Clonbinane VIC 3658

Located in Victoria, Clonbinane sits 90 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 347 residents, a median age of 44, and a median household income of $98,904 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 5.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $475 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. Clonbinane is characterised by high bushfire risk and high crime risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Clonbinane sits at $1.7 million, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only five sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$1,700,000

Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

98 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3658.

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.

Is Clonbinane safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Clonbinane sits in the high band, with 22 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 50% on the prior year.

22 offences

50.0% since 2025
Theft 9 (40.9%)
Arson 4 (18.2%)
Assault 3 (13.6%)
Property Damage 2 (9.1%)
Break & Enter 2 (9.1%)
Weapons Offences 1 (4.5%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (4.5%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

24 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Where they happened

Main Mountain Road 5 (20.8%)

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

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Clonbinane is very car-dependent on foot — at 10/100, nearly all errands require a car.

10
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 60
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

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 Clonbinane.

29
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
158
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 92%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 8%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
5 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
70 in suburb
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Mitchell: council population

The whole council area, not just Clonbinane · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
58,459
+4.2% in a year
Change
+2,380
people since 2024
Density
20
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+628
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,534
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+218
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
7/10
6/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
8/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
6/10
5/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Clonbinane is home to 347 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $99,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.1%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

347

5.2% since 2016

Median Age

44

4.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$98,904/yr

33.9% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$475/wk

106.5% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,000/mo

30.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

3.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$37,856/yr

33.1% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

7.1%

39.2% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

12.2%

36.8% since 2016

Total Dwellings

115

3.4% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

94.8%

no change since 2016

Houses

100.0%

0.8% since 2016

Rental Stress

25.0%

54.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

24.3%

2.4% since 2016

Work From Home

26.4%

242.9% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 115 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 63 (54.3%)
Mortgage 47 (40.5%)
Renting 6 (5.2%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
80.1%
English Spoken at Home
85.0%
Employment Rate
55.7%
15.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
36.9%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 34 (21.7%)
Professionals 31 (19.7%)
Clerical & Administrative 26 (16.6%)
Managers 23 (14.6%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 15 (9.6%)
Labourers 13 (8.3%)
Sales 11 (7.0%)
Community & Personal Service 8 (5.1%)

Religion

Christianity 157 (45.2%)
No Religion 146 (42.1%)
Buddhism 3 (0.9%)
Islam 3 (0.9%)
Other Religions 3 (0.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

New Zealand 14 (4.0%)
England 8 (2.3%)
Italy 4 (1.2%)

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Turkish 4 (1.2%)

Age Distribution

0-4 21 (6.1%)
5-14 33 (9.5%)
15-19 21 (6.1%)
20-24 18 (5.2%)
25-34 36 (10.4%)
35-44 43 (12.4%)
45-54 43 (12.4%)
55-64 49 (14.1%)
65-74 46 (13.3%)
75-84 25 (7.2%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 39 (52.0%)
Lone Person 26 (34.7%)
One Parent Families 10 (13.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 93 (64.6%)
Worked from Home 38 (26.4%)
Walked Only 8 (5.6%)
Car (passenger) 5 (3.5%)

9% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (14 of 157).

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

Certificate III & IV 71 (20.5%)
Bachelor Degree 34 (9.8%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 27 (7.8%)
Postgraduate Degree 12 (3.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 10 (2.9%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 15 (12.8%)
2 cars 45 (38.5%)
3 cars 29 (24.8%)
4+ cars 22 (18.8%)

Council Rates

Mitchell
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,947 a year through Mitchell based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,947/yr
About the VIC average ($1,937) · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.339¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Clonbinane's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Parks and recreation 76%
  • Rural and farming 18%
  • Environmental 6%

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: Mitchell

The whole council area, not just Clonbinane · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 1,074 new dwellings were approved across Mitchell. That mix is 997 houses and 77 units. Approvals are up 69.5% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
1,074dwellings
+69.5% YoY
Houses
997
detached dwellings
Units
77
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).

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 Seymour Shire Depot, 36.6 km

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation
594 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Annual rainfall
540 mm
54 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.

EV adoption

0.3%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 3658, 21 of 6,417 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.3% (81 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.11%
2024
0.24%
2025
0.33%

Rooftop solar

57
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.1 kW each

In postcode 3658, 1,443 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,542 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 62 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
72
2020
101
2021
92
2022
88
2023
91
2024
109
2025
70
2026
30

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.

6 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3658 in 2025-26, rank 120 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 55, in 2009-10.

2000-01 to 2025-26

Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$8,866
Loan amount
$1,360,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,831,826
Deposit
$340,000
Stamp duty
$93,500
Cash needed at settlement
$433,500

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.

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

Division of Mcewen

Currently held by Rob Mitchell Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Rob Mitchell 54.8% 45.2% +0.9
2022 Rob Mitchell 53.3% 46.7% +2.0
2019 Rob Mitchell 55.0% 45.0% +1.0

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

Yan Yean District

Currently held by Lauren Kathage Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Lauren Kathage ALP 50.2% 54.5% 45.5%
2018 Danielle Green ALP 54.3% 67.0% 33.0%
2014 Danielle Green ALP 53.6% 53.6% 46.4%

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 Clonbinane

Is Clonbinane a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Clonbinane is high (71/100, 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 Clonbinane?

Clonbinane has a high recorded bushfire history (94/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (24/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Clonbinane?

Clonbinane, VIC had a population of 347 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Clonbinane, VIC?

The postcode for Clonbinane, VIC is 3658.

How far is Clonbinane from Melbourne?

Clonbinane is 90 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 84 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Clonbinane?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Clonbinane was $98,904 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 Clonbinane?

There are too few current rental listings in Clonbinane for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $475, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Clonbinane?

The median age of residents in Clonbinane was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Clonbinane at risk of bushfire?

Clonbinane has a high recorded bushfire history (94/100). 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.

Is Clonbinane walkable?

Clonbinane 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 Clonbinane?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Clonbinane, Seymour Shire Depot (36.6 km away), 540 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Clonbinane?

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 Clonbinane belong to?

Clonbinane sits within the Mitchell local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Clonbinane?

The average residential rates bill through Mitchell is $1,947 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Clonbinane?

Across Mitchell, 1,074 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 69.5% 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 Clonbinane in?

Clonbinane sits within the federal Division of Mcewen, currently held by Rob Mitchell (Australian Labor Party).

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