Echuca VIC 3564
Echuca is a suburb in Victoria, 226 km from Melbourne CBD, around 2 hours 40 minutes by car. Population is 15,056; the median age is 45 and the median household income is $69,420 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb grew 7.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $285 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,468. Echuca is characterised by high flood risk and high crime risk. Of 10 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Echuca a good suburb?
Echuca scores a D (20/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
10 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 225.5 km · 162 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $599K
High crime risk
Fire 14/100 · Crime 88/100 · Flood 92/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 45 · 15,056 residents
Liveability Rating
20 / 100 · Ranked #830 in VICEach bar is Echuca's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
20 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataEchuca's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $599,000, about 6% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$598,888
Based on 245 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 43 days — median across 153 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 18 sales $500K
- 3 bed 151 sales $560K
- 4 bed 67 sales $690K
- 5 bed 6 sales $1.08M
Units
$430,000
Based on 31 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 47 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 25 sales $430K
- 3 bed 5 sales $395K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Echuca are currently listed at around $650,000 on average. Based on 171 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$650K
171 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$472K
18 units listed in the last 6 months.
189 of the suburb's 5,934 dwellings (3.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Echuca rent for around $625 a week on average, based on 60 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$625/wk
60 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$430/wk
8 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
68 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,739 rented homes (3.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3564.
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$625/week ($32,000 a year) on a $650,000 median
$430/week ($22,000 a year) on a $472,000 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 Echuca safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Echuca sits in the high band, with 1,808 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 9% on the prior year.
1,808 offences
8.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202536 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
Where they happened
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
Ten schools serve Echuca, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Echuca Primary School leads the pack.
- • 3,390 students across 7 schools (avg 484)
- • Sectors: 5 Government, 3 Catholic, 2 Independent
- • ICSEA 885-1041, median 928 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Joseph's College - Brigidine Campus (1,134 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Echuca is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 9 parks and 14 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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Echuca.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 38.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 52.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 15.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.2 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 31 min wait
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 Echuca.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 44%
- Premises covered
- 8,456
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
Campaspe: 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 36 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Echuca is home to about 15,100 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $69,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
15,056
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$69,420/yr
Census Median Rent
$285/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,468/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$36,920/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
10.2%
Total Dwellings
5,934
Owner-Occupier Rate
70.7%
Houses
86.1%
Rental Stress
21.3%
Mortgage Stress
25.4%
Work From Home
9.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
351 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 31 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,667 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 85.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.4%
- Employment Rate
- 54.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 31.5%
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.
271 residents (1.8%) 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 (1,284) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (1,127).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 14,272 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 (49 of 6,861).
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 suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 8,719 people work here; 6,861 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.3 per resident). At least 21% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $2,035 a year through Campaspe based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 71%
- Residential 13%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Parks and recreation 5%
- Industrial 2%
- Other and special use 1%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Proposed rezonings
- General Residential Zone → Commercial 2 Zone · C129camp, exhibited Jun 2026 1.1 ha
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: Campaspe
In the year to August 2026, 264 new dwellings were approved across Campaspe. That mix is 259 houses and 5 units. Approvals are up 63.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2007).
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 Echuca Aerodrome, 1.0 kmDry climate — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 100 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 406 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.6°C
- 29 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.9°C
- 13 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
8 facilities within 5 km- 1.3 km
- 2.3 kmFruit and Vegetable ProcessingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.6 kmFruit and Vegetable ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.2 kmBoiler, Tank and Other Heavy Gauge Metal Container ManufacturingTop reported: Manganese & compounds
- 3.3 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3564, 37 of 18,190 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (324 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3564, 3,926 rooftop-solar systems totalling 27.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,314 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 218 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.
15 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3564 in 2025-26, rank 63 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 109, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
8 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
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 $598,888 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 Sam Birrell The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Birrell | 35.6% | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| 2022 | Sam Birrell | 32.9% | 67.2% | -2.9 |
| 2019 | Damian Drum | 30.0% | 70.0% | -2.5 |
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 Peter Walsh The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Peter Walsh NP | 61.8% | 27.1% | 72.9% |
| 2018 | Peter Walsh NP | 60.3% | 26.1% | 74.0% |
| 2014 | Peter Walsh NP | 63.3% | 27.6% | 72.4% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Echuca?
Every figure above is a suburb 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.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Echuca
Is Echuca a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Echuca is high (88/100, 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 Echuca?
Echuca has a low recorded bushfire history (14/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (92/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Echuca a good place to live?
Echuca has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (20/100), 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 Echuca?
Echuca, VIC had a population of 15,056 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Echuca, VIC?
The postcode for Echuca, VIC is 3564.
How far is Echuca from Melbourne?
Echuca is 226 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 162 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Echuca?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Echuca was $69,420 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 Echuca?
The median advertised rent in Echuca is $625 a week for houses (60 listings) and $430 a week for units (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Echuca?
The median age of residents in Echuca was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Echuca at risk of bushfire?
Echuca has a low recorded bushfire history (14/100). 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 Echuca?
There are 10 schools inside the Echuca boundary: 1 above, 2 at, and 3 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Echuca walkable?
Echuca 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 Echuca?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Echuca, Echuca Aerodrome (1 km away), summer days average 31.6°C, winter nights 3.9°C, 406 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days, and 29 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Echuca?
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 Echuca belong to?
Echuca sits within the Campaspe local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Echuca?
The average residential rates bill through Campaspe is $2,035 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Echuca?
Across Campaspe, 264 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 63.0% 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 Echuca in?
Echuca sits within the federal Division of Nicholls, currently held by Sam Birrell (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
- 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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