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3688 · Indigo · 987 residents
Barnawartha is a small town in north-east Victoria, Australia, located along the Hume Highway approximately 299 kilometres from Melbourne. It lies on the banks of Indigo Creek, a tributary of the Murray River. Barnawartha earns a AusScore of 55 (C) — solid overall liveability. Its standout strength is very good public transport. 4 school zones fall within its boundaries.
Everyday amenities that lift the score
Recorded crime that lowers the score
Safety-weighted, so a very safe suburb with modest amenity outranks a high-amenity suburb with severe crime. Full methodology
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result. With only 987 residents here, a handful of incidents still moves the rate a lot — read these with that in mind.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — eased from 26 to 20 per 1,000 residents in Barnawartha (down from a 26 peak in 2016). That keeps it 29% below the typical Victorian suburb — a reassuring sign for anyone living here. The picture is mixed across the three measures.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Indigo and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Indigo with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Indigo council has fallen from 3.0 to 2.4 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 0.5 in 2017. Since that low it has climbed about 354% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
1 public transport linereachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Chiltern Station · 14 km away
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.
Everyday amenities near the suburb centre, from the Vicmap government registers — these feed the parks, retail and family parts of the AusScore.