Bayside
107,164 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 37 km², 8 suburbs. Council website: bayside.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
107,164
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.3% in a year
Density
2,881/km²
37 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$2.3M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$32
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.0 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
8
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
- 45
- Median household income
- $2,487/week
- Median rent
- $520/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,000/month
- Households renting
- 22.3%
- 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
- $2,086
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +7.7%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 122%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
8 suburbs where Bayside holds most residents, plus 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham (Vic.) | 23,992 | 17% | $1.4MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 9 |
| Brighton (Vic.) | 23,252 | All | $3.4MDec 2025 | 12% / 0% | 10 |
| Brighton East | 16,757 | 97% | $2.2MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Beaumaris (Vic.) | 13,947 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Hampton (Vic.) | 13,518 | All | $2.3MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Highett | 12,016 | 66% | $1.5MDec 2025 | 11% / 0% | 10 |
| Sandringham (Vic.) | 10,926 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 10 |
| Black Rock (Vic.) | 6,389 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Hampton East | 5,069 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 13% / 0% | 9 |
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 8 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.5M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.2M
- Highest suburb median
- $3.4M
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
- Goldstein · Tim WILSON (LP)96%
- Isaacs · Mark DREYFUS (ALP)4%
State districts
- Brighton · James Newbury (LIB)57%
- Sandringham · Brad Rowswell (LIB)39%
- Bentleigh · Nick Staikos (ALP)4%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 3 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
- 33
- of 223 tracked
- Share cut
- 14.8%
- Typical cut
- 4.1%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Hampton (Vic.) (16), Beaumaris (Vic.) (14), Brighton East (3). 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.