IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,067
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Bridgewater
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Bridgewater (Vic.) is a bushland suburb of Loddon.
Household income
$1,771/wk61st pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
2/1006th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Bridgewater (Vic.).
Victoria's Valuer-General sales data is open, but we have no suburb median for Bridgewater (Vic.) from it. ABS median established-house price, Greater Melbourne: $850k; Rest of Vic.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk61st percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Household income / wk
VIC · AU
VIC median suburb $1,583 · AU median suburb $1,562Bridgewater (Vic.) $1,771
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
133
Median age
49 yrs
Income / person / wk
$866
Household income / wk
$1,771
▲ 12% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$115
Mortgage / month
$1,350
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 27%
- −5 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 25%
- level with VIC
- In the labour force
- 63%
- level with VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 12%
- −17 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 22%
- −1 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 12%
- level with VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
55 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 91%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 9%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 58%
- Mortgaged 31%
- Rented 5%
- Other & not stated 5%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,097
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,069
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 8 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,093
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
143 m
range 129–169 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Rural96%
- Conservation2.0%
- Infrastructure & special purpose1.5%
- Industrial & employment0.3%
- Low-density residential<0.1%
In a heritage area
<0.1%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Loddon Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
10.8 km
Nearest train
24.5 km
Nearest hospital
10.6 km
Distance to coast
157 km
NBN
FIXED WIRELESS
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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 38%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 38%
- Born overseas
- 4%
- English only at home
- 100%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 25.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Loddon
- Population
- 7,718 (2025) · -0.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 6,696 km² · 1/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 52 · $1,039/wk household income · $170/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $301k
- Federal grants
- $11.83M in 2025-26 · $1,532/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,353
- Operating result
- +5.6%
- Asset renewal
- 67%
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Mallee
- Federal MP
- Anne Webster (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 69% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ripon
- State MP
- Martha Haylett (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.