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Population
Mirboo North is positioned among the lower quartile of areas assessed nationally for population growth based on AreaSearch's assessment of recent, and medium term trends
The population of Mirboo North is estimated at around 2,214 as of May 2026. This reflects a decrease from the 2021 Census figure of 2,263 people, representing a drop of 49 individuals (2.2%). AreaSearch's estimate of the resident population in June 2025 was 2,202, with an additional 12 validated new addresses since the Census date contributing to this change. The current population density is around 23 persons per square kilometer. Interstate migration accounted for approximately 66.0% of overall population gains in recent periods.
AreaSearch uses ABS/Geoscience Australia projections released in 2024, with a base year of 2022 for each SA2 area. For areas not covered by this data, AreaSearch utilises the VIC State Government's Regional/LGA projections from 2023, adjusted using weighted aggregation methods to SA2 levels. Growth rates by age group are applied across all areas for years 2032 to 2041. According to these projections, Mirboo North's population is expected to decline by 218 persons by 2041. However, the 85 and over age group is projected to increase by 28 people during this period.
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Development
AreaSearch assessment of residential development drivers sees a low level of activity in Mirboo North, placing the area among the bottom 25% of areas assessed nationally
Mirboo North saw approximately 11 new homes approved annually based on AreaSearch analysis of ABS building approval numbers. Around 55 homes were approved between FY21 and FY25, with 4 more approved in FY26 so far. On average, 0.3 people moved to the area per dwelling built over these years.
This suggests that new supply is meeting or exceeding demand, providing ample buyer choice and room for population growth beyond current forecasts. The average construction value of new properties was $544,000, indicating a focus on premium market developments. In FY26, $1.9 million in commercial approvals have been registered, reflecting the area's residential nature. Compared to Rest of Vic., Mirboo North has 57.0% fewer construction approvals per person.
This limited new supply generally supports stronger demand and values for established homes. All new constructions since FY21 have been standalone homes, maintaining Mirboo North's traditional low density character with a focus on family homes. With around 324 people per dwelling approval, Mirboo North exhibits characteristics of a low density area. Given stable or declining population projections, housing demand pressures in Mirboo North are expected to remain reduced, benefiting potential buyers.
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Development applications around Mirboo North
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Infrastructure
Mirboo North has strong levels of nearby infrastructure activity, ranking in the top 40% nationally
No changes can significantly affect a region's performance like alterations to its local infrastructure, major undertakings, and planning initiatives. AreaSearch has pinpointed 0 projects that are expected to impact the area. Notable projects include Delburn Wind Farm, Marinus Link, Gippsland Line Upgrade, and Maryvale Energy from Waste Facility, with the following list highlighting those most pertinent.
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Marinus Link
Marinus Link is a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity and fibre-optic interconnector linking Heybridge in north-west Tasmania with Hazelwood in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. The total project is planned at 1,500 MW capacity, delivered in two 750 MW stages. Stage 1 comprises 255 km of subsea cable across Bass Strait, a shore crossing at Waratah Bay, a communications station at Sandy Point, 90 km of underground land cable through south Gippsland, and converter stations at each end. Final Investment Decision was reached on 1 August 2025 with federal environmental approval granted on 3 August 2025. In December 2025, Marinus Link Pty Ltd awarded the final major Stage 1 contract, valued at approximately 994 million dollars, to TasVic Greenlink (a joint venture of DT Infrastructure and Samsung C and T Corporation) to build the converter stations and undertake the 90 km of land cable civils across Gippsland. Hitachi Energy is supplying the HVDC voltage source converter stations and Prysmian is supplying the cables. In February 2026, the Australian Energy Regulator approved approximately 3.47 billion dollars in Stage 1 capital expenditure, clearing the path for full construction. Preparatory works on the Waratah Bay and Heybridge shore crossings are commencing in early 2026, with commercial operation targeted for 2030. A separate business case for Stage 2 (a further 750 MW) will be considered by governments during 2026.
Victorian Desalination Plant Expansion
Proposed expansion of the existing Victorian Desalination Plant at Wonthaggi (Dalyston) to increase production capacity from 150 GL to 200 GL per year, leveraging the facility's built-in design headroom. The Victorian Water Security Plan released in September 2025 identified expanded desalination as a key long-term measure alongside purified recycled water and stormwater harvesting. Infrastructure Victoria's 2025-2055 strategy recommends the State Government complete a detailed business case for this expansion to help meet water demand until 2035. Urgency has increased following Melbourne storage levels falling to a six-year low in April 2026, prompting a record 150 GL order for 2026-27. Government modelling projects Victoria will require an additional 95 GL per year above the plant's current full capacity by 2030. A second desalination plant west of Melbourne is also under parallel consideration. The existing plant is operated by AquaSure (Ventia/Suez) under a 30-year PPP contract.
Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy
Comprehensive NSW state planning reforms designed to increase housing density in well-located areas. The policy mandates mid-rise apartment buildings (3-6 storeys) and low-rise multi-dwelling housing (terraces, townhouses, and dual occupancies) within 800m of 171 high-frequency transport hubs and town centres. As of May 2026, the policy is fully operational following the phased rollout of dual occupancy provisions in July 2024 and mid-rise apartment provisions in early 2025. Recent updates include refined floor space ratios (FSR) and non-refusal standards to streamline local council assessments.
Star of the South Offshore Wind Farm
Star of the South is a proposed offshore wind farm in Bass Strait off Gippsland, Victoria. The project has a feasibility licence area of about 586 square kilometres and proposes up to 2.2 GW of offshore wind capacity, enough to power around 1.2 million homes. It would connect to the grid through underground cables landing near Reeves Beach and transmission infrastructure toward the Latrobe Valley. As of the latest official updates, the project has lodged its Commonwealth EIS and Victorian EES for government adequacy review, with public review expected around mid 2026. It still requires environmental and planning approvals, a Victorian offshore wind auction outcome, a commercial licence and final investment decision before construction can proceed.
Victorian Renewable Energy Zones
The Victorian Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) represent a strategic 15-year roadmap to upgrade the state electricity grid as it transitions from coal to renewable energy. Managed by VicGrid, the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan identifies six onshore zones (Central Highlands, Central North, Gippsland, North-West, South-West, and Western/Grampians) and a Gippsland Shoreline zone for offshore wind. The plan coordinates the connection of approximately 25GW of new solar, wind, and storage capacity by 2035, requiring nearly 800km of transmission upgrades. As of early 2026, VicGrid is finalizing the declaration of these zones following extensive community consultation on draft REZ orders, which closed in March 2026.
Delburn Wind Farm
Australia's first forest-based wind farm with 33 turbines generating 205MW of renewable energy within an existing pine plantation. Will produce approximately 640,000 MWh annually, powering up to 135,000 homes and offsetting around 590,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Features innovative AI-based bushfire detection technology. Located south of the Latrobe Valley overlooking the former Hazelwood Mine site.
Gippsland Line Upgrade
The Gippsland Line Upgrade, now complete as of mid-2025, has delivered more frequent and reliable train services to the growing communities of Gippsland. Key features include station upgrades at Bunyip, Longwarry, Morwell, and Traralgon (including new second platforms and accessibility improvements), a new bridge over the Avon River at Stratford, new signalling and train control systems, track duplication, and the extension of VLocity trains to Bairnsdale. From September 2025, over 80 additional weekly services were introduced, enabling trains approximately every 40 minutes between Melbourne and Traralgon for much of the day, 7 days a week. The project created over 500 jobs during construction.
Bulk Water Supply Security
Nationwide program led by the National Water Grid Authority to improve bulk water security and reliability for non-potable and productive uses. Activities include strategic planning, science and business cases, and funding of state and territory projects such as storages, pipelines, dam upgrades, recycled water and efficiency upgrades to build drought resilience and support regional communities, industry and the environment.
Employment
AreaSearch analysis indicates Mirboo North maintains employment conditions that align with national benchmarks
Mirboo North has a skilled workforce with well-represented essential services sectors. The unemployment rate was 3.8% in the past year, with an estimated employment growth of 3.9%. As of December 2025, 1,023 residents were employed, and the unemployment rate aligned with Regional Vic.'s rate of 3.7%.
Workforce participation was 58.0%, below Regional Vic.'s 61.0%. Approximately 20.1% of residents worked from home, considering Covid-19 lockdown impacts. Dominant employment sectors included health care & social assistance, education & training, and construction, with a notable concentration in education & training at 1.4 times the regional average. Retail trade employed only 6.7% of local workers, below Regional Vic.'s 9.9%.
The area appeared to offer limited local employment opportunities based on Census data comparison between working population and resident population. Over a 12-month period ending in December 2025, employment increased by 3.9%, labour force increased by 3.6%, reducing the unemployment rate by 0.2 percentage points. In contrast, Regional Vic. experienced an employment decline of 0.6% and labour force decline of 0.7%, with a 0.1 percentage point decrease in unemployment. Jobs and Skills Australia's national employment forecasts from May-25 projected national employment growth of 6.6% over five years and 13.7% over ten years, with varying growth rates between industry sectors. Applying these projections to Mirboo North's employment mix suggested local employment should increase by 6.3% over five years and 13.3% over ten years, using a simple weighting extrapolation for illustrative purposes and not accounting for localized population projections.
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Income
The area's income levels rank in the lower 15% nationally based on AreaSearch comparative data
The median taxpayer income in Mirboo North is $42,592, with an average of $53,178, according to the latest postcode level ATO data aggregated by AreaSearch for the financial year 2023. This is lower than the national average of $50,954 (median) and $62,728 (average) in Regional Vic. Based on a Wage Price Index growth of 9.62% since the financial year 2023, estimated incomes as of March 2026 would be approximately $46,689 (median) and $58,294 (average) in Mirboo North. Census data from 2021 shows that household, family, and personal incomes in Mirboo North all fall between the 15th and 15th percentiles nationally. Income analysis reveals that 28.0% of individuals in Mirboo North earn between $1,500 and $2,999, which is similar to the broader area where 30.3% occupy this income range. Despite modest housing costs allowing for 87.4% income retention, total disposable income ranks at just the 19th percentile nationally.
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Housing
Mirboo North is characterized by a predominantly suburban housing profile, with above-average rates of outright home ownership
The dwelling structure in Mirboo North, as per the latest Census, consisted of 95.2% houses and 4.8% other dwellings (semi-detached, apartments, 'other' dwellings), compared to Regional Vic.'s 90.1% houses and 9.9% other dwellings. The home ownership level in Mirboo North was 48.9%, with the rest being mortgaged (38.0%) or rented (13.2%). The median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,367, lower than Regional Vic.'s average of $1,430. The median weekly rent in Mirboo North was $255, compared to Regional Vic.'s $285. Nationally, Mirboo North's mortgage repayments were significantly lower than the Australian average of $1,863, and rents were substantially below the national figure of $375.
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Household Composition
Mirboo North features high concentrations of lone person households, with a fairly typical median household size
Family households constitute 68.9% of all households, including 26.1% couples with children, 32.2% couples without children, and 9.8% single parent families. Non-family households comprise the remaining 31.1%, with lone person households at 29.9% and group households making up 1.0%. The median household size is 2.4 people, which aligns with the Regional Vic. average.
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Local Schools & Education
Educational attainment in Mirboo North aligns closely with national averages, showing typical qualification patterns and performance metrics
The area's university qualification rate is 21.0%, significantly lower than Victoria's average of 33.4%. Bachelor degrees are the most common at 14.7%, followed by postgraduate qualifications (3.2%) and graduate diplomas (3.1%). Vocational credentials are prominent, with 41.4% of residents aged 15+ holding them, including advanced diplomas (10.7%) and certificates (30.7%). Educational participation is high, with 29.7% of residents currently enrolled in formal education.
This includes 12.5% in primary education, 9.6% in secondary education, and 2.9% pursuing tertiary education.
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Nearby Services & Amenities
Transport
Transport servicing is low compared to other areas nationally based on assessment of service frequency, route connectivity and accessibility
Mirboo North has two active public transport stops. These are served by one route in total, offering 25 weekly passenger trips combined. The area's transport accessibility is considered limited, with residents typically living 694 meters from the nearest stop. In this predominantly residential zone, most people commute outwards using cars as the primary mode of transport at 94%, while 4% walk. On average, there are 1.7 vehicles per dwelling, higher than the regional norm. According to the 2021 Census, 20.1% of residents work from home, which may be influenced by COVID-19 conditions.
The service frequency averages three trips per day across all routes, equating to about twelve weekly trips per individual stop.
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Health
Health performance in Mirboo North is lower than average with common health conditions somewhat prevalent across the board, though to a slightly higher degree among older age cohorts
Mirboo North faces significant health challenges, as assessed by AreaSearch's evaluation of mortality rates and chronic condition prevalence. Common health conditions are somewhat prevalent across all age groups but more so among older cohorts. Private health cover is very low at approximately 48% (1,061 people), compared to Regional Vic.'s 50.5% and the national average of 55.7%.
The most common medical conditions are arthritis (11.3%) and mental health issues (8.5%), with 61.5% claiming no medical ailments, compared to 63.4% in Regional Vic.. Working-age residents have a higher prevalence of chronic health conditions than average. Mirboo North has 26.0% of residents aged 65 and over (575 people), higher than Regional Vic.'s 23.9%. Health outcomes among seniors present challenges, ranking lower nationally compared to the broader population.
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Cultural Diversity
Mirboo North is considerably less culturally diverse than average when assessed alongside AreaSearch's national rankings for language and cultural background related metrics
Mirboo North, surveyed in 2016, had low cultural diversity: 86.6% were Australian-born, 90.5% were citizens, and 96.0% spoke English only at home. Christianity dominated, with 40.8%. Judaism was overrepresented at 0.3%, compared to regional Victoria's 0.1%.
Top ancestral groups were English (34.1%), Australian (30.9%), and Scottish (9.0%). Notable divergences existed for Dutch (2.9% vs regional 1.7%), Hungarian (0.5% vs 0.2%), and Welsh (0.6% vs 0.4%).
Frequently Asked Questions - Diversity
Age
Mirboo North hosts an older demographic, ranking in the top quartile nationwide
Mirboo North's median age is 48 years, which is older than Regional Vic.'s median age of 43 and significantly higher than the Australian median of 38. The age profile shows that the 55-64 age group is particularly prominent at 14.8%, while the 25-34 age group is smaller at 7.7% compared to Regional Vic.. According to post-2021 Census data, the 15-24 age group has grown from 9.1% to 11.1%. Conversely, the 5-14 age group has declined from 13.8% to 12.4%, and the 65-74 age group has dropped from 15.2% to 14.1%. Demographic modeling suggests that Mirboo North's age profile will change significantly by 2041. The 85+ age cohort is projected to grow steadily, increasing by 34 people (48%) from 73 to 108. Senior residents aged 65 and above will drive 80% of population growth, indicating demographic aging trends. Meanwhile, both the 0-4 and 45-54 age groups are expected to decrease in numbers.