Wallan VIC 3756
Located in Victoria, Wallan sits 62 km from Melbourne CBD, around 55 minutes by car. The suburb has 15,004 residents, a median age of 33, and a median household income of $99,528 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 35.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows high crime risk and high bushfire risk. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Wallan a good suburb?
Wallan scores a D (26/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 1% in VIC
Some car dependence
Walkability 35/100 · 62.1 km · 55 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $610K · More affordable than 93% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 71/100 · Crime 79/100 · Flood 56/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 33 · 15,004 residents
Liveability Rating
26 / 100 · Ranked #768 in VICEach bar is Wallan's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
26 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWallan's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $610,000, about 3% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$610,000
4% below its 3 neighbours (median $638,000)
Based on 493 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 286 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $515K
- 3 bed 141 sales $585K
- 4 bed 307 sales $615K
- 5 bed 24 sales $920K
Land
$582,555
Based on 89 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 85 days — median across 57 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wallan are currently listed at around $640,000 on average. Based on 231 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$640K
231 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$470K
13 units listed in the last 6 months.
244 of the suburb's 4,869 dwellings (5.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wallan rent for around $500 a week on average, based on 134 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$500/wk
134 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$405/wk
10 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
144 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,061 rented homes (13.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025147 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 20% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3756.
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$500/week ($26,000 a year) on a $640,000 median
$405/week ($21,000 a year) on a $470,000 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 Wallan safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Wallan sits in the high band, with 1,281 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 18% on the prior year.
1,281 offences
18.3% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202547 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 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
Three schools serve Wallan, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 2,399 students across 3 schools (avg 800)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 954-1039, median 970 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Wallan Secondary College (948 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Wallan is car-dependent on foot — at 35/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 13 parks and 12 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wallan.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 32.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 32.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 34.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.7 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 42.5 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 Wallan.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 76%
- Premises covered
- 7,489
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 suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 36 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.
Wallan is home to about 15,000 residents, with a median age of 33, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $100,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
15,004
Median Age
33
Median Household Income
$99,528/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
3.0
Median Personal Income
$43,888/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.5%
Total Dwellings
4,869
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.2%
Houses
92.7%
Rental Stress
18.8%
Mortgage Stress
20.9%
Work From Home
17.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
11 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 8 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,033 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 76.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 76.9%
- Employment Rate
- 64.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.3%
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.
465 residents (3.1%) 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.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 13,628 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
9% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (641 of 7,300).
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 $1,947 a year through Mitchell based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 64%
- Residential 16%
- Other and special use 14%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Zones under 1% 2%
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: 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.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 27,459 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 38 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 510 homes
- Projects firmly planned 110 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 1,408 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 183 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 17 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 25,193 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 Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
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 Melbourne Airport, 30.9 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 347 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 48.2 km
- Annual rainfall
- 518 mm
- 81 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 12 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.0°C
- 1 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 4.7 km
- 4.7 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3756, 83 of 15,051 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.6% (548 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3756, 2,902 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,449 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 212 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.
44 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3756 in 2025-26, rank 31 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 276, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
9 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 $610,000 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 Rob Mitchell Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rob Mitchell | 54.8% | 45.2% | +0.9 |
| 2022 | Rob Mitchell | 53.3% | 46.7% | +2.0 |
| 2019 | Rob Mitchell | 55.0% | 45.0% | +1.0 |
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 Ros Spence Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ros Spence ALP | 53.9% | 66.4% | 33.6% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Wallan?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Wallan
Is Wallan a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wallan is high (79/100, 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 Wallan?
Wallan has a high recorded bushfire history (71/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (56/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wallan a good place to live?
Wallan has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (26/100), 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 Wallan?
Wallan, VIC had a population of 15,004 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wallan, VIC?
The postcode for Wallan, VIC is 3756.
How far is Wallan from Melbourne?
Wallan is 62 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 55 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wallan?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wallan was $99,528 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 Wallan?
The median advertised rent in Wallan is $500 a week for houses (134 listings) and $405 a week for units (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wallan?
The median age of residents in Wallan was 33 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Wallan at risk of bushfire?
Wallan has a high recorded bushfire history (71/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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 Wallan?
There are 3 schools inside the Wallan boundary: 3 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wallan walkable?
Wallan scores 35/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 Wallan?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wallan, Melbourne Airport (30.9 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6°C, 518 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days, and 12 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Wallan?
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 Wallan belong to?
Wallan sits within the Mitchell local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wallan?
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 Wallan?
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 Wallan in?
Wallan sits within the federal Division of Mcewen, currently held by Rob Mitchell (Australian Labor Party).
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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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