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13 Orbost Dr, Miners Rest VIC 3352

House

$885,000

Last sold

6 Aug 2025

5

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,159 m²

Land

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What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $885,000 (6 Aug 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 1,159 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Miners Rest (last 5 years) with land size: median $955/m² of land (n=94). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 (GRZ1) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$885,000

6 Aug 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Miners Rest (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $955/m² of land (n=94). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Miners Rest at a glance

3,862

People

$690,000

Median sale

$360/wk

Median rent

2.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 45 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Miners Rest report →

Vs Miners Rest

+28.3%

Median sale

Suburb $690,000

-0.59 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.71%

Suburb median $690,000 from 45 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1

GRZ1

Jurisdiction

Ballarat

Ballarat, VIC

Planning overlays

  • environmentalNot detected

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 128087870

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

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Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

201920222025$560k$830k$885k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$885,0006 Aug 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 May 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 May 2025
  4. Sold$830,0001 June 2022
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 Apr 2022
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 Apr 2022
  7. Sold$560,00019 Feb 2019
  8. Listedprice unknowncompleted9 Jan 2019
  9. Listedprice unknowncompleted9 Jan 2019

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

VIC

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Confidence: medium

Zoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 · GRZ1 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,160 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. This is a screen, not a planning certificate. Zoning and lot facts are a starting point, not proof this lot outperforms the suburb. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $360/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 · GRZ1 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,160 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Knownmedium

    Official parcel about 1,160 m² — land size can look like optionality. No material overlays were returned that would explain a discount. That is not proof the price is fair. Nearby DAs, easements, and flood-layer gaps can still explain a cheap-looking listing — those are not all loaded.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    No DA adapter returned applications for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Miners Rest in one glance

Miners Rest at a glance

3,862

People

$690,000

Median sale

$360/wk

Median rent

2.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 45 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Miners Rest report →

Keep researching

  • Why Miners Rest? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Miners Rest →
  • Other records on Orbost Dr →

Listing material

Listed by Harcourts Ballarat

Huge Home - Huge Block Plus Pool!

If size and quality are important in the search for your next family home, look no further. 13 Orbost Drive Miners Rest is the one.

The moment you walk through the front door, your attention is instantly drawn to the space of this home. 4 bedrooms, 3 living areas, plus study (or 5th bedroom) on a block approx. 1159m2.

Built for a large family, the kitchen is the central hub of the home and features laminate bench tops, an abundance of storage drawers, Omega stainless steel dishwasher and 900mm stainless steel oven and rangehood. Internal access from the double garage including an additional storage room.

Read the full description

Family living area flows beautifully from the front formal pool room, central family room and to the kids very own wing including 4 bedrooms, family bathroom and kids leisure space. The master bedroom is king size with full ensuite, and WIR.

Outdoor living is a true feature of this home, with sliding door opening from the central living zone to a superb alfresco sheltered by the main roofline. This area spills out onto a large alfresco deck. And if that's not enough there is side access for your boat or caravan, large above-ground saltwater pool will have the kids entertained this summer for hours. Fruit trees, inground trampoline, and even room for a family cricket match! Who would know you are 10 minutes to Ballarat's CBD?

Other notable features include triple rating wooden plank flooring, gas central heating, ceiling fans, drying cupboard, 30,000 litre water tank, keyless entry, security system and garden shed and 20 solar panels back to the grid.

Family living at its absolute modern finest. Book your inspection today.

* This information has been prepared to assist solely in the marketing of this property. While all care has been taken to ensure the information provided herein is correct, we do not take responsibility for any inaccuracies. Accordingly, all interested parties should make their own inquiries to verify the information.

Listing description written by Christine Browning, Harcourts Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Fully Fenced
  • Gas Heating
  • Living Areas: 3
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Remote Garage
  • Shed
  • Study
  • Workshop
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