Free market report · Data to July 2026
Central Highlands property market
Central Highlands is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Peak
The Central Highlands house market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-6% to +18%
Modelled 12-month price range
+0.3%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Central Highlands for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Central Highlands on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Central Highlands.
Population · ABS estimates
2,603
People (2025)
+1.0%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
50
Median age
$1,013
Median household income per week
74% own or are paying off their home, 16% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
4 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are roughly steady year to year.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
1,147
Employed residents
4.6%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
47 more residents are in work than five years ago (+4.3%). Steady jobs growth, in line with a healthy regional economy.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$4m
All sectors, FY26
$2m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $371k | $2m |
| FY25 | $300k | $7m |
| FY26 | $2m | $4m |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Central Highlands.
All 46 suburbs and localities in Central Highlands
Apsley · Arthurs Lake · Bothwell · Bradys Lake · Brandum · Breona · Bronte Park · Butlers Gorge · Central Plateau · Cramps Bay · Dee · Derwent Bridge · Doctors Point · Ellendale · Fentonbury · Flintstone · Gretna · Hamilton · Hermitage · Hollow Tree · Interlaken · Lake Sorell · Lake St Clair · Liawenee · Little Pine Lagoon · London Lakes · Lower Marshes · Meadowbank · Miena · Millers Bluff · Morass Bay · Mount Field · Osterley · Ouse · Pelham · Reynolds Neck · Shannon · Steppes · Strickland · Tarraleah · Tods Corner · Victoria Valley · Waddamana · Walls Of Jerusalem · Wayatinah · Wilburville
Free · Pulled together by hand
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This page is the public data. The full report is the licensed feed: 10 years of prices, rents and vacancy over time, days on market, demand, and the supply pipeline, for Central Highlands or any suburb in it. Same data we run for clients. I pull it and email it through, usually within a business day. No charge, and no 14-part email sequence after it.
General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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