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Suburb profile ·Moira LGA · VIC ·3635

Mundoona VIC 3635

Mundoona is in Moira LGA, VIC, postcode 3635, with population 138.

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$460/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
30,866
31K via Moira LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
160
3 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,100
Median rent · wk$100

Rental vacancy rate

Rental vacancy rate · Regional Victoria
1.9%
Tight (landlord) market

Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).

Source: Homes Victoria Rental Report (DFFH) · Latest: Sep 2025
Investor profile

Who invests in Mundoona

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.2%
18 of 28 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,770/yr
Landlords (rental income)28
Reported capital gains18
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

86% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

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.

Affordability

34%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,100/mo, while renters pay about $1,993/mo — renting runs $893/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$71K
Median rent · wk
$460
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,100

Household income

$71K household · yr-14.2% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$74K
Household
$71K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
3
$300-649
5
$650-999
3
$1,000-1,499
11
$1,500-1,999
4
$2,000-2,999
11
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 61% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,533/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (50 households)
Owned outright
50%
Owned with mortgage
36%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure12.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
96%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 80% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 41% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Crime Year ending Mar 2026
2,798
8,992 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k8,992
Total incidents2,798· Year ending Mar 2026
  • Assault31456%
  • Sexual Offences7814%
  • Robbery51%
  • Break And Enter16629%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone designation

Severe broad-area context

About 93.8% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

Flood and moisture context

Low broad-area context

About 2.8% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.

May affect: Floor levels and drainage · Water-resistant assemblies · Material durability

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire-prone area

Partly designated ~93.8%
~93.8% of the suburb is within Victoria's designated Bushfire Prone Area

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.

Flood exposure

Low exposure ~2.8%
~2.8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood-hazard area

Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Farming (FZ)
Rural / Green wedge 99% Public / Open space 1%

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.

Growth outlook · Moira LGA

Dwellings
+14.2%
14,950 → 17,070
+2,120 dwellings
Population
+8.2%
30,350 → 32,840
Households
+14%
13,070 → 14,900

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Population outlook

12,505 people · 202212,896 by 2032 (+3.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Numurkah SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Mundoona VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Mundoona is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Moira local government area (postcode 3635). It is home to about 138 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $71K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. 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 managers, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $460. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,100.

The crime rate in the Moira LGA is higher than average at 8,992 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth$1,100
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$460
Population growth · Moira LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)30,866
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Moira LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)358
Houses 88%Units 12%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Moira LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3635ATO
Negatively geared5.2%
18 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,770/yr
Landlords (rental income)28
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population138
Median age46
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,359
Personal income · wk$562
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,542 → $1,359
Change-11.9%
vs VIC median-35.4 pp
softeningvs VIC 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Moira LGAAIHW
Public4
Private0
Cobram District Healthpublic
Nathalia District Hospitalpublic
Numurkah & District Health Servicepublic
Yarrawonga Healthpublic
Aged care · Moira LGAGEN
Facilities9
Residential places435
Mercy Place Yarrawonga Woods Point130 places
Ottrey Lodge101 places
Numurkah Pioneers Memorial Lodge36 places
Allawah Special Care Hostel30 places
Irvin House30 places
Karana30 places
+3 more in Moira LGA
Childcare · Moira LGAACECQA
Services29
Approved places1,520
Exceeding NQS4
Trikki Kidz Yarrawonga125 places
Country Buddies119 places
Trikki Kidz Cobram110 places
Country Buddies Woods Road108 places
Early Learning Victoria Numurkah102 places
Punt Road Kindergarten and Childcare Centre88 places
+23 more in Moira LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Mundoona is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · mixed acquisition · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria · Sep 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Mar 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Mundoona is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Mundoona feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Bearii most similar
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Mundoona FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mundoona in?

    Mundoona is in the Moira Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3635. Council-level context for Moira LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mundoona?

    The median weekly rent in Mundoona is $460/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Mundoona?

    Rent context available: Mundoona 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.

  4. Is Mundoona a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Mundoona show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mundoona?

    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.

  6. How often is the Mundoona 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.