Birchip VIC 3483
Located in Victoria, Birchip sits 311 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours 40 minutes by car. The locality has 694 residents, a median age of 49, and a median household income of $60,892 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The locality fell 1.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $155 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $758. Birchip is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure and no recorded flood exposure. All 1 school within the locality boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Birchip a good place to live?
Birchip scores a C (49/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and safety, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 310.6 km · 220 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $230K · More affordable than 100% of VIC
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 37/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 49 · 694 residents
Liveability Rating
49 / 100 · Ranked #445 in VICEach bar is Birchip'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Birchip?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
49 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBirchip's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $230,000, roughly 33% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$230,000
Based on 21 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 15 sales $230K
Land
$65,000
Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Birchip are currently listed at around $149,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.
$149K
3 houses listed in the last 6 months.
3 of the suburb's 288 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Birchip safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Birchip sits in the low band, with 20 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 9% on the prior year.
20 offences
9.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Birchip, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Birchip P-12 School leads the pack.
- • 162 students in one school (avg 162)
Combined
Walkability
Birchip is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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 Birchip.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 427
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
Buloke: council population
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.
Socio-economic profile
Birchip is home to 694 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $61,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
694
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$60,892/yr
Census Median Rent
$155/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$758/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$38,480/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
19.1%
Total Dwellings
288
Owner-Occupier Rate
79.6%
Houses
94.1%
Rental Stress
13.2%
Mortgage Stress
14.9%
Work From Home
12.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
6 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 7 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 56 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.0%
- Employment Rate
- 54.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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 652 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 306 people work here; 310 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident).
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 $2,140 a year through Buloke based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 94%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Parks and recreation 1%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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.
Building Approvals: Buloke
In the year to August 2026, 16 new dwellings were approved across Buloke. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 50.0% 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 Wycheproof, 28.7 kmDry climate.
- Elevation
- 101 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Annual rainfall
- 357 mm
- 57 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 3483, 0 of 1,040 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (11 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3483, 192 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 443 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 5 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3483 in 2025-26. The most was 12, in 2004-05.
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 $230,000 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 2026-10-28 — 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 Anne Webster The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anne Webster | 31.0% | 69.0% | -0.1 |
| 2022 | Anne Webster | 31.0% | 69.0% | +3.3 |
| 2019 | Anne Webster | 33.8% | 66.2% | -3.6 |
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.
State Electorate
Currently held by Jade Benham The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jade Benham NP | 51.2% | 35.9% | 64.1% |
| 2018 | Ali Cupper IND | 50.3% | 44.4% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | Peter Crisp NP | 52.0% | 29.8% | 70.2% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Birchip?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 694 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 Birchip
Is Birchip a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Birchip is low (37/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Birchip?
Birchip has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Birchip a good place to live?
Birchip has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (49/100), 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 Birchip?
Birchip, VIC had a population of 694 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Birchip, VIC?
The postcode for Birchip, VIC is 3483.
How far is Birchip from Melbourne?
Birchip is 311 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 220 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Birchip?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Birchip was $60,892 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 Birchip?
There are too few current rental listings in Birchip for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $155, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Birchip?
The median age of residents in Birchip was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Birchip?
There is 1 school inside the Birchip boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Birchip walkable?
Birchip scores 4/100 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 Birchip?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Birchip, Wycheproof (28.7 km away), 357 mm of rain a year over 57 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Birchip?
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 Birchip belong to?
Birchip sits within the Buloke local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Birchip?
The average residential rates bill through Buloke is $2,140 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Birchip?
Across Buloke, 16 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 50.0% 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 Birchip in?
Birchip sits within the federal Division of Mallee, currently held by Anne Webster (The Nationals).
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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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