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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Panitya is a regional centre in Victoria, Australia, with a population of approximately 67, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 462 km from the Melbourne CBD, Panitya is a regional area in Victoria. The median household income is $109,200 per year.
Panitya benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Panitya. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Panitya on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Panitya is a smaller community of 67 — about 1% of the Victoria suburb median (7,416) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $109,200/year runs 15% above the Victoria suburb median of $95,160, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Panitya is 462 km from Melbourne, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Separate houses make up 113% of dwellings — 35 percentage points above the Victoria median of 78% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
How Panitya stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Panitya sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Panitya | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 67 | 7,416 | -99% |
| Median household income | $109,200/yr | $95,160/yr | +15% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $475 | $1,950 | -76% |
| Distance to CBD | 462 km | 32 km | +1344% |
| Separate houses | 113% | 78% | +35pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Panitya — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 67 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Panitya. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With 113% houses in a 67-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a Panitya property
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Panitya are modest for 2026 — incomes 15% above the VIC median of $95,160 and a population of 67 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Panitya. The EquitySight investment score of 48/100 places Panitya in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Panitya scores 48/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 67, median household income of $109,200/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Panitya are an above-state-median household income of $109,200/year, a dwelling mix that is 113% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Panitya has a usual resident population of approximately 67, compared with a Victoria suburb median of 7,416 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Panitya sits 462 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Panitya. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Panitya is $475, or approximately $5,700/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Panitya to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (67 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $475 median mortgage, the broader Victoria market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.