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Housing
dandenong
Victoria · Census 2021
$753k
+6.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Dandenong is an inner-city suburb of Greater Dandenong.
Median house price
People
Population
30,127
Median age
33 yrs
Income / person / wk
$596
Household income / wk
$1,267
Housing
Median rent / wk
$319
Mortgage / month
$1,517
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Islam · 34%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 2%
- No religion
- 14%
- Born overseas
- 66%
- English only at home
- 26%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
9
Supermarkets
23
Pubs & bars
4
Parks
25
Libraries
1
GP clinics
24
Pharmacies
12
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
—
Nearest train
0.6 km
Nearest hospital
1.3 km
Distance to coast
10.8 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 2 Woolworths · 2 Aldi · 1 IGA. 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).
Schools by sector
Government
8
Catholic
4
Independent
3
Primary
7
Secondary
9
Nearest secondary
0.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Greater Dandenong
- Council population
- 167,128
- Council area
- 130 km²
- Density
- 1,291/km²
- Federal grants
- $14.36M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $86/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,123
- Operating result
- +3.8%
- Asset renewal
- 67%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
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
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