Kingston
168,061 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 91 km², 20 suburbs. Council website: kingston.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
168,061
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.2% in a year
Density
1,839/km²
91 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.2M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$34
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
2.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
20
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
- 41
- Median household income
- $1,914/week
- Median rent
- $402/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,167/month
- Households renting
- 25.1%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,940
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +1.6%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 86%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
20 suburbs where Kingston holds most residents, plus 2 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 | 83% | $1.4MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 9 |
| Clayton South | 13,381 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 8% / 2% | 5 |
| Mentone | 13,197 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 12% / 0% | 10 |
| Parkdale | 12,308 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 15% / 0% | 10 |
| Highett | 12,016 | 34% | $1.5MDec 2025 | 11% / 0% | 10 |
| Dingley Village | 10,495 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 7% / 1% | 9 |
| Oakleigh South | 9,851 | 42% | $1.2MDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 8 |
| Mordialloc | 8,886 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 33% / 0% | 10 |
| Chelsea | 8,347 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 19% / 7% | 8 |
| Patterson Lakes | 7,793 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 38% / 19% | 9 |
| Clarinda | 7,441 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 5 |
| Aspendale | 7,285 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 14% / <1% | 10 |
| Bonbeach | 6,855 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 28% / 10% | 8 |
| Aspendale Gardens | 6,427 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 40% / 18% | 9 |
| Moorabbin | 6,287 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 11% / 0% | 9 |
| Edithvale | 6,276 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 25% / 4% | 9 |
| Chelsea Heights | 5,393 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 26% / 33% | 8 |
| Carrum | 4,239 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 18% / <1% | 7 |
| Heatherton | 2,826 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 10% / 0% | 9 |
| Waterways | 2,422 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 53% / 4% | 10 |
| Moorabbin Airport | 26 | All | <1% / 0% | ||
| Braeside | 25 | All | 23% / 39% |
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 18 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.0M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.6M
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)61%
- Dunkley · Jodie BELYEA (ALP)17%
- Hotham · Clare O'NEIL (ALP)16%
- Goldstein · Tim WILSON (LP)7%
State districts
- Mordialloc · Tim Richardson (ALP)36%
- Clarinda · Meng Heang Tak (ALP)22%
- Bentleigh · Nick Staikos (ALP)17%
- Carrum · Sonya Kilkenny (ALP)12%
- Sandringham · Brad Rowswell (LIB)11%
- Oakleigh · Steve Dimopoulos (ALP)3%
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
- 17
- of 180 tracked
- Share cut
- 9.4%
- Typical cut
- 3.7%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Mentone (8), Clayton South (5), Cheltenham (Vic.) (4). 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.