Ouyen VIC 3490
Located in Victoria, Ouyen sits 445 km from Melbourne CBD, around 5 hours 5 minutes by car. The town has 1,170 residents, a median age of 52, and a median household income of $56,784 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 1.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $165 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $734. The area shows no recorded flood exposure. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Ouyen a good town?
Ouyen scores a C (34/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 445.1 km · 303 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $265K · More affordable than 98% of VIC
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 56/100 · Crime 53/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 52 · 1,170 residents
Liveability Rating
34 / 100 · Ranked #670 in VICEach bar is Ouyen'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 Ouyen?
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Our score
34 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataOuyen's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $265,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$265,000
Based on 38 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 16 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 25 sales $260K
- 4 bed 7 sales $285K
Land
$75,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Ouyen are currently listed at around $262,000 on average. Based on 8 houses listed in the past six months.
$262K
8 houses listed in the last 6 months.
8 of the suburb's 484 dwellings (1.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Ouyen safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Ouyen sits in the moderate band, with 40 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 38% on the prior year.
40 offences
37.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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 Ouyen, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Ouyen P-12 College leads the pack.
- • 196 students in one school (avg 196)
Combined
Walkability
Ouyen is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 54 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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 Ouyen.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 54%
- Premises covered
- 812
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 town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Ouyen is home to about 1,200 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $57,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,170
Median Age
52
Median Household Income
$56,784/yr
Census Median Rent
$165/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$734/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$31,928/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
18.4%
Total Dwellings
484
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.3%
Houses
95.0%
Rental Stress
15.1%
Mortgage Stress
15.5%
Work From Home
9.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.8%
- Employment Rate
- 48.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 24.9%
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.
14 residents (1.2%) 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.
3.1% of residents (35) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (27).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,118 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 town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 443 people work here; 492 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident).
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 86%
- Parks and recreation 13%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town 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.
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 Ouyen (Post Office), 2.7 kmDry climate — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 54 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 323 mm
- 49 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.5°C
- 39 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.9°C
- 3 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town 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 3490, 0 of 1,369 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (15 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3490, 232 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 618 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 4 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 3490 in 2025-26. The most was 26, in 2001-02.
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 $265,000 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 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 town'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 town's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
Looking at a specific address in Ouyen?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Ouyen
Is Ouyen a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Ouyen is moderate (53/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Ouyen?
Ouyen has a moderate recorded bushfire history (56/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Ouyen a good place to live?
Ouyen has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (34/100), 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 Ouyen?
Ouyen, VIC had a population of 1,170 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Ouyen, VIC?
The postcode for Ouyen, VIC is 3490.
How far is Ouyen from Melbourne?
Ouyen is 445 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 303 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Ouyen?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Ouyen was $56,784 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 Ouyen?
There are too few current rental listings in Ouyen for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $165, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Ouyen?
The median age of residents in Ouyen was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Ouyen at risk of bushfire?
Ouyen has a moderate recorded bushfire history (56/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Ouyen?
There is 1 school inside the Ouyen boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Ouyen walkable?
Ouyen scores 4/100 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 Ouyen?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Ouyen, Ouyen (Post Office) (2.7 km away), summer days average 32.5°C, winter nights 4.9°C, 323 mm of rain a year over 49 rainy days, and 39 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Ouyen?
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 Ouyen belong to?
Ouyen sits within the Mildura local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Ouyen?
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 Ouyen?
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 Ouyen in?
Ouyen 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
- 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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