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Housing
meredith
Victoria · Census 2021
$575k
-22.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Meredith is a bushland suburb of Golden Plains.
Median house price
People
Population
821
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$728
Household income / wk
$1,638
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 12%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
11/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
23.1 km
Nearest train
27.1 km
Nearest hospital
37.6 km
Distance to coast
39 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
19.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Golden Plains
- Council population
- 25,858
- Council area
- 2,703 km²
- Density
- 10/km²
- Federal grants
- $8.19M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $317/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,052
- Operating result
- +0.5%
- Asset renewal
- 173%
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
- Ballarat
- Federal MP
- Catherine King (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- Eureka
- State MP
- Michaela Settle (ALP)
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