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Glen Waverley
Victoria · Census 2021
Monash's commercial powerhouse combines 94 local parks with dynamic dining along Kingsway. Mandarin is widely spoken, framing a major educational and transport hub near the Dandenong Creek trail.
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 1 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 37%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 11%
- No religion
- 37%
- Born overseas
- 61%
- English only at home
- 37%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 11 / 2 / 2
- Primary / Secondary
- 12 / 5
- Nearest secondary
- 0.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Monash
- Population / area
- 191,721 · 82 km²
- Density
- 2,352/km²
- Federal grants
- $7.13M/yr · $37/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,697
- Operating result
- +12.5%
- Asset renewal
- 189%
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
- Chisholm
- Federal MP
- Carina Garland (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 56% 2PP
- State electorate
- Glen Waverley
- State MP
- John Mullahy (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.