IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,052
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Wattle Glen
Victoria · Census 2021
$993k-5.5% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Wattle Glen is a leafy residential suburb of Nillumbik.
Median house price
$993k69th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$2,425/wk94th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
11/10048th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of Victoria suburb medians: $765k.
How it compares
Median house price69th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk94th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Median house price+17% vs Greater Melbourne · +59% vs Rest of Vic.
MelbourneRest of state
Greater Melbourne $850k · Rest of Vic. $625kWattle Glen $993k
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
1,911
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$850
Household income / wk
$2,425
▲ 53% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$420
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 48%
- +15 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 12%
- −13 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 4%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- In the labour force
- 68%
- +5 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 24%
- −5 pts vs VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 23%
- level with VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 14%
- +2 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
609 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 99%
- Flat or apartment 1%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 41%
- Mortgaged 51%
- Rented 5%
- Other & not stated 3%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,072
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 9 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,103
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,030
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 7 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
103 m
range 57–177 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. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- Conservation89%
- Low-density residential4.4%
- Infrastructure & special purpose2.6%
- General / medium / high-density residential2.1%
- Open space & recreation1.5%
In a heritage area
0.4%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.6 km
Nearest train
0.7 km
Nearest hospital
11.4 km
Distance to coast
29 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 57%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 1%
- No religion
- 57%
- Born overseas
- 14%
- English only at home
- 95%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 0 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 1.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Nillumbik
- Population
- 63,797 (2025) · +0.4% in a year
- Area / density
- 432 km² · 148/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 42 · $2,476/wk household income · $440/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $1.1M
- Federal grants
- $3.88M in 2025-26 · $61/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $2,696
- Operating result
- -6.4%
- Asset renewal
- 95%
- Website
- nillumbik.vic.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- McEwen
- Federal MP
- Rob Mitchell (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 55% 2PP
- State electorate
- Eltham
- State MP
- Vicki Ward (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); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.