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Victoria · Census 2021
$1.37M
+7.6% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Research is a leafy residential suburb of Nillumbik.
Median house price
People
Population
2,695
Median age
44 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,053
Household income / wk
$2,876
Housing
Median rent / wk
$431
Mortgage / month
$2,300
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 52%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 0%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 93%
Local amenities
Amenity score
17/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
7
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.5 km
Nearest train
3.7 km
Nearest hospital
9.4 km
Distance to coast
26 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
1
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Nillumbik
- Council population
- 86,612
- Council area
- 432 km²
- Density
- 200/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.88M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $45/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,696
- Operating result
- -6.4%
- Asset renewal
- 95%
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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