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Housing
lower plenty
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.36M
+1.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Lower Plenty is a leafy residential suburb of Banyule.
Median house price
People
Population
3,962
Median age
45 yrs
Income / person / wk
$955
Household income / wk
$2,160
Housing
Median rent / wk
$400
Mortgage / month
$2,200
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 42%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 42%
- Born overseas
- 19%
- English only at home
- 87%
Local amenities
Amenity score
41/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
11
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.3 km
Nearest train
2.7 km
Nearest hospital
5.3 km
Distance to coast
18.6 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 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
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Banyule
- Council population
- 149,772
- Council area
- 63 km²
- Density
- 2,396/km²
- Federal grants
- $4.72M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $32/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,787
- Operating result
- +0.5%
- Asset renewal
- 168%
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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