Located in Victoria, Yackandandah sits 310 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours 30 minutes by car. The town has 2,008 residents, a median age of 50, and a median household income of $87,048 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 10.9% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $306 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,600. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Yackandandah a good town?
Yackandandah scores a B (51/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 309.6 km · 208 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $830K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 50/100 · Crime 17/100 · Flood 26/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 50 · 2,008 residents
Liveability Rating
51 / 100 · Ranked #422 in VICEach bar is Yackandandah'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Yackandandah?
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Our score
51 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataYackandandah's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $830,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$830,000
Based on 28 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $640K
- 3 bed 15 sales $830K
Land
$545,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Yackandandah are currently listed at around $850,000 on average, with the typical listing on the market for 5 days. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.
$850K
9 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 5 days.
9 of the suburb's 743 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Yackandandah rent for around $560 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$560/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
3 rentals advertised against an estimated 127 rented homes (2.4%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$560/week ($29,000 a year) on a $850,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 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 Yackandandah safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Yackandandah sits in the low band, with 25 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.
25 offences
13.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20255 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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 Yackandandah, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Yackandandah Primary School leads the pack.
- • 185 students in one school (avg 185)
Primary
Walkability
Yackandandah is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, 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 Yackandandah.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 827
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
Indigo: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Yackandandah 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 $87,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,008
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$87,048/yr
Census Median Rent
$306/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,600/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$42,276/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.4%
Total Dwellings
743
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.9%
Houses
93.5%
Rental Stress
18.3%
Mortgage Stress
22.1%
Work From Home
24.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
0 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 121 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 94.1%
- Employment Rate
- 58.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 44.2%
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.
8 residents (0.4%) 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.
9.9% of residents (190) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (125).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,915 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (10 of 958).
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 $1,828 a year through Indigo based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 68%
- Parks and recreation 29%
- Residential 2%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Indigo
In the year to August 2026, 120 new dwellings were approved across Indigo. That mix is 117 houses and 3 units. Approvals are up 15.0% 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 Beechworth Composite, 14.4 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 279 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 984 mm
- 97 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the town 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 3749, 42 of 2,083 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (31 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3749, 736 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 870 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 50 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 3749 in 2025-26. The most was 13, in 2009-10.
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 $830,000 this is $80,000 above 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 Helen Haines Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Helen Haines | 43.3% | 56.7% | -1.4 |
| 2022 | Helen Haines | 44.7% | 55.3% | -7.5 |
| 2019 | Helen Haines | 37.3% | 62.7% | +7.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Bill Tilley Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bill Tilley LP | 50.9% | 36.7% | 63.3% |
| 2018 | Bill Tilley LP | 52.5% | 41.1% | 58.9% |
| 2014 | Bill Tilley LP | 54.6% | 40.3% | 59.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
Looking at a specific address in Yackandandah?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Yackandandah
Is Yackandandah a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Yackandandah is low (17/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Yackandandah?
Yackandandah has a moderate recorded bushfire history (50/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (26/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Yackandandah a good place to live?
Yackandandah has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (51/100), 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 Yackandandah?
Yackandandah, VIC had a population of 2,008 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Yackandandah, VIC?
The postcode for Yackandandah, VIC is 3749.
How far is Yackandandah from Melbourne?
Yackandandah is 310 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 208 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Yackandandah?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yackandandah was $87,048 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 Yackandandah?
The median advertised rent in Yackandandah is $560 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Yackandandah?
The median age of residents in Yackandandah was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Yackandandah at risk of bushfire?
Yackandandah has a moderate recorded bushfire history (50/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town 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 Yackandandah?
There is 1 school inside the Yackandandah 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 Yackandandah?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yackandandah, Beechworth Composite (14.4 km away), 984 mm of rain a year over 97 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Yackandandah?
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 Yackandandah belong to?
Yackandandah sits within the Indigo local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Yackandandah?
The average residential rates bill through Indigo is $1,828 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Yackandandah?
Across Indigo, 120 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 15.0% 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 Yackandandah in?
Yackandandah sits within the federal Division of Indi, currently held by Helen Haines (Independent).
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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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