Median priceⓘLast 12 months
525kk
↑ +5.0% YoY
Most of Venus Bay's activity is house sales, with 72 sales at around $525K (up), taking about 122 days to sell (down a lot from 202 days last year), one of the country's least in-demand house markets, just over half of homes are 3-bedroom.
House rentals make up a much smaller share, with 29 leases at $425 a week (up), renting out in about 31 days (up from 27 days last year), one of the country's least in-demand house rental markets, with 3-bedroom dominating at around two-thirds.
Who lives hereA low-income, mostly owner-occupied, retirement-age suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
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.
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
16% report Irish ancestry, but only 0.4% were born in Ireland — the gap is the Australian-born and diaspora Irish community, invisible in birthplace alone.
A predominantly Australian-born community.
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.
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.
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household earns about 1.7× 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.
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
No school inside Venus Bay itself — the closest options around it are shown. 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.
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.
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Venus Bay — choose a property type and size below.
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
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.
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.
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Venus Bay in blue, peers in colour.
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.
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Every market within reach of Venus Bay, ranked by distance — each compared against this suburb's Houses · Total segment so divergence reads at a glance.
VIC markets whose Houses · Total segment behaves most like Venus Bay's on the buy side — ranked by a like-for-like blend of price, yield, days on market, ownership cost and cycle phase.
Comparable sales markets to Venus Bay include Foster (VIC 3960), Kalimna (VIC 3909), Leongatha (VIC 3953), Halls Gap (VIC 3381), Sunset Strip (VIC 3922), Mirboo North (VIC 3871), Korumburra (VIC 3950) and Mount Beauty (VIC 3699). Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
21 data-driven answers about Venus Bay's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
The median house price in Venus Bay, VIC 3956 is $525k as of June 2026, based on 72 sales recorded over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +5.0% 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.
The median weekly house rent in Venus Bay is $425 as of June 2026, drawn from 29 leases over the past 12 months. House rents have moved +6.3% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
Gross rental yield in Venus Bay is 4.20% for houses as of June 2026, compared with the VIC unit median of 5.12%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
As of June 2026, Venus Bay medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $451k | $536k | $631k | $525k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
Venus Bay's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +5.0% year-on-year; weekly house rents moved +6.3%; homes now sell in a median 122 days — faster than a year ago by 80; sales supply sits at 13.7 months (saturated). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Venus Bay market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
As of June 2026 in Venus Bay, house prices rose +5.0% over the year, gross rental yield is 4.20% against a VIC median of 3.84%, houses take a median 122 days to sell, sales supply is 13.7 months (saturated). 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.
Houses in Venus Bay sell in a median 122 days on market as of June 2026. Days on market have tightened by 80 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Venus Bay's sales market sits at 13.7 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Saturated (extreme oversupply) 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 1.2 months of supply.
House prices in Venus Bay moved +5.0% over the 12 months to June 2026. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
Venus Bay's house rental market sits at 1.2 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Very Tight, with 29 houses leased over the past 12 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Venus Bay's house market is currently in the 'softer_firming' phase as of June 2026 — combining low sales velocity (bottom quartile 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.
Venus Bay's median house price ($525k) is 32% below the VIC median ($773k) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 122 days vs 29 days state median. On gross yield, Venus Bay sits at 4.20% vs 3.84% state median.
Venus Bay's most-similar nearby market is Foster (36.0 km away) with a median house price of $525k — about priced similarly. 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.
The most-transacted segment in Venus Bay over the 12 months to June 2026 is 3 bed houses with 39 sales. 2 bed houses come second at 23 sales. The 'Most popular' panel above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
Venus Bay recorded 72 house sales and 0 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 72 transactions. On the rental side, 29 houses and 0 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
Venus Bay, VIC 3956 is home to 904 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 58, and the average household holds 1.8 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
The median household in Venus Bay earns $922 per week — roughly $48k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $530/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
Venus Bay is mostly owner-occupied: about 84% of households are owner-occupiers and 15% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 54% own outright and 29% are paying off a mortgage.
Venus Bay has 9 schools within reach — including Tarwin Lower Primary School, Inverloch Primary School, Bass Coast Specialist School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Venus Bay, VIC 3956 has a population of 904, a median age of 58, a median household income around $922/week, 15% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 9 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.
This Venus Bay market data was last updated 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.
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