Glengarry is in Latrobe (Vic.) LGA, VIC, postcode 3854, with population 1,113.
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Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
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86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 9% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.
86% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $2,891/mo vs median rent $1,820/mo (+59% · +$247/wk)
At 4.2%: $2,308/mo (-583) · at 6.2% (current): $2,891/mo · at 8.2%: $3,529/mo (+639)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
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This suburb 5.4x · VIC median 8.8x — more affordable than the VIC typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 90% of AU suburbs
This suburb 20% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 44% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $303/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,224/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 32% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,400/wk income).
Getting to work: 79% drive, 0% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 15% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 75% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
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13.0 pp above the state median
State median 80.5% · 693 valid suburbs
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13.3 pp below the state median
State median 22.2% · 693 valid suburbs
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Building due diligence
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About 100.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.
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About 2.2% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.
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Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.
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Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.
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ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Rosedale SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Glengarry (postcode 3854) is a close-knit residential community in Victoria within the Latrobe (Vic.) local government area. With a population of 1,113, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $110K per year, with an average household size of 2.8 people. VIC employment has moved +0.8% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Median house prices in Glengarry stand at $590,000, having moved higher by 2.3% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $420. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Glengarry is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 990, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Latrobe (Vic.) LGA is higher than average at 17,951 incidents per 100,000 population.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.7% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($590K/$850K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.4x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +2.3% year-on-year.
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There is enough direct local evidence on Glengarry for a first-pass decision.
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Glengarry is in the Latrobe (Vic.) Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3854. Council-level context for Latrobe (Vic.) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Glengarry, VIC is $590K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Glengarry is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Glengarry 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.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Glengarry show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.