Monash
211,833 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 82 km², 13 suburbs. Council website: monash.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
211,833
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.6% in a year
Density
2,599/km²
82 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.5M
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
5.8 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
13
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
- 38
- Median household income
- $1,901/week
- Median rent
- $436/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,383/month
- Households renting
- 30.2%
- Average household
- 2.7 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 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
- $1,697
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +12.5%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 189%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
13 suburbs where Monash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Waverley | 42,642 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | 9% / 7% | 10 |
| Mount Waverley | 35,340 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 2% / 3% | 10 |
| Wheelers Hill | 20,652 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 9% / 17% | 10 |
| Mulgrave (Vic.) | 19,889 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 4% / 3% | 9 |
| Clayton | 18,988 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 7 |
| Burwood (Vic.) | 15,147 | 18% | $1.5MDec 2025 | 3% / 2% | 9 |
| Oakleigh South | 9,851 | 58% | $1.2MDec 2025 | 3% / 0% | 8 |
| Chadstone | 9,552 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 2% / 0% | 9 |
| Oakleigh | 8,442 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 8% / 0% | 9 |
| Hughesdale | 7,563 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 11% / 0% | 10 |
| Ashwood | 7,154 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | 7% / 0% | 9 |
| Oakleigh East | 6,804 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 4% / 0% | 9 |
| Notting Hill | 2,895 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | <1% / 0% | 9 |
| Huntingdale (Vic.) | 1,949 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | <1% / 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 13 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.1M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.3M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.7M
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
- Chisholm · Carina GARLAND (ALP)62%
- Hotham · Clare O'NEIL (ALP)38%
State districts
- Ashwood · Matt Fregon (ALP)29%
- Oakleigh · Steve Dimopoulos (ALP)28%
- Glen Waverley · John Mullahy (ALP)22%
- Mulgrave · Eden Foster (ALP)21%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 5 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 9 Nov 2026; newest crawl observation 9 Nov 2026.
- Listings cut
- 80
- of 639 tracked
- Share cut
- 12.5%
- Typical cut
- 5.2%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Mount Waverley (21), Mulgrave (Vic.) (21), Glen Waverley (20), Clayton (10), Wheelers Hill (8). 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.