Sebastopol, VIC 3356
Sebastopol property market
Sebastopol's busiest market is house sales, but only just, with 295 sales (down 5.1%) at around $509k (up 15.7%) as of July 2026, taking about 20 days to sell (down from 27 days last year), among the country's most in-demand house markets, mostly 3-bedroom (around two-thirds).
House rentals sit just behind, with 288 leases (up 2.1%) at $425 a week (up 4.9%), renting out in about 20 days (down from 26 days last year), among the most sought-after house rental markets in Victoria, mostly 3-bedroom (around two-thirds). Then come 83 unit sales at around $393.5k and 82 unit rentals at $375 a week.
Who lives hereA low-income, renter-heavy, mixed-age suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Sebastopol demographics & population
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Who lives in Sebastopol?
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
A strongly multicultural community with deep migrant heritage.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Housing & affordability in Sebastopol
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Income & employment in Sebastopol
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.5× the typical individual here.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Getting around Sebastopol
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
Schools in and around Sebastopol
4 schools inside Sebastopol, plus the closest options around it. Families can choose from 48 primary schools in Sebastopol and its surrounds, and 12 high schools covering the secondary years. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
- Within Sebastopol · 4Order by
- 1Ballarat Christian CollegeIndependent · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Within suburbState RankP Top 50%S Top 50%EnglishP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★MathsP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 2St James' SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Within suburbState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 3Sebastopol Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Within suburbState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 4Phoenix P-12 Community CollegeGovernment · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Within suburbState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- Nearby · within 5 km · 53
- 5Ballarat Clarendon CollegeIndependent · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState RankP Top 1%S Top 1%EnglishP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★MathsP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 6Loreto CollegeCatholic · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 7Ballarat GrammarIndependent · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState RankP Top 50%S Top 50%EnglishP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★MathsP ★★★★★★★★★★S ★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 8Ballarat Primary School (Dana Street)Government · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 9St Francis Xavier SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat East · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 10Napoleons Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Napoleons · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 11Haddon Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Haddon · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 12Mount Blowhard Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Blowhard · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 13St Augustine's SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Creswick · 4.4 kmState RankTop 50%English★★★★★★★★★★Maths★★★★★★★★★★Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 14Magpie Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Magpie · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 15Delacombe Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Delacombe · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 16St Aloysius' SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Redan · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 17Mount Clear Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mount Clear · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 18Lumen Christi SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Delacombe · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 19Damascus CollegeCatholic · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Mount Clear · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 20Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 21Emmaus Catholic Primary SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mount Clear · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 22Mount Clear CollegeGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Mount Clear · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 23Newington Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 24St Patrick's SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 25St Patrick's CollegeCatholic · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 26Canadian Lead Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat East · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 27Ballarat Steiner SchoolIndependent · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Mount Helen · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 28Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)Government · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Lake Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 29Ballarat High SchoolGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Lake Gardens · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 30St Alipius' Parish SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat East · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 31Ballarat Specialist SchoolGovernment · Special · Co-ed · Years U · Lake Gardens · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 32Macarthur Street Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Soldiers Hill · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 33Alfredton Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Alfredton · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 34St Thomas More SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Alfredton · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 35Black Hill Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 36St Columba's SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat North · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 37Woodmans Hill Secondary CollegeGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Ballarat East · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 38Wendouree Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 39Buninyong Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Buninyong · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 40Caledonian Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Brown Hill · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 41Ballarat North Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 42Lucas Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Lucas · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 43Siena Catholic Primary SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Lucas · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 44Little Bendigo Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Nerrina · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 45Yuille Park Community CollegeGovernment · Combined · Co-ed · Years Prep-12 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 46Our Lady Help of Christians SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 47Warrenheip Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Warrenheip · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 48Forest Street Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 49Mount Rowan Secondary CollegeGovernment · Secondary · Co-ed · Years 7-12 · Wendouree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 50Invermay Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Invermay · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 51Glen Park Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Glen Park · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 52Woady Yaloak Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Smythesdale · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 53Miners Rest Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Miners Rest · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual50%ICSEA Rank50th
- 54Bungaree Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Bungaree · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 55Lal Lal Primary SchoolGovernment · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Lal Lal · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 56St Mary's SchoolCatholic · Primary · Co-ed · Years Prep-6 · Clarkes Hill · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students348Multilingual1%ICSEA Rank50th
- 57Sovereign Hill SchoolGovernment · Special · Ballarat · 4.4 kmState Rank—English—Maths—Students—Multilingual—ICSEA Rank—
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
Turnover
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Sebastopol median house price & rent
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Sebastopol — choose a property type and size below.
House & unit prices by bedroom
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Sebastopol property growth
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
Houses
Units
Buying vs renting in Sebastopol
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
How strong is demand, and which way is it heading?
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Sales market velocity
Sebastopol against the neighbourhood
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Sebastopol in blue, peers in colour.
How fast — and is it getting faster?
Housing supply & months of stock
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Sales market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced | 2.1 | — | 9 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Balanced | 2.7 | ▲ +1.4 | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Loose | 4.0 | ▲ +2.6 | 18 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Loose | 5.3 | ▲ +4.0 | 24 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Loose | 5.6 | ▲ +4.5 | 25 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Loose | 5.8 | ▲ +3.8 | 26 | 54 | 4.5 | |
| Loose | 6.2 | ▲ +5.2 | 28 | 54 | 4.5 |
Rental market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tight | 0.4 | ▼ -0.8 | 2 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Tight | 0.4 | ▼ -0.6 | 2 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Tight | 0.5 | ▼ -0.7 | 2 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| National typical | 0.7 | ▼ -0.8 | 3 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Loose | 1.2 | ▲ +0.7 | 6 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Oversupply | 1.9 | ▲ +0.6 | 9 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Oversupply | 2.3 | ▲ +0.3 | 11 | 59 | 4.9 | |
| Oversupply | 2.5 | ▲ +1.0 | 12 | 59 | 4.9 |
Who's transacting — buyers or tenants?
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Sebastopol — Units & Houses, all bedrooms
Sebastopol median house price & rent history
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Five-year summaryAs of Jun 2026, the median house sale price in Sebastopol rose from $227k (Jul 2021) to $385k (Jun 2026) — +69.8% growth over five years — peaking at $418k between Dec 2021 and Nov 2022. Median house rent went from $173/wk to $347/wk (+100.6%) over the same period. For units, the median sale price rose from $172k to $226k (+31.3%), with rent up from $233/wk to $316/wk (+35.6%) over the same period.
Suburbs near Sebastopol: prices compared
The nearest suburbs to Sebastopol, ranked by distance — each lined up against Sebastopol on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Suburbs like Sebastopol
Suburbs anywhere in VIC that behave like Sebastopol — matched on price, growth, selling speed and demand, not on distance. A shortlist of markets that move the same way — including ones far away you'd never think to compare. (Want the suburbs right next door instead? See Nearby markets above.)
Sebastopol vs Wendouree: the closest sales-market match trades at a median of $452k against Sebastopol's $367k — about 23% higher, with homes selling in 12 days versus 24 days here.
Comparable sales markets to Sebastopol: Wendouree average house price, Ballarat East property growth, Delacombe (VIC 3356), Canadian property growth and Corio median house price.
Sebastopol's closest rental-market twins: Ballarat East house prices, Delacombe, VIC property market, Wendouree property prices, Canadian property growth and Corio median house price. Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
Frequently asked · Sebastopol
26 data-driven answers about Sebastopol's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
What things cost
Prices, rent, yield, ownership costWhat is the median house price in Sebastopol?
#The median house price in Sebastopol, VIC 3356 is $367k as of June 2026, based on 51 sales over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
What is the median unit price in Sebastopol?
#The median unit price in Sebastopol, VIC 3356 is $367k as of June 2026, based on 51 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +50.0% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 100% of the median house price.
How much does it cost to rent in Sebastopol?
#The median weekly house rent in Sebastopol is $273 as of June 2026, drawn from 64 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $273 per week. House rents have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
How much is rent for a 3 bedroom house in Sebastopol?
#A 3 bedroom house in Sebastopol rents for a median $273 per week as of June 2026, drawn from 64 leases over the past 12 months. Across other house sizes: 2-bedroom $273/week, 4-bedroom $273/week. Unit rents: 1-bedroom $273/week, 2-bedroom $273/week, 3-bedroom $273/week. Figures cover only segments with enough recent leases to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded. The segment breakdown covers rent, yield and days on market for every property type and bedroom count.
What is the gross rental yield in Sebastopol?
#Gross rental yield in Sebastopol is 3.69% for houses and 3.69% for units as of June 2026, compared with the VIC unit median of 3.73%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
How much is a 3 bedroom house in Sebastopol?
#As of June 2026, Sebastopol medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $367k | $367k | $367k | $367k |
| Units | $367k | $367k | $367k | — | $367k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
What does it cost to own versus rent at the Sebastopol median?
#At the median Sebastopol house ($367k purchase, $273/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $399 — about $126 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. For the median unit ($367k purchase, $273/week rent), repayments run about $399 per week. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
How the market is moving
Speed, supply, growth, cycle phaseWhat are Sebastopol's property market trends?
#Sebastopol's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +50.0% year-on-year and units +50.0%; weekly house rents moved +50.0%; homes now sell in a median 24 days — faster than a year ago by 11; sales supply sits at 5.3 months (very loose). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Sebastopol market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
What does the data say about Sebastopol as an investment?
#As of June 2026 in Sebastopol, house prices rose +50.0% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.69% against a VIC median of 2.06%, houses take a median 24 days to sell, sales supply is 5.3 months (very loose). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
How quickly do houses sell in Sebastopol?
#Houses in Sebastopol sell in a median 24 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly similarly at 24 days. Days on market have tightened by 11 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Is Sebastopol a tight or loose property market right now?
#Sebastopol's sales market sits at 5.3 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Very Loose against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.4 months of supply.
Have property prices in Sebastopol gone up or down?
#House prices in Sebastopol moved +50.0% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +50.0%. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
How active is the rental market in Sebastopol?
#Sebastopol's house rental market sits at 0.4 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 59 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 0.4 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Where is Sebastopol in its property market cycle?
#Sebastopol's house market is currently in the 'in_demand_growing' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year tightening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
How it compares
Vs state, vs nearby, vs popularHow does Sebastopol compare to other VIC suburbs?
#Sebastopol's median house price ($367k) is 36% below the VIC median ($573k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 24 days vs 26 days state median. On gross yield, Sebastopol sits at 3.69% vs 2.06% state median.
How does Sebastopol compare to neighbouring suburbs?
#Sebastopol's most-similar nearby market is Wendouree (4.0 km away) with a median house price of $452k — about 23% pricier. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
What's the most popular property type in Sebastopol?
#The most-transacted segment in Sebastopol over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed houses with 54 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 54 sales. The buying-versus-renting section above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
How many properties were sold and leased in Sebastopol last year?
#Sebastopol recorded 54 house sales and 54 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 108 transactions. On the rental side, 59 houses and 59 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
About the area
Population, income, who lives here, schoolsWhat postcode is Sebastopol in?
#Sebastopol is in postcode 3356, in the Ballarat region of VIC. Addresses there are written as Sebastopol, VIC 3356.
What is the population of Sebastopol?
#Sebastopol, VIC 3356 is home to 8,331 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 20, and the average household holds 1.6 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
What is the median household income in Sebastopol?
#The median household in Sebastopol earns $516 per week — roughly $27k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $348/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
What is the unemployment rate in Sebastopol?
#The unemployment rate in Sebastopol is 50.0% (ABS Census 2021). That sits right around the median for Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 50%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Do people own or rent in Sebastopol?
#Sebastopol is mostly owner-occupied: about 100% of households are owner-occupiers and 50% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 50% own outright and 50% are paying off a mortgage.
What schools are near Sebastopol?
#Sebastopol has 57 schools within reach, 4 of them inside the suburb itself — including St James' School, Sebastopol Primary School, Ballarat Christian College. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Is Sebastopol a good place to live?
#Sebastopol, VIC 3356 has a population of 8,331, a median age of 20, a median household income around $516/week, 50% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 57 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
About this data
Methodology and update cadenceWhen was this Sebastopol market data last updated?
#This Sebastopol market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.