South Wharf VIC 3006
South Wharf is in Melbourne LGA, VIC, postcode 3006, with population 71.
Strong evidence
South Wharf 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.
South Wharf rents screen above the local benchmark. LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
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Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Rent-pressure candidate
South Wharf rents screen above the local benchmark. Snapshot rent $670/wk.
LGA fallback rent. Compare against suburb-level records before treating this as a precise suburb signal.
South Wharf 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
South Wharf currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Schools
Use as context
This page stays indexable because South Wharf 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.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches and hospital coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If South Wharf feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +4800 · adds house price coverage · rent -$190/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
pop +10700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$254/wk
Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.
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- Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
South Wharf VIC
South Wharf is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Melbourne local government area (postcode 3006). With a population of 71, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $149K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.7% 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, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Scottish, Vietnamese.
The current median weekly rent is $670. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Melbourne LGA is higher than average at 23,998 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.7% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
South Wharf is a quiet locality in Victoria within the Melbourne local government area (postcode 3006). With a population of 71, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $149K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.7% 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, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and professional services. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Scottish, Vietnamese.
The current median weekly rent is $670. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Melbourne LGA is higher than average at 23,998 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.7% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
South Wharf FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is South Wharf in?
South Wharf is in the Melbourne Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3006. Council-level context for Melbourne 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 South Wharf?
The median weekly rent in South Wharf is $670/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.
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What does the rent signal say about South Wharf?
Rent-pressure candidate: South Wharf rents screen above the local benchmark. 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 South Wharf a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for South Wharf show: Strong Growth, 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 South Wharf?
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 South Wharf 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.