Kerang VIC 3579
Kerang is a town in Victoria, 282 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours 20 minutes by car. Population is 3,960; the median age is 51 and the median household income is $52,312 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 1.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $200 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,000. The area shows high flood risk and high crime risk. Of 5 schools within the town boundary, 3 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Kerang a good town?
Kerang scores a C (33/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and prices, weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Above the state average
5 schools · 3 above peer schools · Top 12% in VIC
Car-dependent
Walkability 15/100 · 282 km · 198 min drive to Melbourne
Below the state median
Median $325K · Cheaper than 98% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 13/100 · Crime 71/100 · Flood 98/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 51 · 3,960 residents
Liveability Rating
33 / 100 · Ranked #673 in VICEach bar is Kerang's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
How do you rate the liveability in Kerang?
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Our score
33 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKerang's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $325,000, about 4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$325,000
Based on 83 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 90 days — median across 34 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $310K
- 3 bed 56 sales $325K
- 4 bed 15 sales $490K
Land
$247,500
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kerang are currently listed at around $376,000 on average. Based on 52 houses listed in the past six months.
$376K
52 houses listed in the last 6 months.
53 of the suburb's 1,663 dwellings (3.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kerang rent for around $390 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$390/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$330/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
10 rentals advertised against an estimated 397 rented homes (2.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025163 Affordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 18% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3579.
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$390/week ($20,000 a year) on a $376,000 median
Based on a small sample (7 listings) — indicative only.
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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 Kerang safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Kerang sits in the high band, with 226 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 11% on the prior year.
226 offences
11.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202511 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 town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Five schools serve Kerang, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Kerang Christian College and Kerang Primary School lead the pack.
- • 670 students across 5 schools (avg 134)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 856-1019, median 958 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Kerang Technical High School (244 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Kerang is very car-dependent on foot — at 15/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 7 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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 Kerang.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 38%
- Premises covered
- 2,280
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
Gannawarra: 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 13 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Kerang is home to about 4,000 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,960
Median Age
51
Median Household Income
$52,312/yr
Census Median Rent
$200/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,000/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$29,796/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.6%
Total Dwellings
1,663
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.1%
Houses
89.2%
Rental Stress
19.9%
Mortgage Stress
22.9%
Work From Home
8.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
50 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 375 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 86.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.2%
- Employment Rate
- 44.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 25.2%
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.
26 residents (0.7%) 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.
4.8% of residents (182) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (152).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 3,759 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,714 people work here; 1,475 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 14% 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 $1,855 a year through Gannawarra based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 80%
- Parks and recreation 10%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Residential 3%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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: Gannawarra
In the year to August 2026, 19 new dwellings were approved across Gannawarra. That mix is 15 houses and 4 units.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
No Registered Aboriginal Party is appointed for this area. About an eighth of Victoria, mostly in the north-east, has no appointment; that is a fact about the register rather than about the Country.
Climate & Setting
from Kerang, 2.6 kmDry climate — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 77 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 364 mm
- 54 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.1°C
- 34 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.5°C
- 6 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- 1.4 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3579, 4 of 5,385 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (61 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3579, 1,231 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,515 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 34 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.
1 first-home grant was paid in postcode 3579 in 2025-26, rank 213 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 47, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
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 $325,000 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 Anne Webster The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anne Webster | 31.0% | 69.0% | -0.1 |
| 2022 | Anne Webster | 31.0% | 69.0% | +3.3 |
| 2019 | Anne Webster | 33.8% | 66.2% | -3.6 |
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 Peter Walsh The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Peter Walsh NP | 61.8% | 27.1% | 72.9% |
| 2018 | Peter Walsh NP | 60.3% | 26.1% | 74.0% |
| 2014 | Peter Walsh NP | 63.3% | 27.6% | 72.4% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Kerang?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Kerang
Is Kerang a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kerang is high (71/100, 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 Kerang?
Kerang has a low recorded bushfire history (13/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (98/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kerang a good place to live?
Kerang has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (33/100), 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 Kerang?
Kerang, VIC had a population of 3,960 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kerang, VIC?
The postcode for Kerang, VIC is 3579.
How far is Kerang from Melbourne?
Kerang is 282 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 198 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kerang?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kerang was $52,312 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 Kerang?
The median advertised rent in Kerang is $390 a week for houses (7 listings) and $330 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kerang?
The median age of residents in Kerang was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kerang at risk of bushfire?
Kerang has a low recorded bushfire history (13/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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.
How are the schools in Kerang?
There are 5 schools inside the Kerang boundary: 3 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Kerang walkable?
Kerang scores 15/100 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 Kerang?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kerang, Kerang (2.6 km away), summer days average 32.1°C, winter nights 4.5°C, 364 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days, and 34 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kerang?
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 Kerang belong to?
Kerang sits within the Gannawarra local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kerang?
The average residential rates bill through Gannawarra is $1,855 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kerang?
Across Gannawarra, 19 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 Kerang in?
Kerang sits within the federal Division of Mallee, currently held by Anne Webster (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
- 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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