Warneet VIC 3980

Warneet is a suburb in Victoria, 67 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 5 minutes by car. Population is 565; the median age is 41 and the median household income is $80,288 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 5.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $336 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,720. The area shows high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

Is Warneet a good suburb?

Warneet scores a C (39/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 26/100 · 67.1 km · 63 min drive to Melbourne

Prices

Median available

Median $680K

Safety

High flood risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 47/100 · Flood 95/100

Community

Below-average income

SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 41 · 565 residents

C

Liveability Rating

39 / 100 · Ranked #576 in VIC

Each bar is Warneet'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.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
41
Bushfire None · Crime Moderate · Flood High
Socio-economic
29
Mid-range
Walkability
41
Car-dependent
CBD access
52
67.1 km · 63 min drive to Melbourne
How it's calculated: Safety rank 41 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 29 × 25% + Walkability rank 41 × 15% + CBD access rank 52 × 10% = 39 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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39 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Warneet sits at $680,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only nine sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$680,000

Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

By bedrooms

  • 2 bed 6 sales $670K

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Warneet are currently listed at around $939,000 on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.

$939K

5 houses listed in the last 6 months.

5 of the suburb's 221 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

3 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.2% 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 Warneet safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Warneet sits in the moderate band, with 24 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 20% on the prior year.

24 offences

20.0% since 2025
Theft 6 (25.0%)
Weapons Offences 4 (16.7%)
Harassment & Stalking 3 (12.5%)
Arson 3 (12.5%)
Drug Offences 3 (12.5%)
Break & Enter 2 (8.3%)
Assault 1 (4.2%)
Property Damage 1 (4.2%)
Fraud & Deception 1 (4.2%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

2 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

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

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Warneet is car-dependent on foot — at 26/100, most errands require a car.

26
out of 100
Car-Dependent
Top 19% in VIC
Public Transport within 1 km 47
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 100
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Warneet.

24
out of 100
Bottom 6% in VIC
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
6.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
0.9 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.0 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
10.2 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 Warneet.

83
connectivity score / 100
Top 8% in VIC
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
69%
Premises covered
272
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 69%
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 29%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 1%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 0%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
4 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Casey: council population

The whole council area, not just Warneet · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
414,929
+2.7% in a year
Change
+10,721
people since 2024
Density
1,013
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+4,514
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,825
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+4,382
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
4/10
3/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
6/10
5/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
1/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Warneet is home to 565 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $80,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.8%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

565

5.4% since 2016

Median Age

41

6.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$80,288/yr

21.0% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$336/wk

17.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,720/mo

13.4% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.4

9.1% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$43,056/yr

30.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.8%

45.5% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

14.9%

17.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

221

8.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

84.3%

1.3% since 2016

Houses

96.4%

0.2% since 2016

Rental Stress

21.8%

2.2% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

25.7%

6.2% since 2016

Work From Home

15.7%

282.9% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 213 (96.4%)
Flats / Apartments 8 (3.6%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 119 (55.1%)
Owned Outright 63 (29.2%)
Renting 34 (15.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
80.7%
English Spoken at Home
94.0%
Employment Rate
63.4%
13.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
32.0%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 63 (21.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 42 (14.0%)
Labourers 40 (13.4%)
Managers 36 (12.0%)
Community & Personal Service 33 (11.0%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 33 (11.0%)
Professionals 31 (10.4%)
Sales 25 (8.4%)

Religion

No Religion 302 (53.5%)
Christianity 219 (38.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 36 (6.4%)
New Zealand 16 (2.8%)
Philippines 4 (0.7%)
South Africa 4 (0.7%)

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.

2016-2021 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 6 (1.1%)
2001-2010 13 (2.3%)
1991-2000 8 (1.4%)
1981-1990 12 (2.1%)
Before 1981 36 (6.4%)

0 residents (0.0%) 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.

Mornington Peninsula 64 (12.1%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 528 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Age Distribution

0-4 37 (6.5%)
5-14 53 (9.4%)
15-19 26 (4.6%)
20-24 36 (6.4%)
25-34 74 (13.1%)
35-44 75 (13.3%)
45-54 89 (15.8%)
55-64 91 (16.1%)
65-74 54 (9.6%)
75-84 18 (3.2%)
85+ 3 (0.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 70 (47.0%)
Lone Person 56 (37.6%)
One Parent Families 13 (8.7%)
Group Household 7 (4.7%)
Other Families 3 (2.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 209 (80.1%)
Worked from Home 41 (15.7%)
Car (passenger) 11 (4.2%)

2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 299).

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

Certificate III & IV 133 (23.5%)
Bachelor Degree 42 (7.4%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 41 (7.3%)
Postgraduate Degree 6 (1.1%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3 (0.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 54 (24.4%)
2 cars 95 (43.0%)
3 cars 45 (20.4%)
4+ cars 29 (13.1%)

Council Rates

Casey
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,767 a year through Casey based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,767/yr
9% below the VIC average of $1,937 · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.275¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Warneet's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 54%
  • Parks and recreation 32%
  • Residential 11%
  • Not zoned 3%

Planning zones cover 97% of the suburb'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 suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Casey

The whole council area, not just Warneet · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 3,412 new dwellings were approved across Casey. That mix is 2,854 houses and 558 units. Approvals are down 14.8% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
3,412dwellings
-14.8% YoY
Houses
2,854
detached dwellings
Units
558
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Bunurong Land Council 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

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 20.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.98 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Dandenong monitoring station, 28.7 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Cerberus, 19.7 km

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
3 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
1.6 km
Annual rainfall
696 mm
106 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
24.5°C
7 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.5°C
3 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

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 3980, 12 of 3,160 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.1% (35 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.5%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.19%
2024
0.19%
2025
0.38%

Rooftop solar

55
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.2 kW each

In postcode 3980, 715 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,303 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 32 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
40
2020
46
2021
48
2022
50
2023
53
2024
30
2025
31
2026
21

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 3980 in 2025-26, rank 213 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 28, in 2008-09.

2000-01 to 2025-26

Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$3,546
Loan amount
$544,000
Total interest over 30 years
$732,730

1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 3980.

Deposit
$136,000
Stamp duty
$35,870
Cash needed at settlement
$171,870

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.

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

Division of Holt

Currently held by Cassandra Fernando Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Cassandra Fernando 64.0% 36.0% +6.9
2022 Cassandra Fernando 57.1% 42.9% +1.5
2019 Anthony Byrne 58.7% 41.3% +1.2

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

Bass District

Currently held by Jordan Crugnale Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Jordan Crugnale ALP 50.2% 50.2% 49.8%
2018 Jordan Crugnale ALP 52.4% 52.4% 47.6%
2014 Brian Paynter LP 54.5% 45.5% 54.5%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.

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Common questions about Warneet

Is Warneet a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Warneet is moderate (47/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Warneet?

Warneet has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (95/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Warneet a good place to live?

Warneet has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (39/100), 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 Warneet?

Warneet, VIC had a population of 565 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Warneet, VIC?

The postcode for Warneet, VIC is 3980.

How far is Warneet from Melbourne?

Warneet is 67 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 63 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Warneet?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Warneet was $80,288 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 Warneet?

There are too few current rental listings in Warneet for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $336, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Warneet?

The median age of residents in Warneet was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Warneet walkable?

Warneet scores 26/100 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 air quality in Warneet?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Warneet (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Warneet 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 Warneet?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Warneet, Cerberus (19.7 km away), summer days average 24.5°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 696 mm of rain a year over 106 rainy days, and 7 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Warneet?

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 Warneet belong to?

Warneet sits within the Casey local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Warneet?

The average residential rates bill through Casey is $1,767 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Warneet?

Across Casey, 3,412 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 14.8% 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 Warneet in?

Warneet sits within the federal Division of Holt, currently held by Cassandra Fernando (Australian Labor Party).

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