Yea is a town in Victoria, 111 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 50 minutes by car. Population is 1,789; the median age is 56 and the median household income is $54,392 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The town grew 12.7% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,408. Yea is characterised by high bushfire risk. Of 3 schools within the town boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Yea a good town?
Yea scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, weaker on transit, prices, and safety.
Above the state average
3 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 6% in VIC
Car-dependent
Walkability 10/100 · 111.4 km · 108 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $672K · Less affordable than 79% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 95/100 · Crime 58/100 · Flood 48/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 56 · 1,789 residents
Liveability Rating
38 / 100 · Ranked #609 in VICEach bar is Yea's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
38 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataYea's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $672,000, about 5% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$672,500
Based on 90 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 107 days — median across 35 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $463K
- 3 bed 42 sales $578K
- 4 bed 35 sales $800K
Land
$257,500
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 142 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Yea are currently listed at around $795,000 on average. Based on 47 houses listed in the past six months.
$795K
47 houses listed in the last 6 months.
49 of the suburb's 770 dwellings (6.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Yea rent for around $490 a week on average, based on 7 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$490/wk
7 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
7 rentals advertised against an estimated 136 rented homes (5.1%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$490/week ($25,000 a year) on a $795,000 median
Based on a small sample (7 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 Yea safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Yea sits in the moderate band, with 92 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 6% on the prior year.
92 offences
6.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202518 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
Three schools serve Yea, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Yea High School and Yea Primary School lead the pack.
- • 447 students across 3 schools (avg 149)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 959-1005, median 960 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Yea High School (283 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Yea is very car-dependent on foot — at 10/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 1 supermarket, 11 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.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Yea.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 1,084
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
Murrindindi: 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.
Yea is home to about 1,800 residents, with a median age of 56 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $54,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,789
Median Age
56
Median Household Income
$54,392/yr
Census Median Rent
$300/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,408/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$30,160/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.0%
Total Dwellings
770
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.4%
Houses
96.6%
Rental Stress
28.7%
Mortgage Stress
31.1%
Work From Home
19.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.6%
- Employment Rate
- 45.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.1%
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.
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.
19.8% of residents (341) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (331).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,726 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 (19 of 709).
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 $1,973 a year through Murrindindi based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 95%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Residential 2%
- Zones under 1% 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: Murrindindi
In the year to August 2026, 82 new dwellings were approved across Murrindindi. That mix is 76 houses and 6 units. Approvals are up 83.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).
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 Alexandra (Post Office), 28.1 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 395 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 648 mm
- 72 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 3717, 12 of 3,800 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.0% (39 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3717, 916 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,757 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 67 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 3717 in 2025-26. The most was 26, in 2001-02.
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 $672,500 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 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 Cindy McLeish Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cindy McLeish LP | 53.3% | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| 2018 | Cindy McLeish LP | 50.2% | 47.6% | 52.4% |
| 2014 | Cindy McLeish LP | 51.7% | 46.2% | 53.8% |
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 Yea?
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 1,789 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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Nearby suburbs
Flowerdale VIC 3717
Glenburn VIC 3717
Killingworth VIC 3717
Limestone VIC 3717
Murrindindi VIC 3717
Molesworth VIC 3718
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Common questions about Yea
Is Yea a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Yea is moderate (58/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Yea?
Yea has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (48/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Yea a good place to live?
Yea 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 Yea?
Yea, VIC had a population of 1,789 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Yea, VIC?
The postcode for Yea, VIC is 3717.
How far is Yea from Melbourne?
Yea is 111 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 108 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Yea?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yea was $54,392 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 Yea?
The median advertised rent in Yea is $490 a week for houses (7 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Yea?
The median age of residents in Yea was 56 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Yea at risk of bushfire?
Yea has a high recorded bushfire history (95/100). 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 Yea?
There are 3 schools inside the Yea boundary: 2 above and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Yea walkable?
Yea scores 10/100 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 Yea?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yea, Alexandra (Post Office) (28.1 km away), 648 mm of rain a year over 72 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Yea?
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 Yea belong to?
Yea sits within the Murrindindi local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Yea?
The average residential rates bill through Murrindindi is $1,973 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Yea?
Across Murrindindi, 82 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 83.3% 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 Yea in?
Yea 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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