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kew east
Victoria · Census 2021
$2.15M
-3.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Kew East is a leafy residential suburb of Boroondara.
Median house price
People
Population
6,620
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,043
Household income / wk
$2,490
Housing
Median rent / wk
$471
Mortgage / month
$3,000
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 3%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 29%
- English only at home
- 72%
Local amenities
Amenity score
44/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
10
Libraries
1
GP clinics
3
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.9 km
Nearest train
2.1 km
Nearest hospital
2.6 km
Distance to coast
10.6 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
2
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Boroondara
- Council population
- 182,676
- Council area
- 60 km²
- Density
- 3,034/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.90M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $32/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,253
- Operating result
- +7.7%
- Asset renewal
- 125%
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
- Kooyong
- Federal MP
- Monique Ryan (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 52% 2PP
- State electorate
- Kew
- State MP
- Jess Wilson (LIB)
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