IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 958
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Pakenham
Victoria · Census 2021
$700k+6.8% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Positioned 16 km from Port Phillip Bay in Cardinia, Pakenham pairs fast-growing residential estates with 119 local parks and a dynamic Punjabi-speaking community.
Median house price
$700k41st pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$1,664/wk56th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
100/10095th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Median house price41st percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk56th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
54,118
Median age
33 yrs
Income / person / wk
$783
Household income / wk
$1,664
▲ 2% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$351
Mortgage / month
$1,733
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 983
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,006
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 951
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
35 m
range 7–241 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Local amenities
Schools
13
Supermarkets
10
Pubs & bars
4
Parks
119
Libraries
1
GP clinics
13
Pharmacies
8
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
0.8 km
Nearest hospital
12.6 km
Distance to coast
16.2 km
NBN
FIXED WIRELESS
Grocery mix: 4 Coles · 2 Woolworths · 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 2%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 29%
- English only at home
- 76%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 10 / 1 / 4
- Primary / Secondary
- 10 / 7
- Nearest secondary
- 0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cardinia
- Population / area
- 118,769 · 1,283 km²
- Density
- 93/km²
- Federal grants
- $16.74M/yr · $141/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,880
- Operating result
- -0.0%
- Asset renewal
- 129%
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
- La Trobe
- Federal MP
- Jason Wood (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 52% 2PP
- State electorate
- Pakenham
- State MP
- Emma Vulin (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning Bushfire Management Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.