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fawkner
Victoria · Census 2021
$832k
+6.6% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Fawkner is an inner-city suburb of Merri-bek.
Median house price
People
Population
14,274
Median age
35 yrs
Income / person / wk
$592
Household income / wk
$1,428
Housing
Median rent / wk
$376
Mortgage / month
$1,876
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Islam · 35%
- Top language at home
- Urdu · 8%
- No religion
- 15%
- Born overseas
- 48%
- English only at home
- 38%
Local amenities
Amenity score
83/100
Schools
6
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
17
Libraries
1
GP clinics
5
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
1.0 km
Nearest hospital
2.8 km
Distance to coast
15.4 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 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
4
Catholic
2
Independent
1
Primary
5
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
0.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Merri-bek
- Council population
- 170,547
- Council area
- 51 km²
- Density
- 3,344/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.15M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $36/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,914
- Operating result
- +8.8%
- Asset renewal
- 183%
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
- Wills
- Federal MP
- Peter Khalil (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 81% 2PP
- State electorate
- Broadmeadows
- State MP
- Kathleen Matthews-Ward (ALP)
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