Korumburra South VIC 3950

Korumburra South sits 128 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 1 hour 45 minutes by car. Census data records 114 residents with a median age of 46 and a median household income of $97,500 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 10.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $225 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,842. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

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Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

117 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3950.

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.

Is Korumburra South safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Korumburra South sits in the low band, with 2 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 50% on the prior year.

2 offences

50.0% since 2025
Fraud & Deception 2 (100.0%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Korumburra South killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Korumburra South is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

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 Korumburra South.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
52
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 98%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 2%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
1 in locality
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

South Gippsland: council population

The whole council area, not just Korumburra South · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
31,109
+0.6% in a year
Change
+172
people since 2024
Density
9.4
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-45
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+148
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+69
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
7/10
6/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
9/10
9/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
6/10
5/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Korumburra South is home to 114 residents, with a median age of 46, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

114

10.7% since 2016

Median Age

46

17.9% since 2016

Median Household Income

$97,500/yr

95.5% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$225/wk

144.6% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,842/mo

6.3% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

16.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$42,224/yr

51.2% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.5%

70.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

40

11.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

84.6%

2.2% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

12.0%

25.0% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

22.7%

45.6% since 2016

Work From Home

28.6%

19.4% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 40 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 17 (43.6%)
Owned Outright 16 (41.0%)
Renting 6 (15.4%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
77.2%
English Spoken at Home
93.9%
Employment Rate
64.5%
13.0% since 2016
Completed Year 12
29.8%

Occupations

Managers 17 (27.9%)
Professionals 10 (16.4%)
Community & Personal Service 7 (11.5%)
Sales 7 (11.5%)
Technicians & Trades 6 (9.8%)
Clerical & Administrative 4 (6.6%)
Labourers 4 (6.6%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 3 (4.9%)

Religion

No Religion 62 (54.4%)
Christianity 48 (42.1%)
Buddhism 3 (2.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 7 (6.1%)
China 4 (3.5%)
New Zealand 4 (3.5%)
Netherlands 3 (2.6%)

Age Distribution

0-4 4 (3.5%)
5-14 20 (17.5%)
15-19 8 (7.0%)
20-24 4 (3.5%)
25-34 10 (8.8%)
35-44 11 (9.6%)
45-54 23 (20.2%)
55-64 10 (8.8%)
65-74 16 (14.0%)
75-84 8 (7.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 14 (63.6%)
One Parent Families 4 (18.2%)
Lone Person 4 (18.2%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 30 (61.2%)
Worked from Home 14 (28.6%)
Car (passenger) 5 (10.2%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 18 (15.8%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 14 (12.3%)
Bachelor Degree 7 (6.1%)
Postgraduate Degree 3 (2.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 8 (20.5%)
2 cars 16 (41.0%)
3 cars 12 (30.8%)
4+ cars 7 (17.9%)

Council Rates

South Gippsland
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,282 a year through South Gippsland based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,282/yr
18% above the VIC average of $1,937 · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.297¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Korumburra South's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 99%
  • Infrastructure and transport 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: South Gippsland

The whole council area, not just Korumburra South · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 170 new dwellings were approved across South Gippsland. That mix is 154 houses and 16 units. Approvals are up 21.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
170dwellings
+21.1% YoY
Houses
154
detached dwellings
Units
16
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Bunurong Land Council 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 Wonthaggi, 25.1 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
94 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
17.6 km
Annual rainfall
906 mm
119 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
24.6°C
6 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.9°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

EV adoption

0.2%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year
Bottom 16% in VIC

In postcode 3950, 11 of 4,799 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (74 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.8%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.07%
2023
0.11%
2024
0.13%
2025
0.23%

Rooftop solar

43
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 3950, 988 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,278 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 45 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
43
2020
58
2021
53
2022
76
2023
63
2024
63
2025
54
2026
24

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.

7 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3950 in 2025-26, rank 108 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 50, in 2009-10.

2000-01 to 2025-26

Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Federal Electorate

Division of Monash

Currently held by Mary Aldred Liberal

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Mary Aldred 45.9% 54.1% -1.2
2022 Russell Broadbent 47.1% 52.9% -4.0
2019 Russell Broadbent 42.6% 57.4% -0.1

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Gippsland South District

Currently held by Danny O'Brien The Nationals

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Danny O'Brien NP 53.3% 34.8% 65.2%
2018 Danny O'Brien NP 61.9% 34.7% 65.3%
2014 Peter Ryan NP 57.3% 34.3% 65.7%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.

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Common questions about Korumburra South

Is Korumburra South a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Korumburra South is low (28/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Korumburra South?

Korumburra South has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (38/100). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Korumburra South?

Korumburra South, VIC had a population of 114 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Korumburra South, VIC?

The postcode for Korumburra South, VIC is 3950.

How far is Korumburra South from Melbourne?

Korumburra South is 128 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 103 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Korumburra South?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Korumburra South was $97,500 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 Korumburra South?

There are too few current rental listings in Korumburra South for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $225, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Korumburra South?

The median age of residents in Korumburra South was 46 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the weather like in Korumburra South?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Korumburra South, Wonthaggi (25.1 km away), summer days average 24.6°C, winter nights 6.9°C, 906 mm of rain a year over 119 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Korumburra South?

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 Korumburra South belong to?

Korumburra South sits within the South Gippsland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Korumburra South?

The average residential rates bill through South Gippsland is $2,282 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Korumburra South?

Across South Gippsland, 170 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 21.1% 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 Korumburra South in?

Korumburra South sits within the federal Division of Monash, currently held by Mary Aldred (Liberal).

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