Suburb profile

Jack River VIC 3971

Jack River is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3971. It has 82 properties across 19 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Jack River, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Jack River

Jack River, VIC 3971, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Alberton West, Hedley, Madalya and Staceys Bridge. Its 19 streets hold 82 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Yarram area. It had 5,605 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,012 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month and the median rent $240 a week. Of 2,321 dwellings, 2,134 were separate houses, 98 semi-detached, 49 flats and 38 other; 1,214 were owned outright, 630 owned with a mortgage and 354 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Jack River

  • 5,605Peoplelive in the area
  • 53Median ageyears
  • $1,012Median household incomea week
  • $240Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,134
  • Townhouses and semis98
  • Flats and apartments49
  • Other38

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,192a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,214Owned with a mortgage 630Rented 354Other 123

Streets in Jack River

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.