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Housing
orbost
Victoria · Census 2021
$368k
+3.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Orbost is a leafy residential suburb of East Gippsland.
Median house price
People
Population
2,264
Median age
53 yrs
Income / person / wk
$489
Household income / wk
$785
Housing
Median rent / wk
$190
Mortgage / month
$867
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 49%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 49%
- Born overseas
- 10%
- English only at home
- 97%
Local amenities
Amenity score
53/100
Schools
4
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
3
Libraries
1
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
7.9 km
Nearest train
80.5 km
Nearest hospital
7.1 km
Distance to coast
16.8 km
NBN
Satellite
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).
Schools by sector
Government
4
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
4
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
7.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- East Gippsland
- Council population
- 48,696
- Council area
- 20,940 km²
- Density
- 2/km²
- Federal grants
- $21.27M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $437/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,807
- Operating result
- -3.6%
- Asset renewal
- 108%
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
- Gippsland
- Federal MP
- Darren Chester (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 69% 2PP
- State electorate
- Gippsland East
- State MP
- Tim Bull (NAT)
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