IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 870
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Dandenong South
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Dandenong South is a leafy residential suburb of Greater Dandenong.
Household income
$821/wk4th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
44/10074th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
No Valuer-General median for Dandenong South.
Victoria's Valuer-General sales data is open, but we have no suburb median for Dandenong South from it. ABS median established-house price, Greater Melbourne: $850k; Rest of Vic.: $625k.
How it compares
Household income / wk4th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
125
Median age
51 yrs
Income / person / wk
$792
Household income / wk
$821
▼ 48% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$245
Mortgage / month
$767
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 0%
- −32 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 71%
- +45 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 7%
- +2 pts vs VIC
- In the labour force
- 60%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 8%
- −21 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 14%
- −9 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 4%
- −8 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
75 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 24%
- Flat or apartment 0%
- Semi, terrace & other 76%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 17%
- Mortgaged 0%
- Rented 69%
- Other & not stated 13%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 878
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 794
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 814
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
17 m
range 7–44 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Industrial & employment70%
- Centres & mixed use14%
- Infrastructure & special purpose13%
- Waterways2.2%
- Conservation0.7%
- Rural0.1%
- General / medium / high-density residential<0.1%
- Open space & recreation<0.1%
In a heritage area
1.4%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Greater Dandenong Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
15
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.3 km
Nearest train
4.1 km
Nearest hospital
5.7 km
Distance to coast
10.0 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 39%
- Top language at home
- Serbian · 5%
- No religion
- 39%
- Born overseas
- 38%
- English only at home
- 81%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 3.3 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Dandenong
- Population
- 168,684 (2025) · +1.2% in a year
- Area / density
- 130 km² · 1,303/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 36 · $1,453/wk household income · $346/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $810k
- Federal grants
- $14.36M in 2025-26 · $85/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $2,123
- Operating result
- +3.8%
- Asset renewal
- 67%
- Website
- greaterdandenong.com
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Isaacs
- Federal MP
- Mark Dreyfus (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 64% 2PP
- State electorate
- Dandenong
- State MP
- Gabrielle Williams (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.