Freshwater Creek VIC 3217
Freshwater Creek is in Surf Coast LGA, VIC, postcode 3217, with population 454.
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Freshwater Creek has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Freshwater Creek has usable rent context. LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
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Rent context available
Freshwater Creek has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $580/wk.
LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
Freshwater Creek has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Schools, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Crime, Schools, Population growth
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Property prices, Hospitals, Transport
Freshwater Creek currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Freshwater Creek VIC
Freshwater Creek is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Surf Coast local government area (postcode 3217). With a population of 454, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,145.
Freshwater Creek is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1094, which is above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Surf Coast LGA is below average at 3,149 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Freshwater Creek is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Surf Coast local government area (postcode 3217). With a population of 454, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $109K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $580. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,145.
Freshwater Creek is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1094, which is above the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Surf Coast LGA is below average at 3,149 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Freshwater Creek FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Freshwater Creek in?
Freshwater Creek is in the Surf Coast Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3217. Council-level context for Surf Coast LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Freshwater Creek?
The median weekly rent in Freshwater Creek is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Freshwater Creek?
Rent context available: Freshwater Creek has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Freshwater Creek a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Freshwater Creek show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Freshwater Creek?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Freshwater Creek data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.