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rochester (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$460k
+53.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Rochester (Vic.) is a leafy residential suburb of Campaspe.
Median house price
People
Population
3,154
Median age
53 yrs
Income / person / wk
$583
Household income / wk
$1,073
Housing
Median rent / wk
$220
Mortgage / month
$1,083
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 6%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
34/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
1.8 km
Nearest train
1.6 km
Nearest hospital
1.6 km
Distance to coast
166 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
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
2
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Campaspe
- Council population
- 38,990
- Council area
- 4,519 km²
- Density
- 9/km²
- Federal grants
- $15.81M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $405/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,035
- Operating result
- -5.4%
- Asset renewal
- 95%
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
- Murray Plains
- State MP
- Hon Peter Walsh (NAT)
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