Melton vs Melton West

Melton West is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 40 in Melton. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Melton West: a median of $600,000, against $540,000 in Melton, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Melton tends to suit people living alone.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Melton West

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (68% vs 52%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (94% vs 83%)
  • But Melton has more parks and reserves (8 vs 3)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Melton has cheaper houses ($540,000 vs $600,000)
  • Melton West has cheaper land ($470,000 vs $787,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Melton has a bigger rental market to choose from (36% vs 24%)
  • Melton West leaves renters under less rental stress (22% vs 28%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Melton sits closer to the CBD (43.8 km vs 47.8 km)
  • Melton West is more walkable (40/100 vs 20/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Melton

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (10 vs 2)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (17% vs 6%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 14%)
  • But Melton West is more walkable (40/100 vs 20/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield.

Where they sit

Melton and Melton West drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Melton Melton West
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Melton Melton West
Walkability 20 / 40
Melton — Walkability: 20/100 Melton West — Walkability: 40/100
Safety 6 / 15
Melton — Safety: 6/100 Melton West — Safety: 15/100
Low fire risk 14 / 33
Melton — Low fire risk: 14/100 Melton West — Low fire risk: 33/100
Low flood risk 100 / 89
Melton — Low flood risk: 100/100 Melton West — Low flood risk: 89/100

Demographics

Melton West has higher household incomes ($75,400 vs $55,016); Melton skews older (40 vs 36).

Melton Melton West
Population 7,953 8,784
+10% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -1.4% —
Median age 40 36
Median household income $55,016/yr $75,400/yr
+37% vs other
Median weekly rent $300/wk $320/wk
+7% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Melton Melton West
0-4 6.4% / 6.1%
Melton — 0-4: 6.4% Melton West — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 12.3% / 15.0%
Melton — 5-14: 12.3% Melton West — 5-14: 15.0%
15-19 5.4% / 7.1%
Melton — 15-19: 5.4% Melton West — 15-19: 7.1%
20-24 5.6% / 6.0%
Melton — 20-24: 5.6% Melton West — 20-24: 6.0%
25-34 13.5% / 13.0%
Melton — 25-34: 13.5% Melton West — 25-34: 13.0%
35-44 13.0% / 14.4%
Melton — 35-44: 13.0% Melton West — 35-44: 14.4%
45-54 12.0% / 12.9%
Melton — 45-54: 12.0% Melton West — 45-54: 12.9%
55-64 11.5% / 11.3%
Melton — 55-64: 11.5% Melton West — 55-64: 11.3%
65-74 12.8% / 9.8%
Melton — 65-74: 12.8% Melton West — 65-74: 9.8%
75-84 6.2% / 3.7%
Melton — 75-84: 6.2% Melton West — 75-84: 3.7%
85+ 1.4% / 0.9%
Melton — 85+: 1.4% Melton West — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Melton 30.2% couple families
Melton — Couple Families: 30.2% Melton — Lone Person: 41.6% Melton — One Parent Families: 22.3% Melton — Group Household: 3.7% Melton — Other Families: 2.2%
Melton West 44.8% couple families
Melton West — Couple Families: 44.8% Melton West — Lone Person: 26.7% Melton West — One Parent Families: 23.7% Melton West — Group Household: 3.3% Melton West — Other Families: 1.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Melton 35.6% renting
Melton — Owned Outright: 33.7% Melton — Mortgage: 30.7% Melton — Renting: 35.6%
Melton West 23.8% renting
Melton West — Owned Outright: 30.5% Melton West — Mortgage: 45.7% Melton West — Renting: 23.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Melton Melton West
Certificate III & IV 14.8% / 16.3%
Melton — Certificate III & IV: 14.8% Melton West — Certificate III & IV: 16.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.0% / 6.5%
Melton — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.0% Melton West — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Bachelor Degree 5.4% / 6.4%
Melton — Bachelor Degree: 5.4% Melton West — Bachelor Degree: 6.4%
Postgraduate Degree 1.3% / 1.7%
Melton — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3% Melton West — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 1.0%
Melton — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Melton West — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.3%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Melton Melton West
India 2.2% / 3.4%
Melton — India: 2.2% Melton West — India: 3.4%
England 2.7% / 2.8%
Melton — England: 2.7% Melton West — England: 2.8%
New Zealand 2.7% / 2.4%
Melton — New Zealand: 2.7% Melton West — New Zealand: 2.4%
Philippines 1.7% / 1.5%
Melton — Philippines: 1.7% Melton West — Philippines: 1.5%
Vietnam 1.1% / 0.7%
Melton — Vietnam: 1.1% Melton West — Vietnam: 0.7%
Myanmar 1.2% / 0.6%
Melton — Myanmar: 1.2% Melton West — Myanmar: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Melton 83.3% houses
Melton — Houses: 83.3% Melton — Townhouses: 16.5% Melton — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Melton West 93.7% houses
Melton West — Houses: 93.7% Melton West — Townhouses: 6.2% Melton West — Flats / Apartments: 0.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Melton Melton West
Median house price $540,000 $600,000
Median unit price $400,000 $430,000
Median land price $787,500 $470,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 33 days
from 94 sales
 28 days
from 98 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Melton Melton West
2 bed $405K / $400K
Melton — 2 bed: $405K (24 sales) Melton West — 2 bed: $400K (6 sales)

24 vs 6 sales

3 bed $395K / $432K
Melton — 3 bed: $395K (8 sales) Melton West — 3 bed: $432K (5 sales)

8 vs 5 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Melton Melton West
2 bed $424K / $477K
Melton — 2 bed: $424K (10 sales) Melton West — 2 bed: $477K (8 sales)

10 vs 8 sales

3 bed $526K / $550K
Melton — 3 bed: $526K (190 sales) Melton West — 3 bed: $550K (117 sales)

190 vs 117 sales

4 bed $615K / $650K
Melton — 4 bed: $615K (41 sales) Melton West — 4 bed: $650K (98 sales)

41 vs 98 sales

5 bed $636K / $725K
Melton — 5 bed: $636K (12 sales) Melton West — 5 bed: $725K (15 sales)

12 vs 15 sales

Zoning mix

Melton has more rural and farming land (50% vs 25%).

Melton Melton West
Residential 27% 53%
Rural and farming 50% 25%
Industrial 10% 0%
Parks and recreation 7% 6%
Environmental 0% 6%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 6%
Commercial 1% 4%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Melton Melton West
New dwellings approved 4,602
across Melton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +5%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Melton Melton West
Houses 3.7%
$410/wk on $574K
 3.8%
$450/wk on $610K
Units 4.9%
$410/wk on $435K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Melton Melton West
House price Higher than 18% of VIC Higher than 26% of VIC
Income Higher than 13% of VIC Higher than 42% of VIC
Schools Higher than 3% of VIC Higher than 40% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 79% of VIC Higher than 85% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 44% of VIC Higher than 68% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 45% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 99% of VIC Higher than 98% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 57% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 56% of VIC —

Liveability

Melton West is more walkable (40 vs 20); Melton West scores higher overall (32 vs 20).

Melton Melton West
Grade D C
Score 20/100 32/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Melton West carries more flood risk (11 vs 0); Melton carries more bushfire risk (86 vs 67).

Melton Melton West
Bushfire High
86/100
 Moderate
67/100
Crime High
94/100
 High
85/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
11/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Melton Melton West
Inside the suburb 5 8
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 2 4

Schools in Melton

  • Melton Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Muhammadiyah Australia College Independent · Combined below peers
  • St Dominic's School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services - Djerriwarrh Community College Independent · Secondary
  • Western English Language School-Melton Campus Government · Combined · Special school

Schools in Melton West

  • OneSchool Global Vic Independent · Combined above peers
  • St Francis Catholic College Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Melton Secondary College Government · Secondary below peers
  • Melton West Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • St Catherine of Siena School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • Wedge Park Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Melton Melton West
Supermarkets 3 4
Cafes & restaurants 2 6
Parks & reserves 8 3
Childcare 15 8
GPs 10 2
Pharmacies 4 2
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 5
Fuel stations 7 1
Waterways 25 1

Mobility

Melton West sits further from the CBD (47.8 km vs 43.8 km).

Melton Melton West
Walkability score 20/100 40/100
Distance to Melbourne 43.8 km 47.8 km
+9% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 42 min 45 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 77/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 123.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 113.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3337
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 42
postcode 3337
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Melton Melton West
Car (driver) 72.4% / 72.6%
Melton — Car (driver): 72.4% Melton West — Car (driver): 72.6%
Worked from Home 15.1% / 17.7%
Melton — Worked from Home: 15.1% Melton West — Worked from Home: 17.7%
Car (passenger) 6.4% / 5.6%
Melton — Car (passenger): 6.4% Melton West — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Train 2.9% / 2.4%
Melton — Train: 2.9% Melton West — Train: 2.4%
Walked Only 2.2% / 1.2%
Melton — Walked Only: 2.2% Melton West — Walked Only: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.6%).

Setting

Melton Melton West
Elevation 144 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 142 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 28.5 km 32.5 km

NBN connectivity

Melton Melton West
Connectivity score 99/100 97/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 98%
4,809 premises
 92%
3,608 premises

Climate

Melton Melton West
Annual rainfall 518 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.0°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Melton Melton West
PM2.5 4.4 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Melton Melton West
Average residential rate $1,779/yr
same for both
Council Melton
same for both

Federal electorate

Melton Melton West
Division Hawke
same for both
Member Sam Rae
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Melton Melton West
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Melton

Affordable Outer

Melton West

Large Blocks Outer

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