Glen Eira

163,025 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 39 km², 13 suburbs. Council website: gleneira.vic.gov.au.

Council series run to July 2026.

Population

163,025

ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year

Density

4,213/km²

39 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary

Council-wide house median

$1.8M

Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)

Federal grants per resident

$31

Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025

Dwelling approvals

3.9 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

Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)

Trends

Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.

PopulationABS estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001–2025

Council-wide median sale pricesABS Data by Region: median transfer price across the whole council by financial year, 2018-19–2023-24. Not any one suburb's price.

Dwelling approvalsABS Building Approvals, monthly, 2021-07–2026-07

Federal Financial Assistance GrantsTotal grant by financial year, 2017-18–2025-26 (Dept of Infrastructure)

People and housing

Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).

Median age: 38
Median household income: $2,133/week
Median rent: $436/week
Median mortgage repayment: $2,400/month
Households renting: 33.8%
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: $1,577; 2024-25
Operating result: +4.8%; adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
Asset renewal: 102%; renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation

Suburbs

13 suburbs where Glen Eira 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
Bentleigh East	30,159	All	$1.6MDec 2025	6% / 0%	10
Bentleigh	17,921	All	$1.7MDec 2025	14% / 0%	10
Carnegie	17,909	All	$1.7MDec 2025	19% / 0%	10
Caulfield North	16,903	All	$2.5MDec 2025	8% / 0%	10
St Kilda East	12,571	33%	$1.7MDec 2025	20% / 0%	10
Caulfield South	12,328	All	$2.0MDec 2025	15% / 0%	10
Elsternwick	10,887	All	$2.2MDec 2025	7% / 0%	10
Murrumbeena	9,996	All	$1.7MDec 2025	18% / 0%	10
Ormond	8,328	All	$1.9MDec 2025	15% / 0%	10
McKinnon	6,878	All	$1.9MDec 2025	26% / 0%	10
Caulfield	5,748	All	$1.9MDec 2025	1% / 0%	10
Glen Huntly	4,905	All	$1.9MDec 2025	0% / 0%	10
Caulfield East	1,293	All	$1.6MDec 2025	0% / 0%	10
Gardenvale	1,019	All	$2.2MDec 2025	28% / 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.

Flood planning land

12%

Over 14 of 14 member suburbs

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Bushfire-prone land

Over 14 of 14 member suburbs

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Observed surface water (1986–present)

Over 14 of 14 member suburbs

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Suburb prices

Across the 13 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).

Lowest suburb median: $1.6M
Median of suburb medians: $1.9M
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

Goldstein · Tim WILSON (LP)42%
Hotham · Clare O'NEIL (ALP)39%
Macnamara · Josh BURNS (ALP)19%

State districts

Caulfield · David Southwick (LIB)44%
Bentleigh · Nick Staikos (ALP)37%
Oakleigh · Steve Dimopoulos (ALP)19%

Asking-price cuts

Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 4 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 14 Sep 2026.

These figures have not been updated for more than three days. Every “last 30 days” count in this section runs to 14 Sep 2026, not to today, while the listing crawl is interrupted.

Listings cut: 29; of 297 tracked
Share cut: 9.8%
Typical cut: 4.0%; median over every cut listing

Most cuts: Carnegie (8), Caulfield North (8), Bentleigh East (7), Bentleigh (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.