Suburb profile

Poowong VIC 3988

Poowong is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3988. It has 607 properties across 40 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Poowong, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Poowong

Poowong, VIC 3988, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Loch, Korumburra, Nyora and Poowong East. Its 40 streets hold 607 properties, 605 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the Korumburra area. It had 9,842 residents, a median age of 46 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,384 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,499 a month and the median rent $280 a week. Of 3,675 dwellings, 3,487 were separate houses, 159 semi-detached, 3 flats and 23 other; 1,551 were owned outright, 1,472 owned with a mortgage and 517 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Poowong

  • 9,842Peoplelive in the area
  • 46Median ageyears
  • $1,384Median household incomea week
  • $280Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,487
  • Townhouses and semis159
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other23

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,499a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,551Owned with a mortgage 1,472Rented 517Other 135

Schools in Poowong

  • Poowong Consolidated School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Poowong

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

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