Traralgon VIC 3844
Traralgon is a suburb in Victoria, 162 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Population is 26,907; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $77,168 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb grew 7.9% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $275 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. Traralgon is characterised by high crime risk and high flood risk. Of 15 schools within the suburb boundary, 3 rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Traralgon a good suburb?
Traralgon scores a C (36/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
15 schools · 3 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 67/100 · 162.2 km · 115 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $575K · More affordable than 84% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 87/100 · Flood 80/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 39 · 26,907 residents
Liveability Rating
36 / 100 · Ranked #636 in VICEach bar is Traralgon's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
36 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTraralgon's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $575,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$575,000
46% above its 5 neighbours (median $395,000)
Based on 643 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 49 days — median across 270 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 54 sales $392K
- 3 bed 331 sales $530K
- 4 bed 230 sales $675K
- 5 bed 18 sales $804K
Units
$342,000
Based on 83 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 39 days — median across 36 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 15 sales $245K
- 2 bed 60 sales $350K
- 3 bed 7 sales $469K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Traralgon are currently listed at around $689,000 on average. Based on 311 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$689K
311 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$369K
27 units listed in the last 6 months.
338 of the suburb's 10,631 dwellings (3.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Traralgon rent for around $530 a week on average, based on 225 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$530/wk
225 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$350/wk
23 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
248 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,849 rented homes (8.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025109 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3844.
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$530/week ($28,000 a year) on a $689,000 median
$350/week ($18,000 a year) on a $369,000 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 Traralgon safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Traralgon sits in the high band, with 3,136 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 7% on the prior year.
3,136 offences
6.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202547 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
15 schools serve Traralgon, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. Grey Street Primary School (Traralgon) and Traralgon (Kosciuszko Street) Primary School lead the pack.
- • 4,854 students across 9 schools (avg 539)
- • Sectors: 8 Government, 4 Catholic, 3 Independent
- • ICSEA 886-1058, median 986 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Lavalla Catholic College (1,358 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Traralgon is somewhat walkable on foot — at 67/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 6 supermarkets, 97 parks and 27 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Traralgon.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 189.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 153.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 124.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 21.9 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 40 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 Traralgon.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 14,190
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
Latrobe (Vic.): 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 69 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.
Traralgon is home to about 26,900 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $77,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
26,907
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$77,168/yr
Census Median Rent
$275/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$39,884/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.7%
Total Dwellings
10,631
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.2%
Houses
85.5%
Rental Stress
18.5%
Mortgage Stress
20.2%
Work From Home
13.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
333 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 67 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 2,767 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.7%
- Employment Rate
- 56.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 35.2%
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.
555 residents (2.1%) 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.
6.0% of residents (1,511) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (1,208).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 25,300 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 (117 of 12,390).
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 suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 12,366 people work here; 12,390 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 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 $1,746 a year through Latrobe (Vic.) based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 57%
- Residential 29%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Other and special use 2%
- Commercial 1%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Rural Living Zone → Special Use Zone · C150latr, Aug 2026 41.2 ha
Proposed rezonings
- Farming Zone → General Residential Zone · C152latr, exhibited May 2026 57.4 ha
- Farming Zone → Commercial 1 Zone · C152latr, exhibited May 2026 1.4 ha
Land in this suburb 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 suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Latrobe (Vic.)
In the year to August 2026, 529 new dwellings were approved across Latrobe (Vic.). That mix is 509 houses and 20 units. Approvals are up 65.5% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 1,464 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 256 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 1,208 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 Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).
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.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 7.7 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 2 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 15.9 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.56 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Traralgon monitoring station, 1.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport), 4.0 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 71 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 700 mm
- 102 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 11 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.1°C
- 15 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
4 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmCement and Lime ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 3.0 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Chlorine & compounds · Ammonia (total) · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.6 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 4.8 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3844, 186 of 29,634 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (817 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3844, 5,021 rooftop-solar systems totalling 33.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,152 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 450 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.
59 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3844 in 2025-26, rank 24 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 313, in 2000-01.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
20 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 $575,000 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 Darren Chester The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Darren Chester | 30.6% | 69.4% | +1.2 |
| 2022 | Darren Chester | 29.4% | 70.6% | +3.9 |
| 2019 | Darren Chester | 33.3% | 66.7% | -1.5 |
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 Martin Cameron The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Martin Cameron NP | 54.4% | 45.6% | 54.4% |
| 2018 | Russell Northe IND | 51.8% | 52.4% | 47.6% |
| 2014 | Russell Northe NP | 51.8% | 48.2% | 51.8% |
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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Nearby suburbs
Morwell VIC 3840
Traralgon East VIC 3844
Hazelwood North VIC 3840
Glengarry VIC 3854
Tyers VIC 3844
Traralgon South VIC 3844
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Common questions about Traralgon
Is Traralgon a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Traralgon is high (87/100, 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 Traralgon?
Traralgon 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 Traralgon a good place to live?
Traralgon has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (36/100), 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 Traralgon?
Traralgon, VIC had a population of 26,907 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Traralgon, VIC?
The postcode for Traralgon, VIC is 3844.
How far is Traralgon from Melbourne?
Traralgon is 162 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 115 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Traralgon?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Traralgon was $77,168 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 Traralgon?
The median advertised rent in Traralgon is $530 a week for houses (225 listings) and $350 a week for units (23 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Traralgon?
The median age of residents in Traralgon was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Traralgon?
There are 15 schools inside the Traralgon boundary: 3 above and 5 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Traralgon walkable?
Traralgon scores 67/100 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 air quality in Traralgon?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Traralgon (Traralgon) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.7 µg/m³ and PM10 of 15.9 µg/m³. That puts Traralgon below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Traralgon?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Traralgon, Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport) (4 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 4.1°C, 700 mm of rain a year over 102 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Traralgon?
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 Traralgon belong to?
Traralgon sits within the Latrobe (Vic.) local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Traralgon?
The average residential rates bill through Latrobe (Vic.) is $1,746 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Traralgon?
Across Latrobe (Vic.), 529 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 65.5% 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 Traralgon in?
Traralgon sits within the federal Division of Gippsland, currently held by Darren Chester (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
- Air quality · 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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