Brimbank
198,181 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 123 km², 21 suburbs. Council website: brimbank.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
198,181
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.3% in a year
Density
1,606/km²
123 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$710k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$85
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
3.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
4 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
21
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
- 37
- Median household income
- $1,506/week
- Median rent
- $346/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,700/month
- Households renting
- 26.7%
- Average household
- 2.9 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 4 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 2 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,847
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +4.8%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 83%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
21 suburbs where Brimbank 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Albans (Vic.) | 38,042 | All | $700kDec 2025 | 7% / 0% | 1 |
| Sunshine West | 18,552 | All | $744kDec 2025 | 7% / <1% | 2 |
| Deer Park | 18,145 | All | $693kDec 2025 | 7% / <1% | 2 |
| Hillside (Melton - Vic.) | 17,331 | 7% | <1% / 17% | 7 | |
| Taylors Lakes | 15,174 | All | $960kDec 2025 | 7% / 3% | 8 |
| Sunshine North | 12,047 | All | $776kDec 2025 | 8% / 15% | 2 |
| Sydenham (Vic.) | 10,578 | All | $740kDec 2025 | 3% / 1% | 5 |
| Cairnlea | 10,038 | All | $922kDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 4 |
| Keilor Downs | 9,857 | All | $869kDec 2025 | 5% / 14% | 4 |
| Sunshine (Vic.) | 9,445 | All | $837kDec 2025 | 9% / 0% | 4 |
| Derrimut | 8,651 | All | $810kDec 2025 | 0% / 17% | 6 |
| Kings Park (Vic.) | 8,203 | All | $650kDec 2025 | 4% / <1% | 1 |
| Delahey | 8,077 | All | $720kDec 2025 | 2% / 0% | 2 |
| Keilor | 5,906 | 99% | $1.1MDec 2025 | 16% / 74% | 9 |
| Albanvale | 5,641 | All | $656kDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 1 |
| Albion (Vic.) | 4,334 | All | $783kDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 3 |
| Kealba | 3,226 | All | $755kDec 2025 | 6% / 33% | 4 |
| Ardeer | 3,170 | All | $705kDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 2 |
| Keilor Park | 2,684 | All | $893kDec 2025 | 6% / 20% | 5 |
| Keilor Lodge | 1,668 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 4% / <1% | 8 |
| Keilor North | 67 | All | 8% / 100% | ||
| Calder Park | All | 4% / 48% |
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 19 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $650k
- Median of suburb medians
- $776k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.1M
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
- Fraser · Daniel MULINO (ALP)55%
- Gorton · Alice JORDAN-BAIRD (ALP)40%
- Hawke · Sam RAE (ALP)5%
State districts
- St Albans · Natalie Suleyman (ALP)39%
- Laverton · Sarah Connolly (ALP)21%
- Sydenham · Hon Natalie Hutchins (ALP)18%
- Kororoit · Luba Grigorovitch (ALP)16%
- Niddrie · Ben Carroll (ALP)5%
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
- 21
- of 131 tracked
- Share cut
- 16.0%
- Typical cut
- 4.8%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Sunshine West (13), Deer Park (5), Taylors Lakes (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.