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Housing
marong
Victoria · Census 2021
$672k
+3.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Marong is a bushland suburb of Greater Bendigo.
Median house price
People
Population
2,005
Median age
31 yrs
Income / person / wk
$900
Household income / wk
$1,989
Housing
Median rent / wk
$350
Mortgage / month
$1,560
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 54%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 0%
- No religion
- 54%
- Born overseas
- 6%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
5/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
9.2 km
Nearest train
13.4 km
Nearest hospital
14.3 km
Distance to coast
140 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).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
10.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Bendigo
- Council population
- 121,193
- Council area
- 3,000 km²
- Density
- 40/km²
- Federal grants
- $23.18M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $191/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,949
- Operating result
- -7.0%
- Asset renewal
- 68%
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
- Bendigo
- Federal MP
- Lisa Chesters (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bendigo West
- State MP
- Maree Edwards (ALP)
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