Is Warragul a nice place to live?

Warragul is a West Gippsland regional town with a compact main street of cafes and shops, rail and highway links and nearby Baw Baw Ranges. The community is one where couples without children are the largest family group and most homes are owner-occupied, and at the 2021 Census 19,856 people lived in Warragul. Everyday amenity includes the Warragul Leisure Centre with its 50 metre, eight-lane outdoor pool, the West Gippsland Arts Centre, a steady program of community events and local markets, and the Two Towns Trail for walking and cycling; the town is also linked to the state’s commitment to build a new West Gippsland Hospital at Drouin East.

Is it expensive to live in Warragul?

A typical local household in Warragul earned about $1,563 a week at the last Census. On those figures, renting a house at $580 a week would take roughly 37% of a typical local household's weekly income, while renting a unit at $375 a week would take about 24%. Buying sits further from local incomes: the median house price of $690,000 works out to about 8.5 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes. On the figures, buying a house in Warragul looks more stretched against local incomes than renting does; whether that feels expensive depends on your own income and circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Warragul a good place to invest?

Unit values in Warragul rose 14.6% over the last 12 months, while unit rents fell 8.5%, a strong rise in unit values alongside a notable decline in unit rents. In other words, for units capital growth and rental income moved in opposite directions. Houses followed a different pattern: house values increased 8.2% while house rents edged up 3.6%, so on houses value growth outpaced rental growth. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Warragul suburb profile

Warragul is a regional town in West Gippsland that acts as a service and retail centre for the surrounding dairy and cropping country. The town has a compact main street of cafes, independent shops and civic buildings, with a steady program of community events and local markets that draw people from nearby farms and townships.

Housing ranges from timber weatherboard homes and interwar cottages to newer subdivisions on the town fringe. Warragul sits on the Gippsland rail line and the Princes Highway, and provides ready access to the Baw Baw Ranges and open agricultural land for bushwalking and other outdoor pursuits.

Warragul property market performance

Current median dwelling price$576,750Past 3 months

Property growth+11.4%Past 12 months

Warragul's median house price is $690,000, a solid 8.2% rise over 12 months. There is no reliable median unit price because too few units have sold here recently to publish one. Units sold more quickly, with a 26-day median time on market, compared with houses.

In Warragul, house rents rose modestly by 3.6% over 12 months, while unit rents fell by a notable 8.5%.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$690K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	8.2%	14.6%
Sold Past 3 months	121	8
Median days on market Past 12 months	43	26
Average rent Past 12 months	$580	$375
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.6%	-8.5%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Warragul demographics

Warragul is a community where couples without children are the largest family group and most homes are owner-occupied.

The median age is 40 and median household income is $1,563 a week. At the 2021 Census, 19,856 people lived in Warragul.

Warragul and Victoria

	Suburb	VIC
Median age years	40	38
Median household income weekly	$1,563	$1,759
Couples with children share of families	40.4%	45.5%
Couples without children share of families	42.7%	37.6%
One-parent families share of families	15.7%	15.2%
Homes owned outright share of homes	38.4%	33.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	38.5%	37.3%
Homes rented share of homes	23.1%	29.5%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Warragul infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Warragul is linked to the state’s commitment in 2023 to build a new West Gippsland Hospital on a greenfield site at Drouin East.

The Warragul Leisure Centre redevelopment opened in September 2016 and includes a new 50 metre, eight-lane outdoor pool. The West Gippsland Arts Centre was re-opened following its upgrade in 2018. The Two Towns Trail, an 8 km shared walking and cycling path between Drouin and Warragul, was in active use with trail counters reported in 2021.

Suburbs near Warragul

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How does Warragul compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Warragul’s median house price is 6.2% higher than Drouin’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Warragul have grown 2.6% higher than in Drouin.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Warragul have grown 7.6% higher than in Drouin.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in nearby Drouin are selling 16.3% faster than in Warragul.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Warragul are selling 35.0% faster than in Drouin.

Common questions about Warragul

Is Warragul a nice place to live?
Warragul is a West Gippsland regional town with a compact main street of cafes and shops, rail and highway links and nearby Baw Baw Ranges.

The community is one where couples without children are the largest family group and most homes are owner-occupied, and at the 2021 Census 19,856 people lived in Warragul. Everyday amenity includes the Warragul Leisure Centre with its 50 metre, eight-lane outdoor pool, the West Gippsland Arts Centre, a steady program of community events and local markets, and the Two Towns Trail for walking and cycling; the town is also linked to the state’s commitment to build a new West Gippsland Hospital at Drouin East.
Is it expensive to live in Warragul?
A typical local household in Warragul earned about $1,563 a week at the last Census. On those figures, renting a house at $580 a week would take roughly 37% of a typical local household's weekly income, while renting a unit at $375 a week would take about 24%.

Buying sits further from local incomes: the median house price of $690,000 works out to about 8.5 times a typical local annual household income, which sits well above local incomes. On the figures, buying a house in Warragul looks more stretched against local incomes than renting does; whether that feels expensive depends on your own income and circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Warragul a good place to invest?
Unit values in Warragul rose 14.6% over the last 12 months, while unit rents fell 8.5%, a strong rise in unit values alongside a notable decline in unit rents. In other words, for units capital growth and rental income moved in opposite directions.

Houses followed a different pattern: house values increased 8.2% while house rents edged up 3.6%, so on houses value growth outpaced rental growth.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Warragul

Currently, there are 115 real estate agents working in Warragul—but not all agents deliver the same results. The right agent could make a huge difference to your final sale price.

Only 5 out of these 115 agents sold 30.5% of all properties in Warragul over the past year. Choosing one of these top-performing agents means tapping into proven expertise for a better sale outcome.

Real estate agents in Warragul typically charge a commission of 2.11% to 3.13%. Negotiating a fair commission rate and the right structure can motivate your agent to work even harder, helping you sell for more and potentially saving you thousands of dollars.