Ararat (VIC 3377): property prices & suburb profile
Ararat LGA · Latest published data October 2025 · Page updated August 2026 · Public government records
Ararat property prices
The typical Ararat house sold for around $395,000 in the year to 2025-Q4, +90.0% over 10 years and +76.7% over 5 years.
Change in medians published by the Victorian Valuer-General · rolling year to 2025-Q4 for recent horizons, yearly medians to 2024 further back
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| Period | Houses (yearly + recent quarters) | Units (yearly + recent quarters) |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $180,000 | $168,500 |
| 2014 | $200,000 | $185,000 |
| 2015 | $210,000 | $170,000 |
| 2016 | $204,500 | $162,000 |
| 2017 | $199,000 | $120,000 |
| 2018 | $199,000 | $209,000 |
| 2019 | $215,000 | $207,000 |
| 2020 | $244,000 | $207,500 |
| 2021 | $315,000 | $238,500 |
| 2022 | $380,000 | $248,500 |
| 2023 | $375,000 | $315,000 |
| 2024 | $380,000 | $302,500 |
| Apr 2024 | $375,000 | $300,000 |
| July 2024 | $390,000 | |
| Oct 2024 | $395,000 | |
| 2025 | $376,000 | |
| Apr 2025 | $341,000 | $270,000 |
| July 2025 | $410,000 | $185,000 |
| Oct 2025 | $430,500 | $310,000 |
- Medians are published by the Victorian Valuer-General per suburb; we do not have individual sale records for this state, so there is no street-level breakdown on this page (our New South Wales pages have one).
- The headline figure is a sales-weighted average of the last four quarterly medians, not a median of individual sales, because one quiet quarter in a single suburb can move a quarterly median by more than the market did. The chart below plots each quarter as published.
- The Victorian Valuer-General yearly file currently ends at 2024; newer points on the chart and the short-horizon changes come from the quarterly file.
- Change over time reflects what sold in each period, not the value of any one home: a run of large or small homes moves it.
- Periods with fewer than 5 recorded sales are excluded.
Ararat medians by quarter
The most recent quarter on record for Ararat is 2025-Q4.
| 2025-Q4 | Unit | $310k | 8 |
| 2025-Q4 | House | $431k | 60 |
| 2025-Q3 | Unit | $185k | 9 |
| 2025-Q3 | House | $410k | 51 |
| 2025-Q2 | Unit | $270k | 9 |
| 2025-Q2 | House | $341k | 41 |
| 2025-Q1 | House | $376k | 35 |
| 2024-Q4 | House | $395k | 54 |
| 2024-Q3 | House | $390k | — |
| 2024-Q2 | Unit | $300k | — |
| 2024-Q2 | House | $375k | — |
| 2024-Q1 | Unit | $321k | — |
- Sale counts are shown so you can judge how solid each median is.
Who lives in Ararat
Ararat has a median age of 45 and a median household income of $1,216 a week.
- Figures labelled Ararat are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Ararat" and postcode 3377 both extend beyond Ararat.
- SEIFA decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australian areas on that index and 10 the highest. The four indices measure different things and often disagree, which is why all four are shown: a suburb can rank high on education and occupation while ranking mid on economic resources.
Schools in Ararat
The 6 schools in Ararat sit at the 37th percentile nationally on ACARA's socio-educational index.
| Ararat North Primary School | Government | Primary | 862 |
| Ararat Primary School | Government | Primary | 971 |
| Ararat Secondary College | Government | Secondary | 940 |
| Ararat West Primary School | Government | Primary | 984 |
| Marian College | Catholic | Secondary | 1,017 |
| St Mary's School | Catholic | Primary | 1,038 |
- ICSEA is ACARA's socio-educational index (average 1000). It describes the family backgrounds of the students enrolled, NOT how well a school teaches: a lower ICSEA means a less advantaged intake, not a worse school.
- Percentiles are ACARA's own national ranking, so the Australia bar is a published figure rather than our arithmetic. Each area shows the median of the mainstream schools sitting inside it; special schools are listed in the table but excluded from the medians.
- Public school intake zones are not published in our dataset for this state, so confirm catchments with the school.
Suburbs near Ararat
Ararat's typical house price of $395,000 is the 111th highest of the 117 Regional Victoria suburbs we cover.
Alexandra 3714
$556,000 typical house price
Alfredton 3350
$622,000 typical house price
Bairnsdale 3875
$463,000 typical house price
Ballarat Central 3350
$668,000 typical house price
Ballarat East 3350
$532,000 typical house price
Ballarat North 3350
$555,000 typical house price
Baranduda 3691
$656,000 typical house price
Beechworth 3747
$796,000 typical house price
Ararat: common questions
- How much does a house cost in Ararat?
- About $395,000 across the 12 months to 2025-Q4, from 187 recorded sales. That is a sales-weighted average of the four quarterly medians published by the Victorian Valuer-General: a single quarter in one suburb can swing on a handful of sales.
- Have Ararat prices gone up?
- Prices have risen 90.0% over 10 years and moved +76.7% over 5 years, comparing the latest rolling year with the same window a decade earlier. These movements reflect the mix of homes sold, not the change in value of a specific property.
- What do units cost in Ararat?
- The typical unit price was around $253,000 across the 12 months to 2025-Q4: a sales-weighted average of the quarterly unit medians, from 26 sales.
- Can I see Ararat prices street by street?
- Not yet. VIC publishes suburb-level medians rather than individual sale records, so street-level medians are only available on our New South Wales pages.
- Which schools are in Ararat?
- Ararat has 6 ACARA-registered schools: Ararat North Primary School, Ararat Primary School, Ararat Secondary College, Ararat West Primary School, Marian College, St Mary's School.
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This page summarises public government datasets for general information. It is not financial, legal or property advice, figures can contain source errors, and postcode or SA2 statistics cover a wider area than the suburb itself. Flood and bushfire overlays are not yet loaded for VIC pages, so the absence of a risk section is a data gap, not an all-clear: always check the vendor statement and planning certificate. Verify anything material independently before acting on it.