Gnotuk ^{VIC 3260}

Rural

Located in Victoria, Gnotuk sits 195 km from Melbourne CBD, around 2 hours 20 minutes by car. The locality has 120 residents, a median age of 49, and a median household income of $106,184 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The locality grew 21.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $130 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,494. Gnotuk is characterised by no recorded flood exposure. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 120. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Is Gnotuk safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Gnotuk sits in the moderate band, with 4 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 100% on the prior year.

4 offences

100.0% since 2025

Theft 3 (75.0%)

Break & Enter 1 (25.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

5 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality 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 locality boundary.

Walkability

Gnotuk is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

out of 100

Very Car-Dependent

Public Transport within 1 km not measured

Schools within 1.5 km 0

Parks within 800 m 0

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 Gnotuk.

connectivity score / 100

Most common

Fixed wireless

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 0%
Premises covered: 48

Technology mix

Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

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

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Corangamite: council population

The whole council area, not just Gnotuk · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

15,712

-0.3% in a year

Change

-47

people since 2024

Density

3.6

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

+12

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

-90

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+31

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality'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

7/10 within VIC

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

9/10

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

Gnotuk is home to 120 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $106,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

120

21.2% since 2016

Median Age

2.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$106,184/yr

25.7% since 2016

Top 22% in VIC

Census Median Rent

$130/wk

15.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,494/mo

10.3% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.4

11.1% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$48,776/yr

27.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

9.1%

18.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

12.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

100.0%

37.0% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

6.4%

31.9% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

16.9%

12.0% since 2016

Work From Home

22.6%

46.8% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 44 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 18 (56.2%)

Mortgage 14 (43.8%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 79.2%
English Spoken at Home: 86.7%
Employment Rate: 67.6%
Completed Year 12: 43.3%

Occupations

Managers 16 (21.6%)

Labourers 10 (13.5%)

Technicians & Trades 9 (12.2%)

Professionals 7 (9.5%)

Clerical & Administrative 7 (9.5%)

Sales 7 (9.5%)

Machinery Operators & Drivers 6 (8.1%)

Community & Personal Service 3 (4.1%)

Religion

No Religion 56 (46.7%)

Christianity 44 (36.7%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

New Zealand 5 (4.2%)

Italy 4 (3.3%)

Age Distribution

5-14 15 (12.5%)

15-19 14 (11.7%)

25-34 20 (16.7%)

35-44 8 (6.7%)

45-54 23 (19.2%)

55-64 25 (20.8%)

65-74 14 (11.7%)

75-84 5 (4.2%)

85+ 3 (2.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 12 (66.7%)

Lone Person 6 (33.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 45 (72.6%)

Worked from Home 14 (22.6%)

Car (passenger) 3 (4.8%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 14 (11.7%)

Bachelor Degree 12 (10.0%)

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6 (5.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 9 (20.5%)

2 cars 21 (47.7%)

3 cars 13 (29.5%)

4+ cars 4 (9.1%)

Council Rates

Corangamite

FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,335 a year through Corangamite based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate

$2,335/yr

21% above the VIC average of $1,937 · median of 79 councils

Rate in the dollar

0.256¢ / $

of property valuation

Valuation basis

Capital Improved Value

land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Gnotuk's area by planning zone

2026-09

Rural and farming 92%
Environmental 6%
Infrastructure and transport 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Corangamite

The whole council area, not just Gnotuk · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 60 new dwellings were approved across Corangamite. That mix is 55 houses and 5 units. Approvals are up 116.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

60dwellings

+116.7% YoY

Houses

detached dwellings

Units

townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2013).

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 Terang, 14.8 km

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation: 147 m; above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean: 47.3 km
Annual rainfall: 717 mm; 105 rainy days
Summer max (Jan): —
Winter min (Jul): —

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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

0.2%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.00% in 2021

Bottom 8% in VIC

In postcode 3260, 8 of 4,700 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.0% (47 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.2%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.00%

2022

0.00%

2023

0.06%

2024

0.17%

2025

0.17%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 8.4 kW each

In postcode 3260, 650 rooftop-solar systems totalling 5.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,222 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 20 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

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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 3260 in 2025-26. The most was 46, in 2000-01.

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

Federal Electorate

Division of Wannon

Currently held by Dan Tehan Liberal

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Dan Tehan	39.1%	60.9%	-2.3
2022	Dan Tehan	40.9%	59.1%	-1.1
2019	Dan Tehan	39.6%	60.4%	+1.2

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Polwarth District

Currently held by Richard Riordan Liberal

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year	Winner	Won with	2PP ALP	2PP LNP
2022	Richard Riordan LP	51.8%	48.2%	51.8%
2018	Richard Riordan LP	51.1%	44.6%	55.4%
2014	Terry Mulder LP	55.4%	39.4%	60.6%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.

Looking at a specific address in Gnotuk?

Every figure above is a locality 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 120 residents
Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it

Try an address in Gnotuk

Free to look up. Subscribers see every section in full — $29/month.

Nearby suburbs

Compare Gnotuk to another suburb

Side-by-side stats for any other VIC suburb — type a name and pick one.

Or jump straight to a nearby comparison:

Common questions about Gnotuk

Is Gnotuk a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Gnotuk is moderate (48/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Gnotuk?

Gnotuk has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Gnotuk?

Gnotuk, VIC had a population of 120 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Gnotuk, VIC?

The postcode for Gnotuk, VIC is 3260.

How far is Gnotuk from Melbourne?

Gnotuk is 195 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 141 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Gnotuk?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Gnotuk was $106,184 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 Gnotuk?

There are too few current rental listings in Gnotuk for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $130, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Gnotuk?

The median age of residents in Gnotuk was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Gnotuk at risk of bushfire?

Gnotuk has a moderate recorded bushfire history (45/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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.

What is the weather like in Gnotuk?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Gnotuk, Terang (14.8 km away), 717 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Gnotuk?

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 Gnotuk belong to?

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

How much are council rates in Gnotuk?

The average residential rates bill through Corangamite is $2,335 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Gnotuk?

Across Corangamite, 60 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 116.7% 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 Gnotuk in?

Gnotuk sits within the federal Division of Wannon, currently held by Dan Tehan (Liberal).

Search another suburb or address

Was the information on this page useful to you?

Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.

Gnotuk VIC 3260

How do you rate the liveability in Gnotuk?