Jacana VIC 3047
Jacana sits 16 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 26 minutes by car. Census data records 2,187 residents with a median age of 35 and a median household income of $72,124 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 2.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $335 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Jacana a good suburb?
Jacana scores a B (55/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on community.
Mixed results
1 school
Very walkable
Walkability 80/100 · 15.9 km · 26 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $628K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 70/100 · Flood 32/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 35 · 2,187 residents
Liveability Rating
55 / 100 · Ranked #366 in VICEach bar is Jacana's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
55 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataJacana's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $628,000, about 4% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$627,500
23% below its 5 neighbours (median $810,000)
Based on 34 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $566K
- 3 bed 22 sales $618K
Units
$596,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $566K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Jacana are currently listed at around $585,000 on average. Based on 12 houses listed in the past six months.
$585K
12 houses listed in the last 6 months.
13 of the suburb's 763 dwellings (1.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Jacana rent for around $520 a week on average, based on 10 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$520/wk
15% below its 4 neighbours (median $610/wk)
10 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
10 rentals advertised against an estimated 293 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025138 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3047.
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$520/week ($27,000 a year) on a $585,000 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.
Short-Stay Rentals
5 active Airbnb listings: 5 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.6% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Jacana safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Jacana sits in the high band, with 118 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 28% on the prior year.
118 offences
28.5% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202519 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 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.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Noticeable aircraft noise
Schools
One school serves Jacana, but none have published comparable ratings yet.
- • 228 students in one school (avg 228)
Combined
Walkability
Jacana is very walkable on foot — at 80/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Jacana.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 52.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 43.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 33.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 19.4 hours
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 Jacana.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 53%
- Premises covered
- 975
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
Hume: 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 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Jacana is home to about 2,200 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $72,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,187
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$72,124/yr
Census Median Rent
$335/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$31,512/yr
Unemployment Rate
8.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.1%
Total Dwellings
763
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.6%
Houses
82.3%
Rental Stress
24.2%
Mortgage Stress
25.2%
Work From Home
17.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
34 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 4 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 281 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 47.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 43.9%
- Employment Rate
- 48.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 46.4%
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.
342 residents (15.6%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,054 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
15% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (133 of 907).
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 952 people work here; 907 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident). At least 5% 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 $1,715 a year through Hume based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 61%
- Parks and recreation 24%
- Infrastructure and transport 15%
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: Hume
In the year to August 2026, 3,063 new dwellings were approved across Hume. That mix is 2,610 houses and 453 units.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 10 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 10 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
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.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 18.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Footscray monitoring station, 13.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 4.5 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 115 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 17.0 km
- Annual rainfall
- 534 mm
- 85 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 13 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 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
13 facilities within 5 km- 2.7 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.0 kmPoultry ProcessingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 3.6 km
- 3.9 kmBasic Organic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Dichloromethane
- 4.0 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
EV adoption
In postcode 3047, 46 of 14,339 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.5% (645 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3047, 1,876 rooftop-solar systems totalling 13.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,203 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 77 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.
20 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3047 in 2025-26, rank 52 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 222, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 3047.
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 $627,500 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Basem Abdo Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Basem Abdo | 64.7% | 35.3% | +2.3 |
| 2022 | Maria Vamvakinou | 62.4% | 37.6% | +7.2 |
| 2019 | Maria Vamvakinou | 68.8% | 31.2% | +0.9 |
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 Kathleen Matthews-Ward Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kathleen Matthews-Ward ALP | 51.9% | 65.5% | 34.5% |
| 2018 | Frank McGuire ALP | 68.3% | 80.3% | 19.7% |
| 2014 | Frank McGuire ALP | 64.2% | 77.8% | 22.2% |
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.
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- 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 Jacana
Is Jacana a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Jacana is high (70/100, 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 Jacana?
Jacana has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (32/100). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Jacana a good place to live?
Jacana has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (55/100), 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 Jacana?
Jacana, VIC had a population of 2,187 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Jacana, VIC?
The postcode for Jacana, VIC is 3047.
How far is Jacana from Melbourne?
Jacana is 16 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 26 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Jacana?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Jacana was $72,124 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 Jacana?
The median advertised rent in Jacana is $520 a week for houses (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Jacana?
The median age of residents in Jacana was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Jacana?
There is 1 school inside the Jacana boundary, none of which has enough NAPLAN and ICSEA data for a quality band.
Is Jacana walkable?
Jacana scores 80/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. 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 Jacana?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Jacana, Essendon Airport (4.5 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 534 mm of rain a year over 85 rainy days, and 13 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Jacana?
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 Jacana belong to?
Jacana sits within the Hume local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Jacana?
The average residential rates bill through Hume is $1,715 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Jacana?
Across Hume, 3,063 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Jacana in?
Jacana sits within the federal Division of Calwell, currently held by Basem Abdo (Australian Labor Party).
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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
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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