mount waverley
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.62M
+0.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
A serene, tree-lined Monash suburb famous for Scotchmans Creek, extensive green reserves, and renowned education hubs, home to a prominent Mandarin-speaking community.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 39%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 8%
- No religion
- 39%
- Born overseas
- 49%
- English only at home
- 49%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Coles · 1 Woolworths · 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
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Monash
- Council population
- 191,721
- Council area
- 82 km²
- Density
- 2,352/km²
- Federal grants
- $7.13M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $37/yr
- 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
- Ashwood
- State MP
- Matt Fregon (ALP)
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