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altona (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.20M
+2.6% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Altona (Vic.) is a coastal suburb of Hobsons Bay.
Median house price
People
Population
11,490
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$947
Household income / wk
$1,826
Housing
Median rent / wk
$385
Mortgage / month
$2,197
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 42%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 1%
- No religion
- 42%
- Born overseas
- 30%
- English only at home
- 79%
Local amenities
Amenity score
78/100
Schools
4
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
3
Parks
19
Libraries
1
GP clinics
5
Pharmacies
2
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
0.6 km
Nearest hospital
6.8 km
Distance to coast
1.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Coles. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
3
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Hobsons Bay
- Council population
- 89,373
- Council area
- 64 km²
- Density
- 1,392/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.51M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $39/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,677
- Operating result
- +4.8%
- Asset renewal
- 131%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Gellibrand
- Federal MP
- Tim Watts (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 65% 2PP
- State electorate
- Williamstown
- State MP
- Melissa Horne (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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