Longwarry sits 89 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 1 hour 15 minutes by car. Census data records 2,436 residents with a median age of 34 and a median household income of $76,128 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 21.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $330 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,473. Longwarry is characterised by high flood risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Longwarry a good suburb?
Longwarry scores a D (23/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit, safety, and community.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 22/100 · 89.1 km · 73 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $619K · Cheaper than 75% of VIC
High flood risk
Fire 24/100 · Crime 67/100 · Flood 90/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 34 · 2,436 residents
Liveability Rating
23 / 100 · Ranked #796 in VICEach bar is Longwarry'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
23 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataLongwarry's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $619,000, about 9% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$619,000
Based on 106 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 51 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $535K
- 3 bed 49 sales $570K
- 4 bed 49 sales $650K
Land
$350,000
Based on 38 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 106 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Longwarry are currently listed at around $694,000 on average. Based on 31 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$694K
31 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$530K
3 units listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 5 days.
34 of the suburb's 869 dwellings (3.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Longwarry rent for around $580 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$580/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
6 rentals advertised against an estimated 182 rented homes (3.3%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$580/week ($30,000 a year) on a $694,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 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 Longwarry safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Longwarry sits in the moderate band, with 151 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.
151 offences
13.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202512 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
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
One school serve Longwarry, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 135 students in one school (avg 135)
Primary
Walkability
Longwarry is very car-dependent on foot — at 22/100, 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 Longwarry.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 3.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 2.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 16 min
- Span of service
- 20.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 40 min wait
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 Longwarry.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 56%
- Premises covered
- 1,169
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
Baw Baw: 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 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Longwarry is home to about 2,400 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $76,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,436
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$76,128/yr
Census Median Rent
$330/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,473/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$38,116/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.5%
Total Dwellings
869
Owner-Occupier Rate
79.1%
Houses
90.0%
Rental Stress
22.5%
Mortgage Stress
23.2%
Work From Home
15.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.7%
- Employment Rate
- 58.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 29.4%
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.
11 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,233 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
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (27 of 1,101).
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.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,138 a year through Baw Baw based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 93%
- Residential 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Zones under 1% 2%
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: Baw Baw
In the year to August 2026, 619 new dwellings were approved across Baw Baw. That mix is 604 houses and 15 units. Approvals are up 49.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 470 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 55 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 415 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
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 Powelltown Dnre, 29.1 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 44 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 27.7 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.6% of addresses
- 8 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,350 mm
- 96 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.1 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.1 km
- 3.3 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3816, 9 of 3,042 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.9% (26 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3816, 566 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,229 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.
6 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3816 in 2025-26, rank 120 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 44, in 2011-12.
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 $619,000 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 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Wayne Farnham Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022* | Wayne Farnham LP | 51.7% | — | — |
| 2018 | Gary Blackwood LP | 51.7% | 42.7% | 57.3% |
| 2014 | Gary Blackwood LP | 55.2% | 38.7% | 61.3% |
* The 2022 poll here was replaced by a supplementary election on 28 January 2023; its result is shown.
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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Common questions about Longwarry
Is Longwarry a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Longwarry is moderate (67/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Longwarry?
Longwarry has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (90/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Longwarry a good place to live?
Longwarry has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (23/100), 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 Longwarry?
Longwarry, VIC had a population of 2,436 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Longwarry, VIC?
The postcode for Longwarry, VIC is 3816.
How far is Longwarry from Melbourne?
Longwarry is 89 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 73 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Longwarry?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Longwarry was $76,128 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 Longwarry?
The median advertised rent in Longwarry is $580 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Longwarry?
The median age of residents in Longwarry was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Longwarry at risk of bushfire?
Longwarry has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100). 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 Longwarry?
There is 1 school inside the Longwarry boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Longwarry walkable?
Longwarry scores 22/100 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 Longwarry?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Longwarry, Powelltown Dnre (29.1 km away), 1,350 mm of rain a year over 96 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Longwarry?
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 Longwarry belong to?
Longwarry sits within the Baw Baw local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Longwarry?
The average residential rates bill through Baw Baw is $2,138 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Longwarry?
Across Baw Baw, 619 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 49.3% 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 Longwarry in?
Longwarry sits within the federal Division of Monash, currently held by Mary Aldred (Liberal).
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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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