Warragul VIC 3820
Located in Victoria, Warragul sits 104 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 20 minutes by car. The suburb has 19,856 residents, a median age of 40, and a median household income of $81,276 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 26.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $321 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,625. The area shows high crime risk. 10 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Warragul a good suburb?
Warragul scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on schools and safety.
Trailing peer schools
10 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 84/100 · 104.3 km · 81 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $652K
High crime risk
Fire 29/100 · Crime 84/100 · Flood 41/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 40 · 19,856 residents
Liveability Rating
38 / 100 · Ranked #607 in VICEach bar is Warragul's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
38 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWarragul's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $652,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$652,000
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $650,000)
Based on 647 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 48 days — median across 337 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 26 sales $495K
- 3 bed 266 sales $600K
- 4 bed 326 sales $700K
- 5 bed 17 sales $920K
Land
$630,000
Based on 95 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 65 days — median across 53 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Warragul are currently listed at around $729,000 on average. Based on 312 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$729K
312 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$489K
30 units listed in the last 6 months.
342 of the suburb's 7,499 dwellings (4.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Warragul rent for around $600 a week on average, based on 152 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$600/wk
152 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$510/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
156 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,732 rented homes (9.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202588 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3820.
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$600/week ($31,000 a year) on a $729,000 median
$510/week ($27,000 a year) on a $489,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 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 Warragul safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Warragul sits in the high band, with 2,061 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 3% on the prior year.
2,061 offences
2.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202540 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 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
Ten schools serve Warragul, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 3,517 students across 8 schools (avg 440)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 3 Independent, 3 Catholic
- • ICSEA 957-1051, median 1002 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Marist-Sion College (1,063 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Warragul is very walkable on foot — at 84/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 3 supermarkets, 33 parks and 28 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Warragul.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 130.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 139.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 112.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.5 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 Warragul.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 52%
- Premises covered
- 9,499
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
Baw Baw: 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 43 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.
Warragul is home to about 19,900 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $81,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
19,856
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$81,276/yr
Census Median Rent
$321/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,625/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$39,208/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.6%
Total Dwellings
7,499
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.9%
Houses
87.9%
Rental Stress
20.5%
Mortgage Stress
24.0%
Work From Home
16.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
198 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 16 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,685 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.4%
- Employment Rate
- 56.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.8%
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.
451 residents (2.3%) 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.
16.4% of residents (3,050) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (2,861).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 18,627 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
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (270 of 9,225).
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 10,138 people work here; 9,225 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 7% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $2,138 a year through Baw Baw based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 50%
- Rural and farming 39%
- Infrastructure and transport 5%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Industrial 2%
- Commercial 1%
Proposed rezonings
- Industrial 1 Zone → Commercial 2 Zone · C154bawb, exhibited May 2026 1.3 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: Baw Baw
In the year to August 2026, 619 new dwellings were approved across Baw Baw. That mix is 604 houses and 15 units. Approvals are up 49.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 10,673 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 912 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 9,761 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.
Climate & Setting
from Noojee (Slivar), 28.0 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 131 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 39.0 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,090 mm
- 133 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 25.1°C
- 7 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.7°C
- 12 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
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.3 km
- 1.5 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 2.6 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3820, 132 of 18,527 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (449 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3820, 3,640 rooftop-solar systems totalling 24.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,061 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 410 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.
69 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3820 in 2025-26, rank 20 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 167, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
11 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 $652,000 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Wayne Farnham Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022* | Wayne Farnham LP | 51.7% | — | — |
| 2018 | Gary Blackwood LP | 51.7% | 42.7% | 57.3% |
| 2014 | Gary Blackwood LP | 55.2% | 38.7% | 61.3% |
* The 2022 poll here was replaced by a supplementary election on 28 January 2023; its result is shown.
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 Warragul
Is Warragul a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Warragul is high (84/100, 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 Warragul?
Warragul has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (41/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Warragul a good place to live?
Warragul has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), 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 Warragul?
Warragul, VIC had a population of 19,856 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Warragul, VIC?
The postcode for Warragul, VIC is 3820.
How far is Warragul from Melbourne?
Warragul is 104 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 81 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Warragul?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Warragul was $81,276 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 Warragul?
The median advertised rent in Warragul is $600 a week for houses (152 listings) and $510 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Warragul?
The median age of residents in Warragul was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Warragul at risk of bushfire?
Warragul has a low recorded bushfire history (29/100). 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 Warragul?
There are 10 schools inside the Warragul boundary: 4 at and 3 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Warragul walkable?
Warragul scores 84/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. 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 Warragul?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Warragul, Noojee (Slivar) (28 km away), summer days average 25.1°C, winter nights 3.7°C, 1,090 mm of rain a year over 133 rainy days, and 7 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Warragul?
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 Warragul belong to?
Warragul sits within the Baw Baw local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Warragul?
The average residential rates bill through Baw Baw is $2,138 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Warragul?
Across Baw Baw, 619 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 49.3% 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 Warragul in?
Warragul 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
- 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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