Mount Beauty VIC 3699
Mount Beauty is a rural locality in Victoria, 372 km from Melbourne CBD, around 4 hours 40 minutes by car. Population is 910; the median age is 48 and the median household income is $51,688 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 10.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $270 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $928. The area shows high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. 2 schools sit within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Mount Beauty a good place to live?
Mount Beauty scores a D (29/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 371.7 km · 282 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $535K · Cheaper than 83% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 98/100 · Crime 26/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 48 · 910 residents
Liveability Rating
29 / 100 · Ranked #727 in VICEach bar is Mount Beauty'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Mount Beauty?
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Our score
29 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMount Beauty's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $535,000, 0.5% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$535,000
Based on 29 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 70 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 26 sales $520K
Units
$585,000
Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Beauty are currently listed at around $690,000 on average. Based on 7 houses listed in the past six months.
$690K
7 houses listed in the last 6 months.
9 of the suburb's 403 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Mount Beauty safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mount Beauty sits in the low band, with 15 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 57% on the prior year.
15 offences
57.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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
Two schools serve Mount Beauty, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 243 students across 2 schools (avg 122)
- • ICSEA 1040-1056, median 1048 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mount Beauty Secondary College (153 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Mount Beauty 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.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Mount Beauty.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 56%
- Premises covered
- 681
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
Alpine: council population
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
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this locality and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this locality rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mount Beauty is home to 910 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $52,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
910
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$51,688/yr
Census Median Rent
$270/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$928/mo
Avg Household Size
2.0
Median Personal Income
$33,072/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
37.2%
Total Dwellings
403
Owner-Occupier Rate
72.8%
Houses
97.3%
Rental Stress
27.2%
Mortgage Stress
21.5%
Work From Home
12.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.9%
- Employment Rate
- 49.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 42.9%
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.
13 residents (1.4%) 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.
9.2% of residents (80) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (55).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 872 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 (5 of 379).
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 locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 644 people work here; 379 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 1.7 jobs for every working resident. At least 35% 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 $1,945 a year through Alpine based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Parks and recreation 92%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Rural and farming 2%
- Other and special use 2%
- Residential 1%
Proposed rezonings
- Public Conservation and Resource Zone → Special Use Zone · C69alpi, exhibited Jul 2026 8.4 ha
Land in this locality 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 locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Alpine
In the year to August 2026, 32 new dwellings were approved across Alpine. That mix is 28 houses and 4 units. Approvals are down 41.7% on the same period a year earlier.
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 Falls Creek, 14.0 kmHigh rainfall — mild summers, frosty winters.
- Elevation
- 946 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.0% of addresses
- 7 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,488 mm
- 120 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 17.1°C
- 0 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- -2.4°C
- 137 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
In postcode 3699, 8 of 1,037 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (24 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3699, 233 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 599 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 11 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3699 in 2025-26. The most was 9, in 2000-01.
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 $535,000 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 Helen Haines Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Helen Haines | 43.3% | 56.7% | -1.4 |
| 2022 | Helen Haines | 44.7% | 55.3% | -7.5 |
| 2019 | Helen Haines | 37.3% | 62.7% | +7.7 |
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
Currently held by Tim McCurdy The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim McCurdy NP | 52.1% | 32.0% | 68.0% |
| 2018 | Tim McCurdy NP | 51.9% | 37.4% | 62.6% |
| 2014 | Tim McCurdy NP | 55.5% | 33.4% | 66.6% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Mount Beauty?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 910 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Mount Beauty
Is Mount Beauty a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mount Beauty is low (26/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mount Beauty?
Mount Beauty has a high recorded bushfire history (98/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mount Beauty a good place to live?
Mount Beauty has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (29/100), 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 Mount Beauty?
Mount Beauty, VIC had a population of 910 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mount Beauty, VIC?
The postcode for Mount Beauty, VIC is 3699.
How far is Mount Beauty from Melbourne?
Mount Beauty is 372 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 282 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mount Beauty?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mount Beauty was $51,688 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 Mount Beauty?
There are too few current rental listings in Mount Beauty for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $270, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Mount Beauty?
The median age of residents in Mount Beauty was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mount Beauty at risk of bushfire?
Mount Beauty has a high recorded bushfire history (98/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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 Mount Beauty?
There are 2 schools inside the Mount Beauty boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Mount Beauty?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mount Beauty, Falls Creek (14 km away), summer days average 17.1°C, winter nights -2.4°C, 1,488 mm of rain a year over 120 rainy days, and 0 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mount Beauty?
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 Mount Beauty belong to?
Mount Beauty sits within the Alpine local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mount Beauty?
The average residential rates bill through Alpine is $1,945 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mount Beauty?
Across Alpine, 32 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 41.7% 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 Mount Beauty in?
Mount Beauty sits within the federal Division of Indi, currently held by Helen Haines (Independent).
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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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