Melton
231,567 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 528 km², 28 suburbs. Council website: melton.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
231,567
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +5.8% in a year
Density
439/km²
528 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$630k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$123
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
19.9 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
28
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
- 33
- Median household income
- $1,887/week
- Median rent
- $360/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,800/month
- Households renting
- 22.6%
- Average household
- 3.1 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,779
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +21.5%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 107%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
28 suburbs where Melton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Springs | 24,488 | All | $789kDec 2025 | 2% / 4% | 7 |
| Hillside (Melton - Vic.) | 17,331 | 93% | <1% / 17% | 7 | |
| Taylors Hill | 15,419 | All | $934kDec 2025 | 1% / 0% | 8 |
| Harkness | 12,463 | All | $595kDec 2025 | <1% / 78% | 3 |
| Melton South | 11,362 | All | $575kDec 2025 | 0% / 5% | 1 |
| Brookfield (Vic.) | 10,782 | All | $605kDec 2025 | <1% / 54% | 3 |
| Kurunjang | 10,711 | All | $579kDec 2025 | 0% / 36% | 2 |
| Fraser Rise | 9,097 | All | $693kDec 2025 | <1% / 71% | 8 |
| Melton West | 8,784 | All | $600kDec 2025 | <1% / 54% | 2 |
| Aintree | 7,982 | All | $720kDec 2025 | 6% / 39% | 9 |
| Melton (Vic.) | 7,953 | All | $525kDec 2025 | 0% / 63% | 1 |
| Burnside Heights | 6,377 | All | $750kDec 2025 | 3% / 8% | 7 |
| Burnside (Vic.) | 5,800 | All | $823kDec 2025 | 4% / 2% | 5 |
| Diggers Rest | 5,669 | 92% | $655kDec 2025 | 0% / 96% | 6 |
| Weir Views | 4,348 | All | $590kDec 2025 | 0% / 42% | 3 |
| Strathtulloh | 3,997 | All | $630kDec 2025 | 0% / 75% | 8 |
| Cobblebank | 3,601 | All | $627kDec 2025 | 0% / 77% | 5 |
| Thornhill Park | 3,066 | All | $609kDec 2025 | 0% / 69% | 7 |
| Eynesbury | 2,838 | All | $703kDec 2025 | 0% / 96% | 9 |
| Rockbank | 2,583 | All | $621kDec 2025 | 0% / 50% | 5 |
| Ravenhall | 2,295 | All | <1% / 58% | ||
| Toolern Vale | 818 | All | 0% / 100% | 6 | |
| Deanside | 654 | All | $690kDec 2025 | 1% / 78% | 7 |
| Mount Cottrell | 496 | 50% | $757kDec 2025 | 0% / 100% | 3 |
| Bonnie Brook | 333 | All | $671kDec 2025 | 2% / 88% | 6 |
| Parwan | 188 | 13% | 2% / 100% | 5 | |
| Exford | 133 | All | 0% / 99% | 6 | |
| Grangefields | 132 | All | 0% / 100% | 3 | |
| Plumpton (Vic.) | 79 | All | 0% / 100% | 4 |
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 22 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $525k
- Median of suburb medians
- $643k
- Highest suburb median
- $934k
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
- Hawke · Sam RAE (ALP)61%
- Gorton · Alice JORDAN-BAIRD (ALP)39%
State districts
- Melton · Steve McGhie (ALP)44%
- Kororoit · Luba Grigorovitch (ALP)30%
- Sydenham · Hon Natalie Hutchins (ALP)23%
- Sunbury · Josh Bull (ALP)3%
- Eureka · Michaela Settle (ALP)1%
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 8 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 2 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 11
- of 140 tracked
- Share cut
- 7.9%
- Typical cut
- 5.4%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Caroline Springs (6), Taylors Hill (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 2026-11-05.