Kalimna VIC 3909
Located in Victoria, Kalimna sits 315 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours 55 minutes by car. The town has 1,350 residents, a median age of 54, and a median household income of $54,860 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 8.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $280 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,256. The area shows high crime risk and high flood risk. Walkability is low.
Is Kalimna a good town?
Kalimna scores a D (22/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Car-dependent
Walkability 14/100 · 314.9 km · 233 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $525K · Cheaper than 78% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 79/100 · Flood 71/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 54 · 1,350 residents
Liveability Rating
22 / 100 · Ranked #809 in VICEach bar is Kalimna'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
22 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKalimna's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $525,000, roughly 15% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$525,000
Based on 43 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 90 days — median across 14 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 33 sales $490K
- 4 bed 8 sales $700K
Land
$350,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 327 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kalimna are currently listed at around $697,000 on average. Based on 24 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$697K
24 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$330K
5 units listed in the last 6 months.
29 of the suburb's 526 dwellings (5.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kalimna rent for around $500 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$500/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
8 rentals advertised against an estimated 90 rented homes (8.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025109 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3909.
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$500/week ($26,000 a year) on a $697,000 median
Based on a small sample (7 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 Kalimna safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Kalimna sits in the high band, with 87 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 40% on the prior year.
87 offences
40.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Kalimna killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.2 km
- Rate
- -0.03 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -14.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Kalimna is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kalimna.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 2.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 17.5 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 Kalimna.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 725
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
East Gippsland: 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 5 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Kalimna is home to about 1,400 residents, with a median age of 54 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,350
Median Age
54
Median Household Income
$54,860/yr
Census Median Rent
$280/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,256/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$28,964/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
22.2%
Total Dwellings
526
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.8%
Houses
90.1%
Rental Stress
26.5%
Mortgage Stress
27.5%
Work From Home
7.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.3%
- Employment Rate
- 41.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 28.1%
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.
7 residents (0.5%) 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 (100) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (88).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,303 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
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,807 a year through East Gippsland based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 55%
- Parks and recreation 24%
- Residential 19%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- General Residential Zone → Public Conservation and Resource Zone · C165egip, Aug 2026 0.7 ha
Land in this town moved from one zone to another by a planning scheme amendment (Vicmap Planning, CC BY 4.0). Exhibited amendments are proposals and can change or lapse.
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: East Gippsland
In the year to August 2026, 386 new dwellings were approved across East Gippsland. That mix is 362 houses and 24 units. Approvals are up 50.0% 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.
Climate & Setting
from Bairnsdale Airport, 35.0 kmModerate rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 47 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.2 km
- 3.0 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 620 mm
- 82 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 25.5°C
- 8 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.5°C
- 7 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.0 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total) · Oxides of Nitrogen
EV adoption
In postcode 3909, 26 of 7,678 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (115 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3909, 1,914 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,626 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 92 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.
4 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3909 in 2025-26, rank 143 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 56, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 3909.
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 $525,000 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 Darren Chester The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Darren Chester | 30.6% | 69.4% | +1.2 |
| 2022 | Darren Chester | 29.4% | 70.6% | +3.9 |
| 2019 | Darren Chester | 33.3% | 66.7% | -1.5 |
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 Tim Bull The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim Bull NP | 63.3% | 26.1% | 73.9% |
| 2018 | Tim Bull NP | 56.7% | 32.4% | 67.6% |
| 2014 | Tim Bull NP | 60.4% | 32.1% | 67.9% |
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.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Kalimna
Is Kalimna a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kalimna is high (79/100, 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 Kalimna?
Kalimna has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (71/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kalimna a good place to live?
Kalimna has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (22/100), 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 Kalimna?
Kalimna, VIC had a population of 1,350 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kalimna, VIC?
The postcode for Kalimna, VIC is 3909.
How far is Kalimna from Melbourne?
Kalimna is 315 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 233 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kalimna?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kalimna was $54,860 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 Kalimna?
The median advertised rent in Kalimna is $500 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kalimna?
The median age of residents in Kalimna was 54 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kalimna walkable?
Kalimna scores 14/100 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 Kalimna?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kalimna, Bairnsdale Airport (35 km away), summer days average 25.5°C, winter nights 4.5°C, 620 mm of rain a year over 82 rainy days, and 8 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kalimna?
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 Kalimna belong to?
Kalimna sits within the East Gippsland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kalimna?
The average residential rates bill through East Gippsland is $1,807 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kalimna?
Across East Gippsland, 386 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 50.0% 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 Kalimna in?
Kalimna sits within the federal Division of Gippsland, currently held by Darren Chester (The Nationals).
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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
- 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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