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watsonia
Victoria · Census 2021
$981k
-2.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Watsonia is a leafy residential suburb of Banyule.
Median house price
People
Population
5,352
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$900
Household income / wk
$1,883
Housing
Median rent / wk
$385
Mortgage / month
$2,019
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 47%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 47%
- Born overseas
- 22%
- English only at home
- 80%
Local amenities
Amenity score
55/100
Schools
3
Supermarkets
2
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
12
Libraries
1
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
5
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.2 km
Nearest train
0.1 km
Nearest hospital
2.8 km
Distance to coast
19.2 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 2 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
0
Primary
2
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.6 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
- Bundoora
- State MP
- Colin Brooks (ALP)
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