Kerang, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Kerang is a town in north-central Victoria, on the Loddon River about 279 kilometres north-west of Melbourne and roughly 60 kilometres south of Swan Hill. The Wemba-Wemba and Barapa Barapa peoples are recognised as the original owners and first occupants of this country, a district dotted with lakes and lagoons. Its name is believed to come from an Aboriginal word for cockatoo. Thomas Mitchell passed through in 1836, squatters followed in the 1840s, and the town grew after the railway reached it from Bendigo in 1884. Irrigation has made the surrounding farmland productive for livestock, lucerne, grain and horticulture. Kerang is best known for the ibis rookeries nearby, where as many as 200,000 of the birds are said to breed each year, and it has taken the ibis as its emblem.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Kerang is more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 895, 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 Kerang 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Kerang 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
11/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (11/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% 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.
Kerang at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,960
- Median age
- 51
- Median weekly household income
- $1,006
- SEIFA score
- 895
- Local government area
- Gannawarra
- Coordinates
- -35.7241, 143.9373
Map of Kerang
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Housing & property in Kerang
What it costs to live in Kerang and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,000
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 23%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Kerang demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Kerang demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Kerang 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 seniors (65+) at 31% and 6% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 655 | 16% |
| Youth (15–24) | 353 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 727 | 18% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,014 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,228 | 31% |
Share of the 3,977 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 770 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 426 | 26% |
| Rented | 375 | 23% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,483 | 89% |
| Townhouses & semis | 135 | 8% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,664 occupied private dwellings in Kerang.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,412
- Median weekly personal income
- $573
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 224 (6%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 95 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 153 (4%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 989 (31%)
- Labour-force participation
- 47%
- Unemployment rate
- 5%
- Employed full-time
- 868
- Employed part-time
- 508
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 Kerang
Is Kerang 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, Kerang rates 33/100 overall (Lower on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Kerang?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Kerang was $200, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Kerang?
Kerang is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Gannawarra local government area.
What is the population of Kerang?
At the 2021 Census, Kerang had a population of about 3,960.
Is Kerang an advantaged area?
Kerang has an ABS SEIFA score of 895, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 11 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 11% of Australian suburbs.
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