Pyramid Hill VIC 3575

Pyramid Hill sits 236 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 2 hours 50 minutes by car. Census data records 598 residents with a median age of 46 and a median household income of $50,128 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The locality grew 7.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $170 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $707. Pyramid Hill is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 2 schools sit within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

Is Pyramid Hill a good place to live?

Pyramid Hill scores a D (17/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, safety, and community.

Schools

Mixed results

2 schools

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 0/100 · 236.2 km · 170 min drive to Melbourne

Prices

Median available

Median $300K

Safety

High flood risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 57/100 · Flood 90/100

Community

Highly disadvantaged

SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 46 · 598 residents

D

Liveability Rating

17 / 100 · Ranked #845 in VIC

Each bar is Pyramid Hill'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.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
37
Bushfire None · Crime Moderate · Flood High
Socio-economic
4
Very disadvantaged
Walkability
9
Very car-dependent
CBD access
13
236.2 km · 170 min drive to Melbourne
How it's calculated: Safety rank 37 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 4 × 25% + Walkability rank 9 × 15% + CBD access rank 13 × 10% = 17 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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17 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Pyramid Hill's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $300,000, roughly 14% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only eight sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$300,000

↓ −14.2% year-on-year

Based on only 8 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 6 sales $302K

Is Pyramid Hill safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Pyramid Hill sits in the moderate band, with 31 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.

31 offences

13.9% since 2025
Theft 12 (38.7%)
Assault 4 (12.9%)
Weapons Offences 4 (12.9%)
Property Damage 2 (6.5%)
Break & Enter 2 (6.5%)
Drug Offences 2 (6.5%)
Disorderly Conduct 2 (6.5%)
Harassment & Stalking 1 (3.2%)
Arson 1 (3.2%)
Fraud & Deception 1 (3.2%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

4 crashes

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 Pyramid Hill, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
2 schools in this locality
1 below similar · 1 unrated
  • • 104 students in one school (avg 104)
  • • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
  • • Largest: Pyramid Hill College (104 students)

Primary

St Patrick's School
Catholic

Combined

Government · Prep-10 · 104 students
ICSEA 982 (higher than 38% of Australian schools) · 9% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 19% in VIC
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 Pyramid Hill.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
341
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 99%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 1%

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

Loddon: council population

The whole council area, not just Pyramid Hill · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
7,718
Change
-3
people since 2024
Density
1.2
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-28
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+10
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+15
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
1/10
1/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
1/10
1/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
1/10
1/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Pyramid Hill is home to 598 residents, with a median age of 46, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $50,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.7%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

598

7.2% since 2016

Median Age

46

2.2% since 2016

Median Household Income

$50,128/yr

10.2% since 2016
Bottom 10% in VIC

Census Median Rent

$170/wk

38.2% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$707/mo

7.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.3

4.5% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$30,368/yr

18.2% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

6.7%

4.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

16.8%

38.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

238

0.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

74.6%

2.8% since 2016

Houses

96.6%

6.5% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.6%

24.8% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

16.9%

2.9% since 2016

Work From Home

12.6%

2.4% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 230 (96.6%)
Townhouses 7 (2.9%)
Flats / Apartments 1 (0.4%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 119 (53.1%)
Renting 57 (25.4%)
Mortgage 48 (21.4%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
70.4%
English Spoken at Home
74.7%
Employment Rate
47.6%
1.4% since 2016
Completed Year 12
26.9%

Occupations

Managers 65 (27.4%)
Labourers 55 (23.2%)
Community & Personal Service 31 (13.1%)
Technicians & Trades 26 (11.0%)
Professionals 19 (8.0%)
Clerical & Administrative 16 (6.8%)
Sales 11 (4.6%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 11 (4.6%)

Religion

Christianity 334 (55.9%)
No Religion 197 (32.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

Philippines 76 (12.7%)
England 9 (1.5%)
New Zealand 7 (1.2%)
Germany 3 (0.5%)

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.

2016-2021 18 (3.0%)
2011-2015 36 (6.0%)
2001-2010 24 (4.0%)
1991-2000 0 (0.0%)
1981-1990 3 (0.5%)
Before 1981 27 (4.5%)

18 residents (3.0%) 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.

5.4% of residents (31) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (31).

North West 20 (3.5%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 572 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.

Greek 5 (0.8%)

Age Distribution

0-4 26 (4.3%)
5-14 82 (13.7%)
15-19 40 (6.7%)
20-24 20 (3.3%)
25-34 54 (9.0%)
35-44 72 (12.0%)
45-54 73 (12.2%)
55-64 93 (15.6%)
65-74 75 (12.5%)
75-84 41 (6.9%)
85+ 22 (3.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 86 (49.4%)
Couple Families 53 (30.5%)
One Parent Families 32 (18.4%)
Group Household 3 (1.7%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 133 (64.6%)
Worked from Home 26 (12.6%)
Walked Only 24 (11.7%)
Car (passenger) 19 (9.2%)
Bicycle 4 (1.9%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 78 (13.0%)
Bachelor Degree 48 (8.0%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 24 (4.0%)
Postgraduate Degree 8 (1.3%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 7 (1.2%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 17 (7.5%)
1 car 82 (36.1%)
2 cars 66 (29.1%)
3 cars 40 (17.6%)
4+ cars 18 (7.9%)

Council Rates

Loddon
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,353 a year through Loddon based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,353/yr
30% below the VIC average of $1,937 · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.242¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Pyramid Hill's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 97%
  • Parks and recreation 2%
  • 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 locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Loddon

The whole council area, not just Pyramid Hill · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 27 new dwellings were approved across Loddon. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are up 150.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
27dwellings
+150.0% YoY
Houses
27
detached dwellings
Units
0
townhouses + apartments

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 Boort, 37.5 km

Dry climate.

Elevation
91 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall
411 mm
55 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
—
Winter min (Jul)
—

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.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.0%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021

In postcode 3575, 0 of 906 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.0% (9 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.34%
2025
0.00%

Rooftop solar

46
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 8.0 kW each

In postcode 3575, 179 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 390 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
17
2020
17
2021
16
2022
16
2023
12
2024
5
2025
6
2026
1

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 3575 in 2025-26. The most was 12, in 2001-02.

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

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$1,565
Loan amount
$240,000
Total interest over 30 years
$323,263
Deposit
$60,000
Stamp duty
$11,370
Cash needed at settlement
$71,370

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.

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

Division of Mallee

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 locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Murray Plains District

Currently held by Peter Walsh The Nationals

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Peter Walsh NP 61.8% 27.1% 72.9%
2018 Peter Walsh NP 60.3% 26.1% 74.0%
2014 Peter Walsh NP 63.3% 27.6% 72.4%

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 Pyramid Hill

Is Pyramid Hill a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Pyramid Hill is moderate (57/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Pyramid Hill?

Pyramid Hill has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (90/100). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Pyramid Hill a good place to live?

Pyramid Hill has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (17/100), 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 Pyramid Hill?

Pyramid Hill, VIC had a population of 598 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Pyramid Hill, VIC?

The postcode for Pyramid Hill, VIC is 3575.

How far is Pyramid Hill from Melbourne?

Pyramid Hill is 236 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 170 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Pyramid Hill?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Pyramid Hill was $50,128 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 Pyramid Hill?

There are too few current rental listings in Pyramid Hill for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $170, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Pyramid Hill?

The median age of residents in Pyramid Hill was 46 at the 2021 ABS Census.

How are the schools in Pyramid Hill?

There are 2 schools inside the Pyramid Hill boundary: 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 Pyramid Hill?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Pyramid Hill, Boort (37.5 km away), 411 mm of rain a year over 55 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Pyramid Hill?

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 Pyramid Hill belong to?

Pyramid Hill sits within the Loddon local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Pyramid Hill?

The average residential rates bill through Loddon is $1,353 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Pyramid Hill?

Across Loddon, 27 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 150.0% 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 Pyramid Hill in?

Pyramid Hill sits within the federal Division of Mallee, currently held by Anne Webster (The Nationals).

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