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blackburn south
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.38M
+2.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Blackburn South is a leafy residential suburb of Whitehorse.
Median house price
People
Population
10,939
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$753
Household income / wk
$1,861
Housing
Median rent / wk
$410
Mortgage / month
$2,251
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 43%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 7%
- No religion
- 43%
- Born overseas
- 38%
- English only at home
- 62%
Local amenities
Amenity score
33/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
15
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.9 km
Nearest train
2.1 km
Nearest hospital
1.8 km
Distance to coast
15.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
1
Independent
0
Primary
3
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Whitehorse
- Council population
- 167,539
- Council area
- 64 km²
- Density
- 2,606/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.28M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $37/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,516
- Operating result
- +4.4%
- Asset renewal
- 94%
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
- Menzies
- Federal MP
- Gabriel Ng (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Box Hill
- State MP
- Paul Hamer (ALP)
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