Kialla is a suburb in Victoria, 185 km from Melbourne CBD, around 2 hours 5 minutes by car. Population is 8,667; the median age is 38 and the median household income is $103,896 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 27.1% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,625. Kialla is characterised by high flood risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Kialla a good suburb?
Kialla scores a D (30/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 185 km · 125 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $710K
High flood risk
Fire 16/100 · Crime 56/100 · Flood 96/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 38 · 8,667 residents
Liveability Rating
30 / 100 · Ranked #722 in VICEach bar is Kialla'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
30 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKialla's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $710,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$710,000
38% above its 4 neighbours (median $515,000)
Based on 131 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 62 days — median across 78 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 38 sales $638K
- 4 bed 81 sales $745K
- 5 bed 10 sales $820K
Land
$302,500
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 71 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kialla are currently listed at around $793,000 on average. Based on 104 houses listed in the past six months.
$793K
104 houses listed in the last 6 months.
105 of the suburb's 2,858 dwellings (3.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kialla rent for around $620 a week on average, based on 32 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$620/wk
32 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
33 rentals advertised against an estimated 354 rented homes (9.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202582 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 37% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3631.
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$620/week ($32,000 a year) on a $793,000 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.
Is Kialla safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Kialla sits in the moderate band, with 368 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 1% on the prior year.
368 offences
1.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202517 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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.
Schools
Two schools serve Kialla, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 559 students across 2 schools (avg 280)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1008-1022, median 1015 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Anne's College (499 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Kialla is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kialla.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 22.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 16.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 11.1 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 Kialla.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 60%
- Premises covered
- 4,226
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
Greater Shepparton: 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 18 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Kialla is home to about 8,700 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $104,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,667
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$103,896/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,625/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$43,992/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.8%
Total Dwellings
2,858
Owner-Occupier Rate
87.6%
Houses
95.5%
Rental Stress
19.0%
Mortgage Stress
18.8%
Work From Home
11.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
11 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 15 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 338 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.1%
- Employment Rate
- 63.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.5%
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.
257 residents (3.0%) 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.
4.7% of residents (380) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (331).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 8,074 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (26 of 4,265).
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 1,706 people work here; 4,265 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 59% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $2,449 a year through Greater Shepparton based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 59%
- Residential 19%
- Infrastructure and transport 19%
- Other and special use 1%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Public Use Zone → Farming Zone · C258gshe, Sep 2026 5.1 ha
Land in this suburb 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 suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Greater Shepparton
In the year to August 2026, 649 new dwellings were approved across Greater Shepparton. That mix is 506 houses and 143 units. Approvals are down 23.4% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 3,603 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 72 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 231 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 3,300 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 Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2007).
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 Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag, 13.1 kmDry climate — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 116 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 453 mm
- 59 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.9°C
- 17 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.6°C
- 21 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 0.6 km
- 3.3 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
EV adoption
In postcode 3631, 62 of 14,138 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (283 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3631, 3,533 rooftop-solar systems totalling 27.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,012 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 286 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.
22 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3631 in 2025-26, rank 48 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 120, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb.
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 $710,000 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 Sam Birrell The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Birrell | 35.6% | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| 2022 | Sam Birrell | 32.9% | 67.2% | -2.9 |
| 2019 | Damian Drum | 30.0% | 70.0% | -2.5 |
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 Kim O'Keeffe The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kim O'Keeffe NP | 56.8% | 25.7% | 74.3% |
| 2018 | Suzanna Sheed IND | 55.3% | 38.3% | 61.7% |
| 2014 | Suzanna Sheed IND | 52.6% | 36.7% | 63.3% |
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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Nearby suburbs
Shepparton VIC 3630
Mooroopna VIC 3629
Shepparton East VIC 3631
Toolamba VIC 3614
Orrvale VIC 3631
Kialla West VIC 3631
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Common questions about Kialla
Is Kialla a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kialla is moderate (56/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Kialla?
Kialla has a low recorded bushfire history (16/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (96/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kialla a good place to live?
Kialla has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (30/100), 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 Kialla?
Kialla, VIC had a population of 8,667 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kialla, VIC?
The postcode for Kialla, VIC is 3631.
How far is Kialla from Melbourne?
Kialla is 185 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 125 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kialla?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kialla was $103,896 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 Kialla?
The median advertised rent in Kialla is $620 a week for houses (32 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kialla?
The median age of residents in Kialla was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kialla at risk of bushfire?
Kialla has a low recorded bushfire history (16/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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 Kialla?
There are 2 schools inside the Kialla boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Kialla?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kialla, Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag (13.1 km away), summer days average 29.9°C, winter nights 3.6°C, 453 mm of rain a year over 59 rainy days, and 17 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kialla?
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 Kialla belong to?
Kialla sits within the Greater Shepparton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kialla?
The average residential rates bill through Greater Shepparton is $2,449 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kialla?
Across Greater Shepparton, 649 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 23.4% 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 Kialla in?
Kialla sits within the federal Division of Nicholls, currently held by Sam Birrell (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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