Beechworth sits 286 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 3 hours 10 minutes by car. Census data records 4,274 residents with a median age of 49 and a median household income of $72,852 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 10.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,550. The area shows high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. Of 4 schools within the town boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Beechworth a good town?
Beechworth scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
4 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 10/100 · 285.9 km · 192 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $785K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 70/100 · Crime 44/100 · Flood 0/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 49 · 4,274 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #457 in VICEach bar is Beechworth's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
48 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBeechworth's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $785,000, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$785,000
Based on 102 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 68 days — median across 39 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $750K
- 3 bed 57 sales $738K
- 4 bed 30 sales $882K
Land
$497,500
Based on 20 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 60 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Beechworth are currently listed at around $929,000 on average. Based on 97 houses listed in the past six months.
$929K
97 houses listed in the last 6 months.
98 of the suburb's 1,690 dwellings (5.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Beechworth rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 11 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$550/wk
11 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
12 rentals advertised against an estimated 358 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025115 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3747.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $929,000 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 Beechworth safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Beechworth sits in the moderate band, with 164 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 53% on the prior year.
164 offences
53.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202513 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Four schools serve Beechworth, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Beechworth Primary School leads the pack.
- • 636 students across 4 schools (avg 159)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1045-1106, median 1072 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Beechworth Secondary College (282 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Beechworth is very car-dependent on foot — at 10/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 12 parks and 11 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Beechworth.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 2,263
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
Indigo: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 10 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Beechworth is home to about 4,300 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $73,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,274
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$72,852/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,550/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$39,884/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.8%
Total Dwellings
1,690
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.8%
Houses
93.8%
Rental Stress
21.4%
Mortgage Stress
25.5%
Work From Home
22.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
38 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 4 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 346 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.1%
- Employment Rate
- 54%
- Completed Year 12
- 43.1%
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.
40 residents (0.9%) 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.
9.0% of residents (368) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (268).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,096 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 (29 of 1,938).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,729 people work here; 1,938 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 8% of employed residents must work outside the town.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,828 a year through Indigo based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 55%
- Parks and recreation 39%
- Residential 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Proposed rezonings
- Public Use Zone → Farming Zone · C79indi, exhibited Oct 2026 4.7 ha
and 4 smaller changes
Land in this town 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 town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Indigo
In the year to August 2026, 120 new dwellings were approved across Indigo. That mix is 117 houses and 3 units. Approvals are up 15.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
No Registered Aboriginal Party is appointed for this area. About an eighth of Victoria, mostly in the north-east, has no appointment; that is a fact about the register rather than about the Country.
Climate & Setting
from Beechworth Composite, 6.1 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 391 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 984 mm
- 97 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the town 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- 2.1 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 4.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3747, 55 of 4,691 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.1% (98 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3747, 1,516 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,230 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 109 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 3747 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 $785,000 this is $35,000 above 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 Helen Haines Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Helen Haines | 43.3% | 56.7% | -1.4 |
| 2022 | Helen Haines | 44.7% | 55.3% | -7.5 |
| 2019 | Helen Haines | 37.3% | 62.7% | +7.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Bill Tilley Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bill Tilley LP | 50.9% | 36.7% | 63.3% |
| 2018 | Bill Tilley LP | 52.5% | 41.1% | 58.9% |
| 2014 | Bill Tilley LP | 54.6% | 40.3% | 59.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
Looking at a specific address in Beechworth?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 4,274 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Beechworth
Is Beechworth a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Beechworth is moderate (44/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Beechworth?
Beechworth has a high recorded bushfire history (70/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Beechworth a good place to live?
Beechworth has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), 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 Beechworth?
Beechworth, VIC had a population of 4,274 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Beechworth, VIC?
The postcode for Beechworth, VIC is 3747.
How far is Beechworth from Melbourne?
Beechworth is 286 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 192 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Beechworth?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Beechworth was $72,852 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 Beechworth?
The median advertised rent in Beechworth is $550 a week for houses (11 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Beechworth?
The median age of residents in Beechworth was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Beechworth at risk of bushfire?
Beechworth has a high recorded bushfire history (70/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Beechworth?
There are 4 schools inside the Beechworth boundary: 1 above, 1 at, and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Beechworth walkable?
Beechworth scores 10/100 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 Beechworth?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Beechworth, Beechworth Composite (6.1 km away), 984 mm of rain a year over 97 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Beechworth?
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 Beechworth belong to?
Beechworth sits within the Indigo local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Beechworth?
The average residential rates bill through Indigo is $1,828 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Beechworth?
Across Indigo, 120 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 15.0% 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 Beechworth in?
Beechworth sits within the federal Division of Indi, currently held by Helen Haines (Independent).
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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
- 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
- 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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