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What it costs to live in South Gippsland, VIC

South Gippsland council area, Victoria. About 31,109 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

$298

Lost for every adult in a year. That's 53% of the VIC average.

See pokies losses in South Gippsland

Electricity

$1,748

A year on the default offer in the AusNet Services network area, for 4,000 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,625.

See electricity prices

Crime police recorded

Crimes against the person, 2025–26

South Gippsland975
VIC average1,040

Police recorded 305 of these in South Gippsland. That's 975 for every 100,000 people, or about the VIC average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,145, so it has come down 15%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000VIC per 100,000
2025–263059751,040
2024–253441,1061,067
2023–243771,219998
2022–233571,160974
2021–223411,112968
2020–213481,145987
2019–20275908976
2018–19240802965
2017–18247834951
2016–17248845956

Property and deception offences, 2025–26

South Gippsland2,719
VIC average4,071

Police recorded 851 of these in South Gippsland. That's 2,719 for every 100,000 people, or 67% of the VIC average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 1,784, so it has gone up 52%.

See each year
YearRecordedPer 100,000VIC per 100,000
2025–268512,7194,071
2024–258522,7394,459
2023–247572,4473,612
2022–236632,1553,148
2021–224891,5942,776
2020–215421,7842,929
2019–206422,1213,677
2018–195571,8613,547
2017–184191,4153,625
2016–175871,9994,065

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 South Gippsland

Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.

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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.