Greater Dandenong
168,684 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 130 km², 9 suburbs. Council website: greaterdandenong.com.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
168,684
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year
Density
1,303/km²
130 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$810k
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
3.6 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
9
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
- 36
- Median household income
- $1,453/week
- Median rent
- $346/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,785/month
- Households renting
- 35.0%
- Average household
- 2.9 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 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
- $2,123
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +3.8%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 67%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
9 suburbs where Greater Dandenong 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Park | 32,257 | All | $830kDec 2025 | 1% / 0% | 2 |
| Dandenong | 30,127 | All | $753kDec 2025 | 8% / 6% | 1 |
| Keysborough | 30,018 | All | $977kDec 2025 | 7% / 29% | 6 |
| Dandenong North | 22,550 | All | $790kDec 2025 | 17% / 20% | 3 |
| Springvale (Vic.) | 22,174 | All | $945kDec 2025 | 4% / 0% | 2 |
| Springvale South | 12,766 | All | $848kDec 2025 | 2% / 24% | 1 |
| Noble Park North | 7,436 | All | $800kDec 2025 | 1% / 0% | 3 |
| Bangholme | 749 | All | 11% / 60% | 1 | |
| Dandenong South | 125 | All | 17% / 6% | 1 |
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 7 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $753k
- Median of suburb medians
- $830k
- Highest suburb median
- $977k
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
- Isaacs · Mark DREYFUS (ALP)67%
- Hotham · Clare O'NEIL (ALP)19%
- Bruce · Julian HILL (ALP)14%
State districts
- Dandenong · Gabrielle Williams (ALP)54%
- Mordialloc · Tim Richardson (ALP)19%
- Mulgrave · Eden Foster (ALP)19%
- Clarinda · Meng Heang Tak (ALP)8%
- Carrum · Sonya Kilkenny (ALP)1%
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
- 66
- of 524 tracked
- Share cut
- 12.6%
- Typical cut
- 4.6%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Dandenong (22), Noble Park (13), Dandenong North (10), Keysborough (7), Springvale (Vic.) (7), Springvale South (7). 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.