Hernes Oak ^{VIC 3825}

The median house sale price in Hernes Oak sits at $630,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only three sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

Houses in Hernes Oak are currently listed at around $975,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

3 of the suburb's 111 dwellings (2.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

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 $1,746 a year through Latrobe (Vic.) 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, 529 new dwellings were approved across Latrobe (Vic.). That mix is 509 houses and 20 units. Approvals are up 65.5% 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.

PM2.5 averaged 7.7 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 15.9 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.56 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Traralgon monitoring station, 19.4 km away.

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation

152 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Near high-voltage lines

6.7% of addresses

9 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more

Annual rainfall

700 mm

102 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

26.7°C

11 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

4.1°C

15 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.

• Moe Landfill

  Waste Treatment and Disposal Services

  Top reported: Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total) · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  2.2 km
• Moe MS

  Gas Supply

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
  4.6 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 Darren Chester The Nationals

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 Martin Cameron The Nationals

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

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.