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cape paterson
Victoria · Census 2021
$750k
-11.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Cape Paterson is a coastal suburb of Bass Coast.
Median house price
People
Population
1,111
Median age
55 yrs
Income / person / wk
$656
Household income / wk
$1,285
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 59%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 1%
- No religion
- 59%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
13/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
6.5 km
Nearest train
46.8 km
Nearest hospital
6.5 km
Distance to coast
1.6 km
NBN
Satellite
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
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
5.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Bass Coast
- Council population
- 40,513
- Council area
- 866 km²
- Density
- 47/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.15M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $226/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,727
- Operating result
- -6.3%
- Asset renewal
- 66%
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
- Monash
- Federal MP
- Mary Aldred (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bass
- State MP
- Jordan Crugnale (ALP)
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