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Fairhaven suburb profile

Fairhaven is a small coastal village on Victoria's Surf Coast, centred on the long sweep of Fairhaven Beach and its protecting dunes and coastal heath. The suburb has a relaxed, surf-focused character with a mix of classic beach baches and low-rise renovated homes set among eucalypts and banksias, attracting families and people after a seaside lifestyle rather than a bustling town centre. A local surf lifesaving presence and easy access via the Great Ocean Road make the beach the daily focus, while neighbouring Aireys Inlet and Lorne provide cafes, shops and services within easy reach.

Fairhaven property market performance

Like many smaller suburbs, Fairhaven sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values fell sharply, down 28.9% over the last 12 months.

Over the past three months two houses were recorded as sold, and the median time on market for houses was 88 days over the last 12 months.

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Fairhaven demographics

This small community of 390 people has a median age of 56. The median total household income is $2,023 a week, roughly $105,200 a year.

Family life is dominated by couple households: there are 71 couple families without children (57.7%) and 44 couple families with children (35.8%), while one-parent families number eight (6.5%). Together the two couple-family categories make up 93.5% of reported families, with couples without children forming the largest single group.

Homes in Fairhaven are overwhelmingly owner-occupied: combined, 94.7% are owner-occupied (62.5% owned outright and 32.2% owned with a mortgage), and renters make up 5.3%.

Suburbs near Fairhaven

Some popular suburbs near Fairhaven include:

  • Moggs Creek: Small coastal settlement centred on a creek, beach and coastal reserve.
  • Aireys Inlet: Coastal village around a famous lighthouse and a scenic foreshore.
  • Anglesea: Seaside town with a river mouth, surf beaches and nearby bushland.
  • Lorne: Coastal holiday town with a long beach, cafes and nearby waterfalls.
  • Gherang: Small rural locality of farms, open paddocks and rolling hinterland.
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