Barkers Creek ^{VIC 3451}

The median house sale price in Barkers Creek sits at $995,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

Houses in Barkers Creek are currently listed at around $1.31 million on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

6 of the suburb's 182 dwellings (3.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,885 a year through Mount Alexander based on 2024 figures.

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

In the year to August 2026, 102 new dwellings were approved across Mount Alexander. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 6.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Dja Dja Wurrung Clans 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.

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation

323 m

above sea level, at the locality centre

Annual rainfall

598 mm

83 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

27.9°C

11 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

3.7°C

19 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

• Castlemaine Health

  Hospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)

  Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
  4.1 km
• Don KRC

  Cured Meat and Smallgoods Manufacturing

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
  4.1 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Currently held by Lisa Chesters Australian Labor Party

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

Currently held by Maree Edwards Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.