Campbells Creek VIC 3451
Campbells Creek sits 126 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 1 hour 35 minutes by car. Census data records 2,071 residents with a median age of 44 and a median household income of $72,748 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 16.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,408. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Campbells Creek a good suburb?
Campbells Creek scores a C (43/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 21/100 · 126.2 km · 97 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $680K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 25/100 · Crime 50/100 · Flood 46/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 44 · 2,071 residents
Liveability Rating
43 / 100 · Ranked #521 in VICEach bar is Campbells Creek'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
43 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCampbells Creek's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $680,000, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$680,000
7% below its 4 neighbours (median $735,000)
Based on 99 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 92 days — median across 41 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 16 sales $650K
- 3 bed 40 sales $672K
- 4 bed 35 sales $750K
Land
$315,000
Based on 14 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 129 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Campbells Creek are currently listed at around $798,000 on average. Based on 50 houses listed in the past six months.
$798K
50 houses listed in the last 6 months.
51 of the suburb's 813 dwellings (6.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Campbells Creek rent for around $600 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$600/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
4 rentals advertised against an estimated 119 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202590 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3451.
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$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $798,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
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 Campbells Creek safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Campbells Creek sits in the moderate band, with 80 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 12% on the prior year.
80 offences
12.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20253 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Two schools serve Campbells Creek, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 174 students in one school (avg 174)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Independent
- • Largest: Campbells Creek Primary School (174 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Campbells Creek is very car-dependent on foot — at 21/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Campbells Creek.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 2.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Span of service
- 5.1 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 Campbells Creek.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 58%
- Premises covered
- 1,069
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
Mount Alexander: 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 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Campbells Creek is home to about 2,100 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $73,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,071
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$72,748/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,408/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$36,868/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.0%
Total Dwellings
813
Owner-Occupier Rate
85.4%
Houses
97.2%
Rental Stress
22.9%
Mortgage Stress
23.2%
Work From Home
23.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
13 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 117 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.5%
- Employment Rate
- 57.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 41.4%
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.
8 residents (0.4%) 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.
12.1% of residents (236) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (228).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,953 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
5% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (52 of 950).
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 $1,885 a year through Mount Alexander based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Parks and recreation 45%
- Rural and farming 34%
- Residential 21%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Transport Zone 2 → Township Zone · C101malx, Mar 2026 0.9 ha
and 3 smaller changes
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: Mount Alexander
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.
Climate & Setting
from Castlemaine Prison, 3.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 289 m
- above sea level, at the suburb 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 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- 3.7 km
- 4.9 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3451, 66 of 5,536 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (120 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3451, 1,554 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,635 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 111 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.
9 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3451 in 2025-26, rank 96 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 36, 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 $680,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Lisa Chesters Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lisa Chesters | 51.4% | 48.6% | +51.4 |
| 2022 | Lisa Chesters | 62.1% | 37.9% | -3.3 |
| 2019 | Lisa Chesters | 59.0% | 41.0% | -5.2 |
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 Maree Edwards Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Maree Edwards ALP | 50.7% | 64.3% | 35.6% |
| 2018 | Maree Edwards ALP | 53.5% | 68.5% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | Maree Edwards ALP | 50.4% | 62.2% | 37.8% |
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.
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Common questions about Campbells Creek
Is Campbells Creek a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Campbells Creek is moderate (50/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Campbells Creek?
Campbells Creek has a low recorded bushfire history (25/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (46/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Campbells Creek a good place to live?
Campbells Creek has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (43/100), 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 Campbells Creek?
Campbells Creek, VIC had a population of 2,071 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Campbells Creek, VIC?
The postcode for Campbells Creek, VIC is 3451.
How far is Campbells Creek from Melbourne?
Campbells Creek is 126 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 97 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Campbells Creek?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Campbells Creek was $72,748 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 Campbells Creek?
The median advertised rent in Campbells Creek is $600 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Campbells Creek?
The median age of residents in Campbells Creek was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Campbells Creek at risk of bushfire?
Campbells Creek has a low recorded bushfire history (25/100). 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 Campbells Creek?
There are 2 schools inside the Campbells Creek boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Campbells Creek walkable?
Campbells Creek scores 21/100 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 Campbells Creek?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Campbells Creek, Castlemaine Prison (3.6 km away), summer days average 27.9°C, winter nights 3.7°C, 598 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Campbells Creek?
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 Campbells Creek belong to?
Campbells Creek sits within the Mount Alexander local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Campbells Creek?
The average residential rates bill through Mount Alexander is $1,885 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Campbells Creek?
Across Mount Alexander, 102 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 6.7% 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 Campbells Creek in?
Campbells Creek sits within the federal Division of Bendigo, currently held by Lisa Chesters (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
- 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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