IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,020
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 7 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Cape Bridgewater
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Cape Bridgewater is a coastal suburb of Glenelg.
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Cape Bridgewater.
Victoria's Valuer-General sales data is open, but we have no suburb median for Cape Bridgewater from it. ABS median established-house price, Greater Melbourne: $850k; Rest of Vic.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk73rd percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Household income / wk
VIC · AU
VIC median suburb $1,583 · AU median suburb $1,562Cape Bridgewater $1,937
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
151
Median age
58 yrs
Income / person / wk
$880
Household income / wk
$1,937
▲ 22% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$283
Mortgage / month
$1,890
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 28%
- −5 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 26%
- level with VIC
- Unemployment
- 3%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- In the labour force
- 66%
- +3 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 26%
- −3 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 26%
- +3 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 19%
- +7 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
61 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 97%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 3%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 59%
- Mortgaged 26%
- Rented 15%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,063
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 8 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,082
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 9 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,019
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 7 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
52 m
range 0–186 m
Land below 5 m
5.1%
1.9% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Conservation44%
- Open space & recreation28%
- Rural27%
- Infrastructure & special purpose0.3%
In a heritage area
0.2%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Glenelg Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 51%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 51%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 98%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 15.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Glenelg
- Population
- 19,908 (2025) · +0.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 6,219 km² · 3/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 49 · $1,214/wk household income · $220/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $385k
- Federal grants
- $11.49M in 2025-26 · $577/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,852
- Operating result
- -1.3%
- Asset renewal
- 88%
- Website
- glenelg.vic.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Wannon
- Federal MP
- Dan Tehan (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 61% 2PP
- State electorate
- South-West Coast
- State MP
- Roma Britnell (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.