Venus Bay VIC 3956
Venus Bay sits 175 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 2 hours 20 minutes by car. Census data records 904 residents with a median age of 58 and a median household income of $47,944 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 4.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $280 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,083. The area shows high coastal erosion risk and high flood risk. Walkability is low.
Is Venus Bay a good place to live?
Venus Bay scores a D (28/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit, prices, and safety.
Car-dependent
Walkability 14/100 · 175.2 km · 142 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $500K · Cheaper than 81% of VIC
High flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 70/100 · Flood 86/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 58 · 904 residents
Liveability Rating
28 / 100 · Ranked #749 in VICEach bar is Venus Bay'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.
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Our score
28 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataVenus Bay's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $500,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$500,000
Based on 139 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 66 days — median across 44 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 30 sales $430K
- 3 bed 84 sales $513K
- 4 bed 19 sales $622K
Land
$158,000
Based on 44 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Venus Bay are currently listed at around $638,000 on average. Based on 100 houses listed in the past six months.
$638K
100 houses listed in the last 6 months.
100 of the suburb's 423 dwellings (23.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Venus Bay rent for around $410 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$410/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
7 rentals advertised against an estimated 65 rented homes (10.8%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$410/week ($21,000 a year) on a $638,000 median
Based on a small sample (7 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 Venus Bay safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Venus Bay sits in the high band, with 47 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 24% on the prior year.
47 offences
23.7% 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 840 m
- Rate
- -0.18 m/yr
- Net Movement
- 0.0 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Venus Bay is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, 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 Venus Bay.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 2,181
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
South Gippsland: 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
Venus Bay is home to 904 residents, with a median age of 58 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $48,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
904
Median Age
58
Median Household Income
$47,944/yr
Census Median Rent
$280/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,083/mo
Avg Household Size
1.8
Median Personal Income
$27,560/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
310.4%
Total Dwellings
423
Owner-Occupier Rate
84.6%
Houses
99.1%
Rental Stress
30.4%
Mortgage Stress
27.1%
Work From Home
36.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.4%
- Employment Rate
- 39.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 42.1%
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.
3 residents (0.3%) 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.
27.0% of residents (237) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (234).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 877 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
7% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (21 of 317).
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.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,282 a year through South Gippsland based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Parks and recreation 46%
- Rural and farming 23%
- Residential 15%
- Environmental 12%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
- Not zoned 2%
Planning zones cover 98% of the locality's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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: South Gippsland
In the year to August 2026, 170 new dwellings were approved across South Gippsland. That mix is 154 houses and 16 units. Approvals are up 21.1% 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 Wonthaggi, 18.5 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 16 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 773 m
- Annual rainfall
- 906 mm
- 119 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 24.6°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.9°C
- 0 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 3956, 21 of 3,253 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (57 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3956, 1,056 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,975 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 57 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.
1 first-home grant was paid in postcode 3956 in 2025-26, rank 213 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 24, 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 $500,000 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 Mary Aldred Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mary Aldred | 45.9% | 54.1% | -1.2 |
| 2022 | Russell Broadbent | 47.1% | 52.9% | -4.0 |
| 2019 | Russell Broadbent | 42.6% | 57.4% | -0.1 |
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 Danny O'Brien The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Danny O'Brien NP | 53.3% | 34.8% | 65.2% |
| 2018 | Danny O'Brien NP | 61.9% | 34.7% | 65.3% |
| 2014 | Peter Ryan NP | 57.3% | 34.3% | 65.7% |
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 Venus Bay
Is Venus Bay a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Venus Bay is high (70/100, 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 Venus Bay?
Venus Bay has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (86/100). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Venus Bay a good place to live?
Venus Bay has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (28/100), 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 Venus Bay?
Venus Bay, VIC had a population of 904 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Venus Bay, VIC?
The postcode for Venus Bay, VIC is 3956.
How far is Venus Bay from Melbourne?
Venus Bay is 175 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 142 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Venus Bay?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Venus Bay was $47,944 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 Venus Bay?
The median advertised rent in Venus Bay is $410 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Venus Bay?
The median age of residents in Venus Bay was 58 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Venus Bay walkable?
Venus Bay scores 14/100 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 Venus Bay?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Venus Bay, Wonthaggi (18.5 km away), summer days average 24.6°C, winter nights 6.9°C, 906 mm of rain a year over 119 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Venus Bay?
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 Venus Bay belong to?
Venus Bay sits within the South Gippsland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Venus Bay?
The average residential rates bill through South Gippsland is $2,282 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Venus Bay?
Across South Gippsland, 170 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 21.1% 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 Venus Bay in?
Venus Bay sits within the federal Division of Monash, currently held by Mary Aldred (Liberal).
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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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