What it costs to live in Ararat, VIC
Ararat council area, Victoria. About 11,732 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of Victoria.
Rent
Victoria doesn't publish new-lease rents by council in a form we can use yet.
Pokies losses
$682
Lost for every adult in a year. That's 1.2 times the VIC average.
See pokies losses in AraratElectricity
$1,633
A year on the default offer in the Powercor network area, for 4,000 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,518.
See electricity pricesCrime police recorded
Crimes against the person, 2025–26
Police recorded 240 of these in Ararat. That's 2,030 for every 100,000 people, or 2.0 times the VIC average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,835, so it has gone up 11%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | VIC per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 240 | 2,030 | 1,040 |
| 2024–25 | 261 | 2,225 | 1,067 |
| 2023–24 | 215 | 1,849 | 998 |
| 2022–23 | 165 | 1,418 | 974 |
| 2021–22 | 216 | 1,843 | 968 |
| 2020–21 | 217 | 1,835 | 987 |
| 2019–20 | 221 | 1,854 | 976 |
| 2018–19 | 218 | 1,842 | 965 |
| 2017–18 | 215 | 1,821 | 951 |
| 2016–17 | 195 | 1,653 | 956 |
Property and deception offences, 2025–26
Police recorded 537 of these in Ararat. That's 4,543 for every 100,000 people, or 1.1 times the VIC average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 3,441, so it has gone up 32%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | VIC per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 537 | 4,543 | 4,071 |
| 2024–25 | 583 | 4,969 | 4,459 |
| 2023–24 | 538 | 4,628 | 3,612 |
| 2022–23 | 390 | 3,351 | 3,148 |
| 2021–22 | 311 | 2,654 | 2,776 |
| 2020–21 | 407 | 3,441 | 2,929 |
| 2019–20 | 424 | 3,558 | 3,677 |
| 2018–19 | 350 | 2,957 | 3,547 |
| 2017–18 | 344 | 2,914 | 3,625 |
| 2016–17 | 377 | 3,196 | 4,065 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state. Victoria rounds very small numbers of homicide and sexual offences.
Suburbs in Ararat
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Ararat
- Armstrong
- Ballyrogan
- Bayindeen
- Black Range (part)
- Bornes Hill
- Buangor
- Cathcart
- Chatsworth (part)
- Crowlands (part)
- Denicull Creek
- Dobie
- Dunkeld (part)
- Dunneworthy
- Elmhurst (part)
- Eversley
- Glenlogie (part)
- Glenthompson (part)
- Great Western (part)
- Lake Bolac
- Langi Logan
- Mafeking
- Maroona
- Middle Creek (part)
- Mininera
- Mount Cole
- Mount Cole Creek
- Moyston
- Narrapumelap South
- Nerrin Nerrin (part)
- Norval
- Pomonal
- Pura Pura (part)
- Rhymney
- Rocky Point
- Rossbridge
- Stavely
- Streatham (part)
- Tatyoon
- Warrak
- Westmere
- Wickliffe
- Willaura
- Willaura North
- Woorndoo (part)
- Yalla-Y-Poora
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Ararat with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, Crime Statistics Agency, CC BY 4.0. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Electricity: Victorian Default Offer 2026–27: Essential Services Commission, CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right.