Merri-bek
189,108 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 51 km², 12 suburbs. Council website: merri-bek.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
189,108
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.9% in a year
Density
3,708/km²
51 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.1M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$33
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
7.3 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
12
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
- 35
- Median household income
- $1,943/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,034/month
- Households renting
- 38.3%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,914
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +8.8%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 183%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
12 suburbs where Merri-bek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coburg | 26,574 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 15% / 0% | 9 |
| Brunswick (Vic.) | 24,896 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 15% / 0% | 10 |
| Glenroy (Vic.) | 23,792 | All | $860kDec 2025 | 11% / 0% | 5 |
| Pascoe Vale | 18,171 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 17% / 0% | 9 |
| Brunswick West | 14,746 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 9% / 0% | 10 |
| Fawkner | 14,274 | 98% | $832kDec 2025 | 12% / 0% | 3 |
| Brunswick East | 13,279 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 22% / 0% | 10 |
| Fitzroy North | 12,781 | 7% | $1.7MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 10 |
| Pascoe Vale South | 10,534 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 10 |
| Coburg North | 8,327 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 14% / 0% | 8 |
| Oak Park | 6,714 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 14% / 0% | 9 |
| Hadfield | 6,269 | All | $900kDec 2025 | 20% / 0% | 5 |
| Gowanbrae | 2,971 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | 5% / 0% | 9 |
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 12 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $832k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.2M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.5M
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
- Wills · Peter KHALIL (ALP)94%
- Maribyrnong · Jo BRISKEY (ALP)6%
State districts
- Pascoe Vale · Anthony Cianflone (ALP)37%
- Brunswick · Tim Read (GRN)32%
- Broadmeadows · Kathleen Matthews-Ward (ALP)30%
- Niddrie · Ben Carroll (ALP)2%
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
- 67
- of 561 tracked
- Share cut
- 11.9%
- Typical cut
- 4.5%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Fawkner (19), Glenroy (Vic.) (15), Brunswick East (11), Coburg (11), Pascoe Vale (7), Brunswick West (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.