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Housing
rutherglen
Victoria · Census 2021
$553k
+0.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Rutherglen is a leafy residential suburb of Indigo.
Median house price
People
Population
2,579
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$722
Household income / wk
$1,306
Housing
Median rent / wk
$250
Mortgage / month
$1,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 42%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 42%
- Born overseas
- 8%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
53/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
13
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.9 km
Nearest train
14.3 km
Nearest hospital
12.2 km
Distance to coast
240 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
3.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Indigo
- Council population
- 17,615
- Council area
- 2,041 km²
- Density
- 9/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.65M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $378/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,828
- Operating result
- -12.6%
- Asset renewal
- 59%
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
- Indi
- Federal MP
- Helen Haines (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Benambra
- State MP
- Bill Tilley (LIB)
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