Pioneer Bay suburb profile
Pioneer Bay is a small coastal community on Victoria’s south-eastern coast that offers a quiet seaside lifestyle centred on a sandy shoreline and native coastal vegetation. The area features a mix of low-density permanent homes and holiday houses, from modest weatherboard cottages to more contemporary beach dwellings, often on generous blocks. With limited shops and services within the suburb, residents use nearby coastal towns for shopping, schools and medical care. Outdoor life is a constant draw, with beach walks, fishing and birdwatching common pastimes, and simple road connections to larger centres along the coast.
Pioneer Bay property market performance
Pioneer Bay has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values fell a solid 8.1% over the last 12 months.
Four houses sold over the last 3 months, and the median days on market for houses over the last 12 months was 54.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | -8.1% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 4 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 54 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Pioneer Bay demographics
Pioneer Bay is a small community of 365 people with a median age of 41. The typical household earns $961 a week, roughly $50,000 a year.
Families are largely made up of couples: couple families without children are the largest group at 40.2%, while couple families with children account for 31.4%. One-parent families make up 23.5% of families, and other families 4.9%. Together, couples with and without children represent about seven in ten families.
In Pioneer Bay, owner-occupation is common: 30.5% of homes are owned outright and 48.8% are owned with a mortgage, giving a combined owner-occupied share of 79.3%, while 20.7% of dwellings are rented.
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