Mount Rowan VIC 3352
Mount Rowan is in Ballarat LGA, VIC, postcode 3352, with population 295.
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Mount Rowan has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Mount Rowan 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
Mount Rowan has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $420/wk.
LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
Mount Rowan has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Crime, Transport, 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, Transport, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Schools, Hospitals
Mount Rowan currently reads as a livability-led candidate.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Schools
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Mount Rowan VIC
Mount Rowan is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Ballarat local government area (postcode 3352). With a population of 295, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $79K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,975.
Public transport access includes 15 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballarat LGA is higher than average at 11,695 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.7% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Rowan is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Ballarat local government area (postcode 3352). With a population of 295, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $79K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $420. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,975.
Public transport access includes 15 bus stops. The crime rate in the Ballarat LGA is higher than average at 11,695 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.7% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Rowan FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Mount Rowan in?
Mount Rowan is in the Ballarat Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3352. Council-level context for Ballarat 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 Mount Rowan?
The median weekly rent in Mount Rowan is $420/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 Mount Rowan?
Rent context available: Mount Rowan 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 Mount Rowan a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Rowan 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 Mount Rowan?
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 Mount Rowan 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.