Euroa VIC 3666
Located in Victoria, Euroa sits 162 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 50 minutes by car. The town has 3,508 residents, a median age of 54, and a median household income of $56,108 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 7.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,129. Euroa is characterised by high flood risk and high bushfire risk. 3 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Euroa a good town?
Euroa scores a D (17/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on schools, transit, safety, and community.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 24% in VIC
Car-dependent
Walkability 17/100 · 161.6 km · 112 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $465K · More affordable than 79% of VIC
High flood risk
Fire 60/100 · Crime 47/100 · Flood 86/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 54 · 3,508 residents
Liveability Rating
17 / 100 · Ranked #849 in VICEach bar is Euroa's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
17 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataEuroa's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $465,000, about 9% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$465,000
Based on 60 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 59 days — median across 39 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 15 sales $380K
- 3 bed 33 sales $465K
- 4 bed 10 sales $638K
Units
$300,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Euroa are currently listed at around $610,000 on average. Based on 36 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$610K
36 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$378K
4 units listed in the last 6 months.
40 of the suburb's 1,498 dwellings (2.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Euroa rent for around $468 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$468/wk
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$380/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
14 rentals advertised against an estimated 357 rented homes (3.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025111 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3666.
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$468/week ($24,000 a year) on a $610,000 median
$380/week ($20,000 a year) on a $378,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 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 Euroa safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Euroa sits in the moderate band, with 120 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 3% on the prior year.
120 offences
2.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202518 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 5 of them fatal
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
Three schools serve Euroa, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 587 students across 3 schools (avg 196)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 949-1033, median 956 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Euroa Secondary College (273 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Euroa is very car-dependent on foot — at 17/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 13 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 Euroa.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 48%
- Premises covered
- 2,098
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
Strathbogie: 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 12 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.
Euroa is home to about 3,500 residents, with a median age of 54 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $56,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,508
Median Age
54
Median Household Income
$56,108/yr
Census Median Rent
$250/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,129/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$31,356/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.3%
Total Dwellings
1,498
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.2%
Houses
93.7%
Rental Stress
23.2%
Mortgage Stress
24.1%
Work From Home
15.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
38 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 20 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 341 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.8%
- Employment Rate
- 45.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.8%
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.
44 residents (1.3%) 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.
7.7% of residents (260) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (226).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,356 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 (10 of 1,376).
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 1,288 people work here; 1,376 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 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 $2,476 a year through Strathbogie based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 91%
- Infrastructure and transport 5%
- Residential 2%
- Parks and recreation 1%
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: Strathbogie
In the year to August 2026, 75 new dwellings were approved across Strathbogie. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 166.7% on the same period a year earlier.
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 Strathbogie, 17.4 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 184 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 865 mm
- 96 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 27.2°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 2.0°C
- 44 frost days ≤ 0°C
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 3666, 32 of 5,231 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (73 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3666, 1,371 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,529 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 85 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 3666 in 2025-26. The most was 33, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this town.
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 $465,000 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 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 Annabelle Cleeland The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Annabelle Cleeland NP | 59.9% | 40.1% | 59.9% |
| 2018 | Steph Ryan NP | 59.0% | 34.6% | 65.4% |
| 2014 | Steph Ryan NP | 64.5% | 35.5% | 64.5% |
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 Euroa?
Every figure above is a town 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 3,508 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 Euroa
Is Euroa a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Euroa is moderate (47/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Euroa?
Euroa has a moderate recorded bushfire history (60/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (86/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Euroa a good place to live?
Euroa has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (17/100), 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 Euroa?
Euroa, VIC had a population of 3,508 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Euroa, VIC?
The postcode for Euroa, VIC is 3666.
How far is Euroa from Melbourne?
Euroa is 162 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 112 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Euroa?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Euroa was $56,108 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 Euroa?
The median advertised rent in Euroa is $468 a week for houses (10 listings) and $380 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Euroa?
The median age of residents in Euroa was 54 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Euroa at risk of bushfire?
Euroa has a moderate recorded bushfire history (60/100). 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 Euroa?
There are 3 schools inside the Euroa boundary: 1 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Euroa walkable?
Euroa scores 17/100 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 Euroa?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Euroa, Strathbogie (17.4 km away), summer days average 27.2°C, winter nights 2°C, 865 mm of rain a year over 96 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Euroa?
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 Euroa belong to?
Euroa sits within the Strathbogie local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Euroa?
The average residential rates bill through Strathbogie is $2,476 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Euroa?
Across Strathbogie, 75 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 166.7% 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 Euroa in?
Euroa 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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