Yarrawonga VIC 3730
Located in Victoria, Yarrawonga sits 279 km from Melbourne CBD, around 3 hours 5 minutes by car. The town has 8,661 residents, a median age of 52, and a median household income of $59,748 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 9.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $290 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,430. The area shows high flood risk and high crime risk. 5 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Yarrawonga a good town?
Yarrawonga scores a D (19/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools, transit, and safety.
Below the state average
5 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 4/100 · 279.2 km · 184 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $625K
High flood risk
Fire 11/100 · Crime 64/100 · Flood 92/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 52 · 8,661 residents
Liveability Rating
19 / 100 · Ranked #836 in VICEach bar is Yarrawonga's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
19 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataYarrawonga's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $625,000, roughly 14% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$625,000
Based on 447 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 78 days — median across 176 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 24 sales $452K
- 3 bed 210 sales $585K
- 4 bed 180 sales $658K
- 5 bed 12 sales $1.04M
Land
$277,500
Based on 118 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 110 days — median across 41 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Yarrawonga are currently listed at around $735,000 on average. Based on 202 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$735K
202 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$410K
23 units listed in the last 6 months.
225 of the suburb's 3,462 dwellings (6.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Yarrawonga rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 92 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$550/wk
92 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$425/wk
16 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
108 rentals advertised against an estimated 831 rented homes (13.0%) 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 3730.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $735,000 median
$425/week ($22,000 a year) on a $410,000 median
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 Yarrawonga safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Yarrawonga sits in the moderate band, with 434 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 7% on the prior year.
434 offences
6.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202518 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 town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Five schools serve Yarrawonga, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 1,687 students across 3 schools (avg 562)
- • Sectors: 3 Catholic, 2 Government
- • ICSEA 964-1046, median 1021 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Yarrawonga College P-12 (1,008 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Yarrawonga is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 6 parks and 10 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 Yarrawonga.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 3.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 7.0 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 Yarrawonga.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 5,986
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
Moira: 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 19 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Yarrawonga is home to about 8,700 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $60,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,661
Median Age
52
Median Household Income
$59,748/yr
Census Median Rent
$290/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,430/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$32,500/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
20.6%
Total Dwellings
3,462
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.0%
Houses
84.3%
Rental Stress
25.2%
Mortgage Stress
28.7%
Work From Home
9.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
94 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 13 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 804 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 84.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.6%
- Employment Rate
- 46.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 29.2%
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.
79 residents (0.9%) 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.
11.3% of residents (931) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (860).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 8,264 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 (24 of 3,395).
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 2,847 people work here; 3,395 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.8 per resident). At least 16% 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 $1,908 a year through Moira based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 73%
- Residential 14%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Industrial 1%
- Not zoned 2%
Planning zones cover 99% of the town'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 town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Moira
In the year to August 2026, 332 new dwellings were approved across Moira. That mix is 287 houses and 45 units. Approvals are down 70.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2007).
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 Corowa Airport, 32.4 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 128 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 540 mm
- 66 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.0°C
- 31 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.4°C
- 18 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.3 km
- 4.7 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Ammonia (total) · Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus
EV adoption
In postcode 3730, 31 of 10,126 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (202 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3730, 2,942 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,822 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 263 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.
18 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3730 in 2025-26, rank 56 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 58, in 2009-10.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this town.
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 $625,000 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 Sam Birrell The Nationals
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Birrell | 35.6% | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| 2022 | Sam Birrell | 32.9% | 67.2% | -2.9 |
| 2019 | Damian Drum | 30.0% | 70.0% | -2.5 |
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 Tim McCurdy The Nationals
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim McCurdy NP | 52.1% | 32.0% | 68.0% |
| 2018 | Tim McCurdy NP | 51.9% | 37.4% | 62.6% |
| 2014 | Tim McCurdy NP | 55.5% | 33.4% | 66.6% |
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.
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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 8,661 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 Yarrawonga
Is Yarrawonga a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Yarrawonga is moderate (64/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Yarrawonga?
Yarrawonga has a low recorded bushfire history (11/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (92/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Yarrawonga a good place to live?
Yarrawonga has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (19/100), 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 Yarrawonga?
Yarrawonga, VIC had a population of 8,661 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Yarrawonga, VIC?
The postcode for Yarrawonga, VIC is 3730.
How far is Yarrawonga from Melbourne?
Yarrawonga is 279 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 184 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Yarrawonga?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yarrawonga was $59,748 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 Yarrawonga?
The median advertised rent in Yarrawonga is $550 a week for houses (92 listings) and $425 a week for units (16 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Yarrawonga?
The median age of residents in Yarrawonga was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Yarrawonga at risk of bushfire?
Yarrawonga has a low recorded bushfire history (11/100). 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 Yarrawonga?
There are 5 schools inside the Yarrawonga boundary: 3 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Yarrawonga walkable?
Yarrawonga scores 4/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 weather like in Yarrawonga?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yarrawonga, Corowa Airport (32.4 km away), summer days average 32°C, winter nights 3.4°C, 540 mm of rain a year over 66 rainy days, and 31 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Yarrawonga?
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 Yarrawonga belong to?
Yarrawonga sits within the Moira local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Yarrawonga?
The average residential rates bill through Moira is $1,908 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Yarrawonga?
Across Moira, 332 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 70.3% 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 Yarrawonga in?
Yarrawonga sits within the federal Division of Nicholls, currently held by Sam Birrell (The Nationals).
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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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