Yarragon is a town in Victoria, 121 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 35 minutes by car. Population is 1,893; the median age is 43 and the median household income is $70,876 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The town grew 14.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,500. Yarragon is characterised by high flood risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Yarragon a good town?
Yarragon scores a D (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 120.6 km · 94 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $630K · More affordable than 75% of VIC
High flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 63/100 · Flood 80/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 43 · 1,893 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #706 in VICEach bar is Yarragon'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 Yarragon?
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Our score
31 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataYarragon's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $630,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$629,500
Based on 36 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 74 days — median across 19 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 23 sales $625K
- 4 bed 10 sales $698K
Land
$499,000
Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Yarragon are currently listed at around $718,000 on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.
$718K
6 houses listed in the last 6 months.
6 of the suburb's 753 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Yarragon safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Yarragon sits in the moderate band, with 86 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 48% on the prior year.
86 offences
48.5% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202514 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
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 Yarragon, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 202 students in one school (avg 202)
Primary
Walkability
Yarragon 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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Yarragon.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 3.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 10 min
- Span of service
- 20.8 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 Yarragon.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 46%
- Premises covered
- 977
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 town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Yarragon is home to about 1,900 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $71,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,893
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$70,876/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$37,024/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.2%
Total Dwellings
753
Owner-Occupier Rate
84.8%
Houses
97.7%
Rental Stress
23.5%
Mortgage Stress
25.4%
Work From Home
19.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
10 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 110 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 93.0%
- Employment Rate
- 56.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.9%
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.
9 residents (0.5%) 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.
9.3% of residents (166) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (157).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,786 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
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (17 of 880).
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 town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 401 people work here; 880 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.5 jobs per working resident. At least 49% of employed residents must work outside the town.
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
- Rural and farming 95%
- Residential 2%
- Parks and recreation 1%
- 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: 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.
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), 32.7 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 74 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 49.1 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 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 3823, 20 of 2,080 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.1% (44 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3823, 518 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 913 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 26 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.
1 first-home grant was paid in postcode 3823 in 2025-26, rank 213 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 35, 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 $629,500 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 town'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 town's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
Looking at a specific address in Yarragon?
Every figure above is a town average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 1,893 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Yarragon
Is Yarragon a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Yarragon is moderate (63/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Yarragon?
Yarragon has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (80/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Yarragon a good place to live?
Yarragon has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (31/100), 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 Yarragon?
Yarragon, VIC had a population of 1,893 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Yarragon, VIC?
The postcode for Yarragon, VIC is 3823.
How far is Yarragon from Melbourne?
Yarragon is 121 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 94 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Yarragon?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yarragon was $70,876 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 Yarragon?
There are too few current rental listings in Yarragon for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $320, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Yarragon?
The median age of residents in Yarragon was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Yarragon?
There is 1 school inside the Yarragon boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Yarragon?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yarragon, Noojee (Slivar) (32.7 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 Yarragon?
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 Yarragon belong to?
Yarragon 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 Yarragon?
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 Yarragon?
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 Yarragon in?
Yarragon 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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