Knox
163,820 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 114 km², 11 suburbs. Council website: knox.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
163,820
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.5% in a year
Density
1,438/km²
114 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.0M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$57
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
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
11
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
- $1,884/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,000/month
- Households renting
- 21.3%
- Average household
- 2.7 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
- $1,732
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +2.4%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 184%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
11 suburbs where Knox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowville | 33,571 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 17% / 29% | 9 |
| Ferntree Gully | 27,398 | All | $930kDec 2025 | 6% / 24% | 7 |
| Boronia | 23,607 | All | $890kDec 2025 | 4% / 17% | 6 |
| Wantirna South | 20,754 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 13% / 39% | 9 |
| Wantirna | 14,237 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 14% / 33% | 9 |
| Bayswater (Vic.) | 12,262 | All | $932kDec 2025 | 16% / 10% | 5 |
| Knoxfield | 7,645 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 10% / 12% | 8 |
| Lysterfield | 6,681 | 98% | $1.4MDec 2025 | 7% / 93% | 10 |
| Scoresby | 6,066 | All | $996kDec 2025 | 36% / 46% | 8 |
| The Basin (Vic.) | 4,497 | All | $893kDec 2025 | 1% / 84% | 8 |
| Upper Ferntree Gully | 3,417 | 74% | $920kDec 2025 | 7% / 80% | 8 |
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 11 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $890k
- Median of suburb medians
- $996k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.4M
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
- Aston · Mary DOYLE (ALP)96%
- Casey · Aaron VIOLI (LP)4%
State districts
- Bayswater · Jackson Taylor (ALP)49%
- Rowville · Hon Kim Wells (LIB)43%
- Monbulk · Daniela De Martino (ALP)9%
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 24 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 30
- of 302 tracked
- Share cut
- 9.9%
- Typical cut
- 4.7%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Boronia (13), Ferntree Gully (7), Wantirna (6), Wantirna South (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.