Banyule
132,770 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 63 km², 18 suburbs. Council website: banyule.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
132,770
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.0% in a year
Density
2,124/km²
63 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$36
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
18
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 40
- Median household income
- $2,027/week
- Median rent
- $399/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,167/month
- Households renting
- 25.8%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 10 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,787
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +0.5%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 168%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
18 suburbs where Banyule holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundoora (Vic.) | 28,068 | 35% | $900kDec 2025 | 5% / 10% | 7 |
| Greensborough | 21,070 | 75% | $1.0MDec 2025 | 8% / 20% | 9 |
| Ivanhoe (Vic.) | 13,374 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | 21% / 0% | 10 |
| Macleod (Vic.) | 9,892 | 76% | $1.1MDec 2025 | 4% / 1% | 10 |
| Montmorency | 9,250 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 8% / <1% | 10 |
| Rosanna | 8,616 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 4% / 0% | 10 |
| Heidelberg | 7,360 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 22% / 27% | 10 |
| Viewbank | 7,030 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 25% / 44% | 10 |
| Eltham North | 6,830 | 31% | $1.2MDec 2025 | 6% / 55% | 10 |
| Heidelberg Heights | 6,758 | All | $930kDec 2025 | 2% / 0% | 8 |
| Watsonia | 5,352 | All | $981kDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 8 |
| Heidelberg West | 5,252 | All | $810kDec 2025 | 13% / 0% | 2 |
| Yallambie | 4,161 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 6% / 29% | 10 |
| Lower Plenty | 3,962 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 24% / 42% | 10 |
| Eaglemont | 3,960 | All | $2.5MDec 2025 | 23% / 18% | 10 |
| Watsonia North | 3,799 | All | $925kDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 9 |
| Ivanhoe East | 3,762 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | 26% / 12% | 10 |
| Briar Hill | 3,220 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 4% / 3% | 9 |
| St Helena | 2,890 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 4% / 28% | 9 |
| Bellfield (Banyule - Vic.) | 1,996 | All | 7% / 0% | 6 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 17 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $810k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.1M
- Highest suburb median
- $2.5M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Jagajaga · Kate THWAITES (ALP)100%
State districts
- Ivanhoe · Anthony Carbines (ALP)49%
- Bundoora · Colin Brooks (ALP)34%
- Eltham · Vicki Ward (ALP)17%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 2 suburbs of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 24 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 21
- of 166 tracked
- Share cut
- 12.7%
- Typical cut
- 5.0%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Ivanhoe (Vic.) (15), Greensborough (6). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every Victoria council on the council map or the Victoria council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: Local Government Victoria (LGPRF), 2024-25. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure, Local Government Victoria and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.