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jacana
Victoria · Census 2021
$648k
+8.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Jacana is a leafy residential suburb of Hume.
Median house price
People
Population
2,187
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$606
Household income / wk
$1,387
Housing
Median rent / wk
$335
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 24%
- Top language at home
- Arabic · 4%
- No religion
- 24%
- Born overseas
- 49%
- English only at home
- 48%
Local amenities
Amenity score
6/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
1.0 km
Nearest train
0.9 km
Nearest hospital
0.4 km
Distance to coast
17.0 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Hume
- Council population
- 243,266
- Council area
- 504 km²
- Density
- 483/km²
- Federal grants
- $23.98M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $99/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,715
- Operating result
- +2.3%
- Asset renewal
- 73%
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
- Calwell
- Federal MP
- Basem Abdo (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 65% 2PP
- State electorate
- Broadmeadows
- State MP
- Kathleen Matthews-Ward (ALP)
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