Allansford VIC 3277
Located in Victoria, Allansford sits 246 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours by car. The suburb has 1,410 residents, a median age of 43, and a median household income of $83,460 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb fell 7.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $268 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,478. Allansford is characterised by high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Allansford a good suburb?
Allansford scores a C (44/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 6/100 · 246.2 km · 181 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $562K · More affordable than 90% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 75/100 · Crime 25/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 43 · 1,410 residents
Liveability Rating
44 / 100 · Ranked #511 in VICEach bar is Allansford's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
44 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAllansford's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $562,000, about 2% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$562,500
Based on 28 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 36 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 20 sales $540K
Units
$711,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Allansford are currently listed at around $662,000 on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$662K
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 519 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Short-Stay Rentals
7 active Airbnb listings: 7 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.2% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Allansford safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Allansford sits in the low band, with 22 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 15% on the prior year.
22 offences
15.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202516 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 5.1 km
- Rate
- -0.20 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -8.1 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Allansford, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 160 students in one school (avg 160)
Primary
Walkability
Allansford is very car-dependent on foot — at 6/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Allansford.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 5.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 0.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.3 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 10.1 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Allansford.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 30%
- Premises covered
- 654
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Warrnambool: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Allansford is home to about 1,400 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $83,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,410
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$83,460/yr
Census Median Rent
$268/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,478/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$42,692/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.2%
Total Dwellings
519
Owner-Occupier Rate
86.1%
Houses
85.2%
Rental Stress
16.7%
Mortgage Stress
21.3%
Work From Home
14.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 87.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.6%
- Employment Rate
- 66.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
0 residents (0.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
3.0% of residents (40) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (26).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,331 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (5 of 756).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,162 a year through Warrnambool based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 94%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Zones under 1% 2%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Warrnambool
In the year to August 2026, 388 new dwellings were approved across Warrnambool. That mix is 330 houses and 58 units. Approvals are down 22.2% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2013).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Climate & Setting
from Terang, 31.8 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 15 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 5.1 km
- Annual rainfall
- 717 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.4 kmCheese and Other Dairy Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide
- 1.4 kmCheese and Other Dairy Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.1 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3277, 3 of 1,837 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (22 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3277, 250 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 727 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 10 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
1 first-home grant was paid in postcode 3277 in 2025-26, rank 213 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 23, in 2009-10.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $562,500 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Dan Tehan Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dan Tehan | 39.1% | 60.9% | -2.3 |
| 2022 | Dan Tehan | 40.9% | 59.1% | -1.1 |
| 2019 | Dan Tehan | 39.6% | 60.4% | +1.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Roma Britnell Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Roma Britnell LP | 58.0% | 42.0% | 58.0% |
| 2018 | Roma Britnell LP | 52.3% | 47.7% | 52.3% |
| 2014 | Denis Napthine LP | 57.0% | 39.0% | 61.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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Common questions about Allansford
Is Allansford a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Allansford is low (25/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Allansford?
Allansford has a high recorded bushfire history (75/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Allansford a good place to live?
Allansford has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (44/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Allansford?
Allansford, VIC had a population of 1,410 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Allansford, VIC?
The postcode for Allansford, VIC is 3277.
How far is Allansford from Melbourne?
Allansford is 246 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 181 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Allansford?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Allansford was $83,460 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Allansford?
There are too few current rental listings in Allansford for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $268, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Allansford?
The median age of residents in Allansford was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Allansford at risk of bushfire?
Allansford has a high recorded bushfire history (75/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Allansford?
There is 1 school inside the Allansford boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Allansford walkable?
Allansford scores 6/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Allansford?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Allansford, Terang (31.8 km away), 717 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Allansford?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Allansford belong to?
Allansford sits within the Warrnambool local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Allansford?
The average residential rates bill through Warrnambool is $2,162 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Allansford?
Across Warrnambool, 388 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 22.2% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Allansford in?
Allansford sits within the federal Division of Wannon, currently held by Dan Tehan (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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