Warburton VIC 3799
Located in Victoria, Warburton sits 88 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 40 minutes by car. The suburb has 2,020 residents, a median age of 50, and a median household income of $59,644 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,400. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Warburton a good suburb?
Warburton scores a D (20/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 88.4 km · 99 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $690K
High bushfire risk
Fire 96/100 · Crime 62/100 · Flood 22/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 50 · 2,020 residents
Liveability Rating
20 / 100 · Ranked #824 in VICEach bar is Warburton'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
20 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWarburton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $690,000, about 4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$690,000
12% below its 4 neighbours (median $785,000)
Based on 105 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 63 days — median across 43 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 24 sales $610K
- 3 bed 55 sales $715K
- 4 bed 19 sales $690K
Land
$220,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Warburton are currently listed at around $725,000 on average. Based on 40 houses listed in the past six months.
$725K
40 houses listed in the last 6 months.
40 of the suburb's 810 dwellings (4.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Warburton rent for around $620 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$620/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
8 rentals advertised against an estimated 141 rented homes (5.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202596 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3799.
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$620/week ($32,000 a year) on a $725,000 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.
Short-Stay Rentals
136 active Airbnb listings: 125 whole homes and 11 rooms. Whole homes are about 11.9% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Warburton safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Warburton sits in the moderate band, with 100 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.
100 offences
13.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202511 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
One school serve Warburton, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Warburton Primary School leads the pack.
- • 71 students in one school (avg 71)
Primary
Walkability
Warburton is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 5 parks and 16 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Warburton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 18.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 13.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 10.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.9 hours
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 Warburton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 8%
- Premises covered
- 1,438
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
Yarra Ranges: 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 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Warburton is home to about 2,000 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $60,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,020
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$59,644/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,400/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$31,148/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
28.3%
Total Dwellings
810
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.6%
Houses
94.6%
Rental Stress
25.3%
Mortgage Stress
28.2%
Work From Home
28.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 67.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 82.2%
- Employment Rate
- 46%
- Completed Year 12
- 40.8%
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.
14 residents (0.7%) 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 1,960 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
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (29 of 796).
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 582 people work here; 796 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.7 per resident). At least 21% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $2,161 a year through Yarra Ranges based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Parks and recreation 55%
- Infrastructure and transport 34%
- Environmental 6%
- Rural and farming 2%
- Residential 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: Yarra Ranges
In the year to August 2026, 416 new dwellings were approved across Yarra Ranges. That mix is 242 houses and 174 units. Approvals are down 57.0% on the same period a year earlier.
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 Powelltown Dnre, 15.4 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 885 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Annual rainfall
- 1,350 mm
- 96 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 3799, 25 of 5,246 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (77 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3799, 968 rooftop-solar systems totalling 5.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,767 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 41 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3799 in 2025-26. The most was 82, 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 $690,000 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 Aaron Violi Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aaron Violi | 47.1% | 52.9% | -1.5 |
| 2022 | Aaron Violi | 48.5% | 51.5% | -3.1 |
| 2019 | Tony Smith | 45.4% | 54.6% | +0.1 |
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 Cindy McLeish Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cindy McLeish LP | 53.3% | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| 2018 | Cindy McLeish LP | 50.2% | 47.6% | 52.4% |
| 2014 | Cindy McLeish LP | 51.7% | 46.2% | 53.8% |
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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Common questions about Warburton
Is Warburton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Warburton is moderate (62/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Warburton?
Warburton has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (22/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Warburton a good place to live?
Warburton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (20/100), 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 Warburton?
Warburton, VIC had a population of 2,020 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Warburton, VIC?
The postcode for Warburton, VIC is 3799.
How far is Warburton from Melbourne?
Warburton is 88 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 99 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Warburton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Warburton was $59,644 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 Warburton?
The median advertised rent in Warburton is $620 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Warburton?
The median age of residents in Warburton was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Warburton at risk of bushfire?
Warburton has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100). 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 Warburton?
There is 1 school inside the Warburton boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Warburton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Warburton, Powelltown Dnre (15.4 km away), 1,350 mm of rain a year over 96 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Warburton?
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 Warburton belong to?
Warburton sits within the Yarra Ranges local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Warburton?
The average residential rates bill through Yarra Ranges is $2,161 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Warburton?
Across Yarra Ranges, 416 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 57.0% 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 Warburton in?
Warburton sits within the federal Division of Casey, currently held by Aaron Violi (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
- 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
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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