Glenrowan, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Glenrowan is a small town in north-eastern Victoria, about 16 kilometres south-west of Wangaratta and 236 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, below the Warby Ranges. It was named after the brothers James and George Rowan, who farmed in the area in the mid-nineteenth century. The settlement grew with the railway, which reached it in 1874. Glenrowan is famous as the place where the bushranger Ned Kelly made his last stand: in 1880 the Kelly Gang was besieged in the town's hotel and Kelly was captured after a shootout with police. That history now drives local tourism, marked by a towering Ned Kelly statue on the main street. The surrounding slopes also form the Glenrowan wine region, where grapes have been grown since the 1860s.
Around the national middle
Glenrowan is more socio-economically advantaged than about 51% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 989, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Glenrowan a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Glenrowan from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
51/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (51/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
52/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $280 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 52% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Glenrowan at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,049
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $1,543
- SEIFA score
- 989
- Local government area
- Wangaratta
- Coordinates
- -36.4790, 146.2149
Map of Glenrowan
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Housing & property in Glenrowan
What it costs to live in Glenrowan and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $280
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,387
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 89%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 8%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Glenrowan demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Glenrowan demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Glenrowan using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 28% and 8% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 199 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 94 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 225 | 22% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 295 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 231 | 22% |
Share of the 1,044 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 167 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 165 | 44% |
| Rented | 30 | 8% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 374 | 99% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 377 occupied private dwellings in Glenrowan.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,735
- Median weekly personal income
- $749
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 77 (8%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 31 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 18 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 357 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Employed full-time
- 307
- Employed part-time
- 184
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Glenrowan
Is Glenrowan a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Glenrowan rates 51/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Glenrowan?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Glenrowan was $280, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Glenrowan?
Glenrowan is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Wangaratta local government area.
What is the population of Glenrowan?
At the 2021 Census, Glenrowan had a population of about 1,049.
Is Glenrowan an advantaged area?
Glenrowan has an ABS SEIFA score of 989, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 51 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 51% of Australian suburbs.
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