Werrimull is in Mildura LGA, VIC, postcode 3496, with population 97.
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Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).
67% of homes here are owner-occupied and 15% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
A balanced 67% owner-occupier / 15% renter mix.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 33% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 3% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $280/mo, while renters pay about $2,015/mo — renting runs $1,735/mo higher on these medians.
Getting to work: 54% drive, 0% public transport, 7% walk or cycle, 30% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Building due diligence
The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.
About 100.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.
May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks
About 0.0% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.
May affect: Floor levels and drainage · Water-resistant assemblies · Material durability
Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.
May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation
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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Mildura Surrounds SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Werrimull is a sparsely populated locality in Victoria within the Mildura local government area (postcode 3496). With a population of 97, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.3% 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, community & personal service, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $465. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $280.
Werrimull is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 860, which is well below the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Mildura LGA is higher than average at 14,324 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Werrimull has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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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.
This page stays indexable because Werrimull 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 lighter areas here are hospital coverage and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.
Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Werrimull feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
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Werrimull is in the Mildura Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3496. Council-level context for Mildura LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Werrimull is $465/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Werrimull 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 Werrimull show: Stable, Steady. 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.