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eltham (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.25M
+1.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Eltham (Vic.) is an inner-city suburb of Nillumbik.
Median house price
People
Population
18,847
Median age
43 yrs
Income / person / wk
$971
Household income / wk
$2,391
Housing
Median rent / wk
$440
Mortgage / month
$2,250
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 51%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 51%
- Born overseas
- 19%
- English only at home
- 89%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
5
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
5
Parks
68
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.9 km
Nearest train
1.1 km
Nearest hospital
8.1 km
Distance to coast
23 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi. 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
3
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
3
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
1.5 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Nillumbik
- Council population
- 86,612
- Council area
- 432 km²
- Density
- 200/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.88M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $45/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,696
- Operating result
- -6.4%
- Asset renewal
- 95%
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
- Jagajaga
- Federal MP
- Kate Thwaites (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Eltham
- State MP
- Vicki Ward (ALP)
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