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Bentleigh
Victoria · Census 2021
Bentleigh is a dense inner suburb of Glen Eira.
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 3%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 37%
- English only at home
- 68%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 2 / 2 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 3 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Glen Eira
- Population / area
- 156,845 · 39 km²
- Density
- 4,053/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.07M/yr · $32/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,577
- Operating result
- +4.8%
- Asset renewal
- 102%
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
- Goldstein
- Federal MP
- Tim Wilson (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 54% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bentleigh
- State MP
- Nick Staikos (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.