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melton (vic.)
Victoria · Census 2021
$525k
+11.7% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Melton (Vic.) is an inner-city suburb of Melton.
Median house price
People
Population
7,953
Median age
40 yrs
Income / person / wk
$539
Household income / wk
$1,058
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 35%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 1%
- No religion
- 35%
- Born overseas
- 30%
- English only at home
- 75%
Local amenities
Amenity score
86/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
2
Parks
24
Libraries
1
GP clinics
10
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.7 km
Nearest train
4.2 km
Nearest hospital
15.8 km
Distance to coast
28 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 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).
Schools by sector
Government
2
Catholic
1
Independent
2
Primary
4
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
0.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Melton
- Council population
- 215,896
- Council area
- 528 km²
- Density
- 409/km²
- Federal grants
- $28.38M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $131/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,779
- Operating result
- +21.5%
- Asset renewal
- 107%
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
- Hawke
- Federal MP
- Sam Rae (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Melton
- State MP
- Steve Mcghie (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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