Seymour VIC 3660
Located in Victoria, Seymour sits 112 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 25 minutes by car. The town has 6,569 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $60,580 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The town grew 3.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. Seymour is characterised by high crime risk and high flood risk. 5 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Seymour a good town?
Seymour scores a D (21/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on schools, transit, safety, and community.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 17% in VIC
Car-dependent
Walkability 17/100 · 111.7 km · 85 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $460K · More affordable than 82% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 90/100 · Flood 69/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 45 · 6,569 residents
Liveability Rating
21 / 100 · Ranked #821 in VICEach bar is Seymour's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
21 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSeymour's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $460,000, roughly 14% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$460,000
Based on 183 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 67 days — median across 89 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 19 sales $390K
- 3 bed 110 sales $440K
- 4 bed 47 sales $560K
Land
$256,500
Based on 22 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 66 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Seymour are currently listed at around $565,000 on average. Based on 73 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$565K
73 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$422K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
79 of the suburb's 2,668 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Seymour rent for around $450 a week on average, based on 40 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$450/wk
40 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$355/wk
10 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
50 rentals advertised against an estimated 896 rented homes (5.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025118 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3660.
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$450/week ($23,000 a year) on a $565,000 median
$355/week ($18,000 a year) on a $422,000 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 Seymour safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Seymour sits in the high band, with 1,024 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 5% on the prior year.
1,024 offences
4.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202530 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 4 of them fatal
Where they happened
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
Five schools serve Seymour, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,330 students across 2 schools (avg 665)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 933-1015, median 974 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Seymour College (730 students)
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Seymour is very car-dependent on foot — at 17/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 4 supermarkets, 19 parks and 5 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Seymour.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 47.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 59.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 28.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.0 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 63 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 Seymour.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 3,850
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
Mitchell: 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 17 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Seymour is home to about 6,600 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $61,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,569
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$60,580/yr
Census Median Rent
$250/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$32,916/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.9%
Total Dwellings
2,668
Owner-Occupier Rate
66.4%
Houses
90.1%
Rental Stress
21.5%
Mortgage Stress
25.8%
Work From Home
10.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
198 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 21 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 865 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 84.8%
- Employment Rate
- 48.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 30.4%
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.
195 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.
8.0% of residents (504) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (417).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,286 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
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (68 of 2,687).
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 town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 3,101 people work here; 2,687 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 13% 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 $1,947 a year through Mitchell based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 62%
- Infrastructure and transport 17%
- Residential 9%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Other and special use 2%
- Industrial 2%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Public Use Zone → General Residential Zone · C162mith, Aug 2026 2.6 ha
Land in this town 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 town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Mitchell
In the year to August 2026, 1,074 new dwellings were approved across Mitchell. That mix is 997 houses and 77 units. Approvals are up 69.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).
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 Seymour Shire Depot, 1.7 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 143 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 540 mm
- 54 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
6 facilities within 5 km- 1.0 km
- 2.9 km
- 2.9 km
- 2.9 km
- 3.9 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds · Zinc and compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3660, 19 of 7,701 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.1% (159 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3660, 1,590 rooftop-solar systems totalling 10.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,488 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 84 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.
7 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3660 in 2025-26, rank 108 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 80, in 2000-01.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this town.
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 $460,000 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 Sam Birrell The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Birrell | 35.6% | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| 2022 | Sam Birrell | 32.9% | 67.2% | -2.9 |
| 2019 | Damian Drum | 30.0% | 70.0% | -2.5 |
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 Annabelle Cleeland The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Annabelle Cleeland NP | 59.9% | 40.1% | 59.9% |
| 2018 | Steph Ryan NP | 59.0% | 34.6% | 65.4% |
| 2014 | Steph Ryan NP | 64.5% | 35.5% | 64.5% |
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.
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 6,569 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 Seymour
Is Seymour a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Seymour is high (90/100, 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 Seymour?
Seymour has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (69/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Seymour a good place to live?
Seymour has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (21/100), 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 Seymour?
Seymour, VIC had a population of 6,569 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Seymour, VIC?
The postcode for Seymour, VIC is 3660.
How far is Seymour from Melbourne?
Seymour is 112 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 85 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Seymour?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Seymour was $60,580 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 Seymour?
The median advertised rent in Seymour is $450 a week for houses (40 listings) and $355 a week for units (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Seymour?
The median age of residents in Seymour was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Seymour?
There are 5 schools inside the Seymour boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Seymour walkable?
Seymour scores 17/100 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 Seymour?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Seymour, Seymour Shire Depot (1.7 km away), 540 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Seymour?
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 Seymour belong to?
Seymour sits within the Mitchell local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Seymour?
The average residential rates bill through Mitchell is $1,947 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Seymour?
Across Mitchell, 1,074 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 69.5% 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 Seymour in?
Seymour sits within the federal Division of Nicholls, currently held by Sam Birrell (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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