Bacchus Marsh VIC 3340
Bacchus Marsh is a suburb in Victoria, 57 km from Melbourne CBD, around 50 minutes by car. Population is 7,808; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $78,416 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 22.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $330 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,700. The area shows high crime risk and high flood risk. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Bacchus Marsh a good suburb?
Bacchus Marsh scores a C (35/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on schools and safety.
Trailing peer schools
3 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 80/100 · 57.4 km · 50 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $650K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 86/100 · Flood 82/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 39 · 7,808 residents
Liveability Rating
35 / 100 · Ranked #660 in VICEach bar is Bacchus Marsh's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
35 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBacchus Marsh's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $650,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$650,000
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $650,000)
Based on 297 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 125 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $555K
- 3 bed 165 sales $625K
- 4 bed 109 sales $670K
- 5 bed 6 sales $848K
Land
$406,000
Based on 64 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 93 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Bacchus Marsh are currently listed at around $710,000 on average. Based on 111 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$710K
111 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$414K
13 units listed in the last 6 months.
124 of the suburb's 3,155 dwellings (3.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Bacchus Marsh rent for around $500 a week on average, based on 60 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$500/wk
60 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
8 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
68 rentals advertised against an estimated 852 rented homes (8.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025102 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3340.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$500/week ($26,000 a year) on a $710,000 median
$430/week ($22,000 a year) on a $414,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Bacchus Marsh safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Bacchus Marsh sits in the high band, with 901 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 5% on the prior year.
901 offences
5.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202527 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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.
Schools
Three schools serve Bacchus Marsh, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,104 students across 2 schools (avg 552)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 946-1035, median 1008 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Bacchus Marsh Primary School (776 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Bacchus Marsh is very walkable on foot — at 80/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 3 supermarkets, 7 parks and 14 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Bacchus Marsh.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 116.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 40.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 51.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 14.7 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 Bacchus Marsh.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 99%
- Premises covered
- 4,136
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
Moorabool: 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 20 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Bacchus Marsh is home to about 7,800 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $78,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,808
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$78,416/yr
Census Median Rent
$330/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,700/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$40,092/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.5%
Total Dwellings
3,155
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.0%
Houses
84.2%
Rental Stress
21.9%
Mortgage Stress
26.0%
Work From Home
23.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
105 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 24 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 815 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.4%
- Employment Rate
- 55%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.9%
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.
165 residents (2.1%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 7,311 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
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (366 of 3,490).
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 $1,979 a year through Moorabool based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 49%
- Residential 37%
- Infrastructure and transport 9%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Commercial 2%
Proposed rezonings
- Farming Zone → Neighbourhood Residential Zone · C99moor, exhibited Mar 2025 3.7 ha
- Farming Zone → Public Park and Recreation Zone · C99moor, exhibited Mar 2025 0.7 ha
Land in this suburb moved from one zone to another by a planning scheme amendment (Vicmap Planning, CC BY 4.0). Exhibited amendments are proposals and can change or lapse.
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: Moorabool
In the year to August 2026, 338 new dwellings were approved across Moorabool. That mix is 255 houses and 83 units. Approvals are up 4.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 154 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 67 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 87 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
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.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.4 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.
From the Melton monitoring station, 11.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Durdidwarrah, 26.3 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 101 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 38.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 578 mm
- 92 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 4.3 km
- 4.4 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds · Zinc and compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3340, 156 of 22,571 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (432 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3340, 4,142 rooftop-solar systems totalling 26.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,747 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 323 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.
39 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3340 in 2025-26, rank 35 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 228, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 10 across postcode 3340.
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 $650,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Sam Rae Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Rae | 57.6% | 42.4% | +0.0 |
| 2022 | Sam Rae | 57.6% | 42.4% | +2.6 |
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 Michaela Settle Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Michaela Settle ALP | 57.2% | 57.2% | 42.8% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Bacchus Marsh?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Bacchus Marsh
Is Bacchus Marsh a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Bacchus Marsh is high (86/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Bacchus Marsh?
Bacchus Marsh has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (82/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Bacchus Marsh a good place to live?
Bacchus Marsh has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (35/100), 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 Bacchus Marsh?
Bacchus Marsh, VIC had a population of 7,808 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Bacchus Marsh, VIC?
The postcode for Bacchus Marsh, VIC is 3340.
How far is Bacchus Marsh from Melbourne?
Bacchus Marsh is 57 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 50 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Bacchus Marsh?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Bacchus Marsh was $78,416 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 Bacchus Marsh?
The median advertised rent in Bacchus Marsh is $500 a week for houses (60 listings) and $430 a week for units (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Bacchus Marsh?
The median age of residents in Bacchus Marsh was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Bacchus Marsh?
There are 3 schools inside the Bacchus Marsh boundary: 2 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Bacchus Marsh walkable?
Bacchus Marsh scores 80/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Bacchus Marsh?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Bacchus Marsh (Melton) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.4 µg/m³. That puts Bacchus Marsh below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Bacchus Marsh?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Bacchus Marsh, Durdidwarrah (26.3 km away), 578 mm of rain a year over 92 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Bacchus Marsh?
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 Bacchus Marsh belong to?
Bacchus Marsh sits within the Moorabool local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Bacchus Marsh?
The average residential rates bill through Moorabool is $1,979 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Bacchus Marsh?
Across Moorabool, 338 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 4.0% 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 Bacchus Marsh in?
Bacchus Marsh sits within the federal Division of Hawke, currently held by Sam Rae (Australian Labor Party).
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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
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- 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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