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Housing
ararat
Victoria · Census 2021
$399k
+5.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Ararat is an inner-city suburb of Ararat.
Median house price
People
Population
8,500
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$681
Household income / wk
$1,216
Housing
Median rent / wk
$250
Mortgage / month
$1,083
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 44%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 44%
- Born overseas
- 13%
- English only at home
- 93%
Local amenities
Amenity score
94/100
Schools
7
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
5
Parks
8
Libraries
2
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
4.5 km
Nearest train
4.0 km
Nearest hospital
4.4 km
Distance to coast
132 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
5
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
4
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
4.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Ararat
- Council population
- 11,658
- Council area
- 4,211 km²
- Density
- 3/km²
- Federal grants
- $8.32M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $714/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,002
- Operating result
- -0.3%
- Asset renewal
- 101%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Wannon
- Federal MP
- Dan Tehan (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ripon
- State MP
- Martha Haylett (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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