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Housing
gowanbrae
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.02M
-0.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Gowanbrae is a leafy residential suburb of Merri-bek.
Median house price
People
Population
2,971
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$930
Household income / wk
$2,208
Housing
Median rent / wk
$445
Mortgage / month
$2,000
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 39%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 2%
- No religion
- 25%
- Born overseas
- 25%
- English only at home
- 70%
Local amenities
Amenity score
9/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
6
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.4 km
Nearest train
1.8 km
Nearest hospital
2.6 km
Distance to coast
15.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.2 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
- Maribyrnong
- Federal MP
- Jo Briskey (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 63% 2PP
- State electorate
- Niddrie
- State MP
- Ben Carroll (ALP)
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