Taggerty, VIC

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

45/100

Suburb Score

Around the national middle

Taggerty is more socio-economically advantaged than about 45% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 978, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Taggerty at a glance

Population (2021): 405
Median age: 52
Median weekly household income: $1,220
SEIFA score: 978
Coordinates: -37.3491, 145.7260

Taggerty demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Taggerty using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 31%, 8% of homes are rented, and 13% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	55	13%
Youth (15–24)	42	10%
Young adults (25–44)	72	18%
Mid-life (45–64)	115	28%
Seniors (65+)	126	31%

Share of the 410 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	84	55%
Owned with a mortgage	50	32%
Rented	13	8%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	148	97%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 153 occupied private dwellings in Taggerty.

Median weekly rent: $250
Median monthly mortgage: $1,126
Average household size: 2.4 people
Median weekly family income: $1,541
Median weekly personal income: $579

Community and culture

Born overseas: 48 (13%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 15 (4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 3 (1%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 160 (48%)
Labour-force participation: 52.8%
Unemployment rate: 2.1%
Employed full-time: 79
Employed part-time: 76

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Common questions about Taggerty

Where is Taggerty?

Taggerty is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.

What is the population of Taggerty?

At the 2021 Census, Taggerty had a population of about 405.

Is Taggerty an advantaged area?

Taggerty has an ABS SEIFA score of 978, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 45 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 45% of Australian suburbs.