Suburb profile

Modella VIC 3816

Modella is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3816. It has 84 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Modella, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Modella

Modella, VIC 3816, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Catani, Iona, Ripplebrook and Longwarry. Its 13 streets hold 84 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Drouin area, which covers part of Modella. At the 2021 Census the area had 19,773 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,452 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 7,313 dwellings, 6,609 were separate houses, 345 semi-detached and 259 flats, with 98 other. Tenure split into 2,580 owned outright, 3,007 owned with a mortgage and 1,481 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Modella

  • 19,773Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $1,452Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,609
  • Townhouses and semis345
  • Flats and apartments259
  • Other98

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,580Owned with a mortgage 3,007Rented 1,481Other 245

Streets in Modella

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.