Boroondara
178,601 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 60 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: boroondara.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
178,601
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
2,967/km²
60 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$2.7M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$33
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.2 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
12
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
- $2,376/week
- Median rent
- $451/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $3,000/month
- Households renting
- 28.8%
- 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
- $2,253
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +7.7%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 125%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Boroondara holds most residents. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Iris (Vic.) | 26,131 | 64% | $2.6MDec 2025 | 9% / 0% | 10 |
| Kew (Vic.) | 24,499 | All | $2.8MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Hawthorn (Vic.) | 22,322 | All | $3.0MDec 2025 | 15% / 0% | 10 |
| Camberwell (Vic.) | 21,965 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 10 |
| Balwyn North | 21,302 | 99% | $2.4MDec 2025 | 7% / 0% | 10 |
| Hawthorn East | 14,834 | All | $2.6MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Surrey Hills | 13,655 | 61% | $2.3MDec 2025 | 2% / 0% | 10 |
| Balwyn | 13,495 | All | $2.9MDec 2025 | 4% / 0% | 10 |
| Ashburton | 7,952 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 10 |
| Canterbury (Vic.) | 7,800 | All | $3.8MDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 10 |
| Kew East | 6,620 | All | $2.1MDec 2025 | 43% / 0% | 10 |
| Deepdene (Vic.) | 2,101 | All | $3.3MDec 2025 | <1% / 0% | 10 |
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 12 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $2.0M
- Median of suburb medians
- $2.6M
- Highest suburb median
- $3.8M
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
- Kooyong · Monique RYAN (IND)85%
- Chisholm · Carina GARLAND (ALP)15%
State districts
- Hawthorn · John Pesutto (LIB)45%
- Kew · Jess Wilson (LIB)40%
- Ashwood · Matt Fregon (ALP)15%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 6 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
- 57
- of 620 tracked
- Share cut
- 9.2%
- Typical cut
- 5.6%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Glen Iris (Vic.) (12), Balwyn North (11), Balwyn (10), Hawthorn East (10), Surrey Hills (9), Hawthorn (Vic.) (5). 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.