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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Waggarandall is a regional centre in Victoria, Australia, with a population of approximately 52, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 188 km from the Melbourne CBD, Waggarandall is a regional area in Victoria. The median household income is $93,184 per year.
Strong household incomes in Waggarandall underpin solid property demand. As a regional location, growth prospects depend on local economic conditions and infrastructure investment.
Official Australia Post postcode for Waggarandall. 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 Waggarandall 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.
Waggarandall is a smaller community of 52 — about 1% of the Victoria suburb median (7,416) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $93,184/year, household income in Waggarandall is within 2% of the Victoria median ($95,160), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Waggarandall is 188 km from Melbourne, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Waggarandall stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Waggarandall sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Waggarandall | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 52 | 7,416 | -99% |
| Median household income | $93,184/yr | $95,160/yr | -2% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,881 | $1,950 | -4% |
| Distance to CBD | 188 km | 32 km | +488% |
| Separate houses | 89% | 78% | +11pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Waggarandall — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 52 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Waggarandall. 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 89% houses in a 52-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 Waggarandall property
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Waggarandall are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the VIC median of $95,160 and a population of 52 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 Waggarandall. The EquitySight investment score of 42/100 places Waggarandall 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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Waggarandall scores 42/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 52, median household income of $93,184/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 Waggarandall are a median household income of $93,184/year, a dwelling mix that is 89% 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.
Waggarandall has a usual resident population of approximately 52, 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.
Waggarandall sits 188 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 Waggarandall. 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 Waggarandall is $1,881, or approximately $22,572/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 Waggarandall 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 (52 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,881 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.