Gainsborough ^{VIC 3822}

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,138 a year through Baw Baw based on 2024 figures.

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.

In the year to August 2026, 619 new dwellings were approved across Baw Baw. That mix is 604 houses and 15 units. Approvals are up 49.3% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).

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.

High rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation

107 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

39.5 km

Annual rainfall

1,090 mm

133 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

25.1°C

7 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

3.7°C

12 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.

• Darnum MS

  Gas Supply

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  2.3 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

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Currently held by Mary Aldred Liberal

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.

Currently held by Wayne Farnham Liberal

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

* The 2022 poll here was replaced by a supplementary election on 28 January 2023; its result is shown.

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.