what is nearby.
Local crime has been trending higher of late. A trickle of new development is refreshing selected pockets without changing the overall feel.
Desirability lands around average here: softer local dining and lifestyle amenities weighing on the result versus similar regional towns, even with community and employment holding up better. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Sunday Creek snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
397
+1.5% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
7.8%
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
#59
among Country & regional · Emerging
Safety
25th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
82nd
percentile in VIC
Advantage (IRSAD)
6/10
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
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 43.3/100 — Average
- National rank
- 3200th in Australia
- State rank
- 640th in VIC
- Peer rank
- #59 among Country & regional · Emerging suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #217 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 62%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Population
Estimated resident population
397(June 2025)
+1.5% annual · +9.4% over 5 years · 82th percentile in VIC
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.5%
- 5-year growth
- +9.4%
- Change in 1 year
- +6
- Change in 5 years
- +34
- Growth rank in VIC
- 82th 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 (~450), extrapolated at +2.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 368
- Median age
- 43
- Median household income / week
- $2,183
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.8%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 10 of 128
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,733
- Employment rate
- 60.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 120 / 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 · 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)
- 12
- Against the person
- 1
- Against property
- 11
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 30.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 368 residents
- State safety percentile
- 25th (lower crime is better)
- Increase (daily rate)
- +100%
Most common offence types
- A231 Fv Common Assault1
- B21 Criminal Damage1
- B41 Motor Vehicle Theft7
- B49 Other Theft3
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
Amenities
No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.
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
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 1
- 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
- Kilmore & District Hospital (9.8 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)
- 15
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 37.8
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
- 27° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 126 mm · ~16 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 148 mm · ~18 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 13° / 4°
- Rainfall
- 218 mm · ~27 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 19° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 188 mm · ~24 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).
13 planning-related records
2021· 7 proposals
July 2021
- Two lot re-subdivision (boundary realignment) and removal of native vegetation.565 SUNDAY CREEK ROAD SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
June 2021
- Building and works for a domestic outbuilding140 SMITHS LANE SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Development of the land for an outbuilding270 SUNDAY CREEK ROAD SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
May 2021
- Buildings and works for an outbuilding7 HAMMOND COURT SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
February 2021
- Use and development of the land for a dwelling and outbuilding6 HAMMOND COURT SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
- Development of the land for a domestic outbuilding1298 Broadford Wandong RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
January 2021
- Use and development of land for a dwelling and outbuilding1491 BROADFORD WANDONG ROAD SUNDAY CREEK 3658Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 6 proposals
November 2020
- Development of the land for a carport557 Sunday Creek RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
October 2020
- VICSMART -Development of the land for an outbuilding10 Blackwood CourtPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
August 2020
- 2 lot subdivision295 Sunday Creek RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
March 2020
- Use and development of a single dwelling1204 Broadford Wandong RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
February 2020
- Use and development of the land for a dwelling1555 Broadford Wandong RoadWithdrawn
- Use and Development of the land for a dwelling and outbuilding285 Sunday Creek 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
5 active roadworks / incidents
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/06/2025 and 30/06/2027 during the following times: Weekdays 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Weekends 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Altered speed limit during operation will be 40 and the traffic delay is expected to be 6 to 10 min.HUME FREEWAY, BROADFORD-WANDONG-HUME OUT RAMP ON09 Jun 2025 – 29 Jun 2027
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/06/2025 and 30/06/2027 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 6 to 10 min.HUME FREEWAY, BROADFORD-WANDONG-HUME OUT RAMP ON09 Jun 2025 – 29 Jun 2027
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/06/2025 and 30/06/2027 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 60 and the traffic delay is expected to be 0 to 5 min.HUME FREEWAY, BROADFORD-WANDONG-HUME OUT RAMP ON09 Jun 2025 – 29 Jun 2027
- Maintenance Works activities occurring between 10/06/2025 and 30/06/2027 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 60 and the traffic delay is expected to be 6 to 10 min.HUME FREEWAY, BROADFORD-WANDONG-HUME OUT RAMP ON09 Jun 2025 – 29 Jun 2027
- Other DTP Works (not Tram, Train or Bus Replacements) activities occurring between 12/06/2026 and 31/08/2026 during the following times: Weekdays 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM, Weekends 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM. Altered speed limit during operation will be 80 and the traffic delay is expected to be Greater than 10 min.HUME FREEWAY, HUME IN-BROADFORD-WANDONG RAMP OF11 Jun 2026 – 30 Aug 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
- Nicholls
- Member of Parliament
- Sam BIRRELL (The Nationals)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 121,390
- Turnout (2025)
- 91.5%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +35.6 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 64.4%Labor 35.6%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 53.4 km away).
Coalition 47.8%Labor 52.2%
16.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +52.2 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- BroadfordLabor 52.9% · Coalition 47.1% TPP (2025)5.5 km away
- Kilmore CentralLabor 54.7% · Coalition 45.3% TPP (2025)10.0 km away
- KilmoreLabor 53.6% · Coalition 46.4% TPP (2025)10.1 km away
- TallarookLabor 43.3% · Coalition 56.7% TPP (2025)18.1 km away
- SeymourLabor 45.4% · Coalition 54.6% TPP (2025)26.6 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 Mitchell Council
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Comparable suburbs
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