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<\/p>\nThe size of Moggs Creek is approximately 4.1 square kilometres with the population of Moggs Creek being 354 in 2011 and by the 2016 Census the population was 78 showing a population decline of 78.0% in the area during that time.<\/p>\n
Although the data indicates a median house price of $875,000 there has not been a recorded sale in Moggs Creek under $1,300,000 during 2020 with the highest recorded sale being $1,700,000.<\/p>\n
Moggs is a coastal hamlet on the Great Ocean Road between Aireys Inlet and Lorne.<\/p>\n
The origin of the name Moggs is uncertain, the creek having also been known as the McLaren and Bell Bird in the past.<\/p>\n
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Local belief is that Moggs derives from a family of graziers near St Arnaud, who used to bring cattle to graze in the area.<\/p>\n
The construction of the Great Ocean Road in the 1920s<\/p>\n
paved the way for further development, but it was only after World War II that land in the area was subdivided and sold for housing.<\/p>\n
The predominant age group in Moggs Creek is 50-59 years with households in Moggs Creek being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying $800 \u2013 $999 per month on mortgage repayments, and in general, people in Moggs Creek work in a professional occupation.<\/p>\n
In 2011, 85.8% of the homes in Moggs Creek were owner-occupied compared with 81% in 2016.<\/p>\n
TIDBIT: In 1959, a group of Moggs Creek residents erected a rough cairn of bricks, topped by a plaster bust, as a monument to the mythical Sir Samuel Moggs, alleged to be the first European to have landed at the location, on 29 February 1759.<\/p>\n
PROFILE<\/p>\n
Population: 90
\nMale: 50%
\nFemale: 50%
\nMedian age: 51<\/p>\n
5 year population change: -78
\nMedian house price: $814,000
\nChange in Median Price: (5yrs) is N\/A
\nMedian asking rent per week: N\/A
\nAverage length of ownership: 14 years
\nOwner occupiers: 89%
\nRenters: 11%<\/p>\n
Historic median house price:
\nAugust 2020: $875,000
\nAugust 2019: $809,000
\nAugust 2018: $790,000
\nAugust 2017: $732,500
\nAugust 2016: $824,000<\/p>\n
House sales per annum:
\nPeriod ending August 2020: 8
\nPeriod ending August 2019: 3<\/p>\n
Land median sale price:
\nAugust 2020: N\/A
\nAugust 2019: N\/A<\/p>\n
Land sales per annum:
\nPeriod ending August 2020: 0
\nPeriod ending August 2019: 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The size of Moggs Creek is approximately 4.1 square kilometres with the population of Moggs Creek being 354 in 2011 and by the 2016 Census the population was 78 showing a population decline of 78.0% in the area during that time. Although the data indicates a median house price of $875,000 there has not been […]<\/p>\n