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baxter
Victoria · Census 2021
$770k
+6.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Baxter is a leafy residential suburb of Mornington Peninsula.
Median house price
People
Population
2,166
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$774
Household income / wk
$1,493
Housing
Median rent / wk
$360
Mortgage / month
$1,690
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 55%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 0%
- No religion
- 55%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
23/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.8 km
Nearest train
0.8 km
Nearest hospital
4.9 km
Distance to coast
6.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths. 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
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Mornington Peninsula
- Council population
- 168,816
- Council area
- 724 km²
- Density
- 233/km²
- Federal grants
- $7.87M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $47/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,659
- Operating result
- +0.1%
- Asset renewal
- 77%
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
- Flinders
- Federal MP
- Zoe Mckenzie (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Hastings
- State MP
- Paul Mercurio (ALP)
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