Mildura VIC 3500
Located in Victoria, Mildura sits 542 km from Melbourne CBD, around 6 hours 5 minutes by car. The suburb has 34,565 residents, a median age of 39, and a median household income of $67,340 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 5.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $280 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. The area shows high crime risk and high flood risk. Of 16 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Mildura a good suburb?
Mildura scores a D (27/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
16 schools · 2 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 61/100 · 542.4 km · 365 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $562K · Cheaper than 81% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 91/100 · Flood 80/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 39 · 34,565 residents
Liveability Rating
27 / 100 · Ranked #762 in VICEach bar is Mildura's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
27 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMildura's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $562,000, roughly 17% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$562,000
11% below its 5 neighbours (median $629,750)
Based on 911 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 409 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 6 sales $378K
- 2 bed 67 sales $376K
- 3 bed 542 sales $534K
- 4 bed 254 sales $649K
- 5 bed 22 sales $785K
Units
$332,500
Based on 110 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 53 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 6 sales $203K
- 2 bed 78 sales $322K
- 3 bed 19 sales $466K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mildura are currently listed at around $600,000 on average. Based on 424 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$600K
424 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$367K
58 units listed in the last 6 months.
482 of the suburb's 13,319 dwellings (3.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mildura rent for around $510 a week on average, based on 395 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$510/wk
395 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$360/wk
50 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
445 rentals advertised against an estimated 5,128 rented homes (8.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025107 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3500.
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$510/week ($27,000 a year) on a $600,000 median
$360/week ($19,000 a year) on a $367,000 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 Mildura safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mildura sits in the high band, with 5,142 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 1% on the prior year.
5,142 offences
1.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202575 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
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
16 schools serve Mildura, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Chaffey Secondary College and Sacred Heart School lead the pack.
- • 5,591 students across 11 schools (avg 508)
- • Sectors: 9 Government, 5 Catholic, 2 Independent
- • ICSEA 797-1077, median 975 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mildura Senior College (1,027 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Mildura is somewhat walkable on foot — at 61/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 7 supermarkets, 39 parks and 37 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mildura.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 221.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 184.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 66.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 26.5 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 Mildura.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 18,977
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
Mildura: 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 78 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mildura is home to about 34,600 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $67,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
34,565
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$67,340/yr
Census Median Rent
$280/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$35,412/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.5%
Total Dwellings
13,319
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.5%
Houses
80.7%
Rental Stress
21.6%
Mortgage Stress
23.2%
Work From Home
8.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
611 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 129 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 4,883 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.7%
- Employment Rate
- 52.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.0%
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.
1,986 residents (5.7%) 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.
5.1% of residents (1,660) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (913).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 32,526 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 suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 16,871 people work here; 14,809 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 12% 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 $2,340 a year through Mildura based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 33%
- Residential 25%
- Parks and recreation 16%
- Infrastructure and transport 15%
- Other and special use 5%
- Industrial 3%
- Commercial 2%
- Environmental 1%
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: Mildura
In the year to August 2026, 446 new dwellings were approved across Mildura. That mix is 391 houses and 55 units. Approvals are up 29.4% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 4,430 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 725 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 2,105 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 1,600 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 First People of the Millewa-Mallee Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2018).
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 Mildura Airport, 4.7 kmDry climate — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 48 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 278 mm
- 40 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 33.0°C
- 45 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.9°C
- 7 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
6 facilities within 5 km- 2.7 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Chlorine & compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 3.6 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 4.4 km
- 4.5 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Cyclohexane
- 4.5 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3500, 86 of 30,080 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (516 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3500, 5,595 rooftop-solar systems totalling 44.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,584 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 225 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.
35 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3500 in 2025-26, rank 38 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 397, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
16 mortgage brokers are 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 $562,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Jade Benham The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jade Benham NP | 51.2% | 35.9% | 64.1% |
| 2018 | Ali Cupper IND | 50.3% | 44.4% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | Peter Crisp NP | 52.0% | 29.8% | 70.2% |
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
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Common questions about Mildura
Is Mildura a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mildura is high (91/100, 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 Mildura?
Mildura has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (80/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mildura a good place to live?
Mildura has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (27/100), 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 Mildura?
Mildura, VIC had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mildura, VIC?
The postcode for Mildura, VIC is 3500.
How far is Mildura from Melbourne?
Mildura is 542 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 365 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mildura?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mildura was $67,340 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 Mildura?
The median advertised rent in Mildura is $510 a week for houses (395 listings) and $360 a week for units (50 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mildura?
The median age of residents in Mildura was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Mildura?
There are 16 schools inside the Mildura boundary: 2 above, 6 at, and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Mildura walkable?
Mildura scores 61/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. 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 Mildura?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mildura, Mildura Airport (4.7 km away), summer days average 33°C, winter nights 4.9°C, 278 mm of rain a year over 40 rainy days, and 45 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mildura?
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 Mildura belong to?
Mildura sits within the Mildura local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mildura?
The average residential rates bill through Mildura is $2,340 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mildura?
Across Mildura, 446 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 29.4% 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 Mildura in?
Mildura 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
- 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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