Violet Town, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Violet Town lies in north-eastern Victoria, in the Shire of Strathbogie just off the Hume Highway about 170 kilometres from Melbourne, on the traditional country of the Yorta Yorta people. The surveyor Major Thomas Mitchell passed through in 1836 and, struck by the wild violets growing among the local swamps, named the district Violet Ponds; the township that followed was laid out as Violet Creek. The railway arrived in 1873, and the town grew as a stop on the line between Melbourne and the north-east. In 1969 it was the scene of a serious rail crash involving the Southern Aurora express. Today Violet Town is a quiet rural community, known for its long-running monthly market and the nearby Strathbogie Ranges country.
Less advantaged than the national average
Violet Town is more socio-economically advantaged than about 20% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 927, 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 Violet Town 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 Violet Town 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
20/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (20/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
63/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $250 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 63% 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.
Violet Town at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 936
- Median age
- 57
- Median weekly household income
- $955
- SEIFA score
- 927
- Local government area
- Strathbogie
- Coordinates
- -36.6168, 145.7135
Map of Violet Town
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Housing & property in Violet Town
What it costs to live in Violet Town and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $250
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,092
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 76%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 17%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Violet Town demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Violet Town demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Violet Town 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 36% and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 106 | 11% |
| Youth (15–24) | 67 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 130 | 14% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 289 | 31% |
| Seniors (65+) | 334 | 36% |
Share of the 926 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 209 | 52% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 96 | 24% |
| Rented | 70 | 17% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 376 | 92% |
| Townhouses & semis | 21 | 5% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 409 occupied private dwellings in Violet Town.
- Average household size
- 1.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,363
- Median weekly personal income
- $549
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 100 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 45 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 19 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 309 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 44%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Employed full-time
- 172
- Employed part-time
- 136
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 Violet Town
Is Violet Town 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, Violet Town rates 34/100 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 Violet Town?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Violet Town was $250, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,092. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Violet Town?
Violet Town is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Strathbogie local government area.
What is the population of Violet Town?
At the 2021 Census, Violet Town had a population of about 936.
Is Violet Town an advantaged area?
Violet Town has an ABS SEIFA score of 927, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 20 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 20% of Australian suburbs.
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