IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 907
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Heathcote
Victoria · Census 2021
$480k-4.5% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Heathcote (Vic.) is a leafy residential suburb of Greater Bendigo.
Median house price
$480k13th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$946/wk9th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
39/10072nd pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of Victoria suburb medians: $765k.
How it compares
Median house price13th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk9th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Median house price-44% vs Greater Melbourne · -23% vs Rest of Vic.
MelbourneRest of state
Greater Melbourne $850k · Rest of Vic. $625kHeathcote (Vic.) $480k
Household income / wk
VIC · AU
VIC median suburb $1,583 · AU median suburb $1,562Heathcote (Vic.) $946
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
2,962
Median age
57 yrs
Income / person / wk
$490
Household income / wk
$946
▼ 40% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$255
Mortgage / month
$1,291
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 16%
- −17 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 36%
- +10 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 5%
- level with VIC
- In the labour force
- 40%
- −22 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 11%
- −18 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 37%
- +14 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 5%
- −7 pts vs 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
1,256 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 95%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 5%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 51%
- Mortgaged 30%
- Rented 14%
- 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 938
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 961
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 2 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 915
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 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
255 m
range 178–440 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 →- Rural52%
- Conservation40%
- Low-density residential2.2%
- Infrastructure & special purpose1.7%
- General / medium / high-density residential1.7%
- Open space & recreation0.6%
- Waterways0.5%
- Centres & mixed use0.3%
- Industrial & employment0.1%
- Growth area, deferred or unzoned<0.1%
In a heritage area
0.7%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Greater Bendigo 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
2
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
3
Libraries
1
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
1.6 km
Nearest train
38.6 km
Nearest hospital
1.6 km
Distance to coast
104 km
Grocery mix: 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 40%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 40%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 96%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 16.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Bendigo
- Population
- 126,568 (2025) · +1.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 3,000 km² · 42/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 40 · $1,448/wk household income · $295/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $550k
- Federal grants
- $23.18M in 2025-26 · $183/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,949
- Operating result
- -7.0%
- Asset renewal
- 68%
- Website
- bendigo.vic.gov.au
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; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Bendigo
- Federal MP
- Lisa Chesters (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Euroa
- State MP
- Annabelle Cleeland (NAT)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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.