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buffalo river
Victoria · Census 2021
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Buffalo River is a bushland suburb of Alpine.
Median house price
No median price series for Buffalo River yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb. Victoria suburb median: $941k.
People
Population
285
Median age
54 yrs
Income / person / wk
$741
Household income / wk
$1,421
Housing
Median rent / wk
$130
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 4%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 11%
- English only at home
- 92%
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
14.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Alpine
- Council population
- 13,397
- Council area
- 4,788 km²
- Density
- 3/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.05M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $377/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,945
- Operating result
- -10.5%
- Asset renewal
- 143%
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
- Indi
- Federal MP
- Helen Haines (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ovens Valley
- State MP
- Tim Mccurdy (NAT)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.