Albion VIC 3020
Albion sits 24 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 27 minutes by car. Census data records 4,334 residents with a median age of 35 and a median household income of $68,120 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 8.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $301 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,700. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. All 2 schools within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Albion a good suburb?
Albion scores a C (48/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools · 2 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 62/100 · 24.4 km · 27 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $791K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 84/100 · Flood 39/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 35 · 4,334 residents
Liveability Rating
48 / 100 · Ranked #454 in VICEach bar is Albion's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
48 / 100
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataAlbion's unit market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $295,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$295,000
43% below its 6 neighbours (median $515,000)
Based on 67 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 24 sales $238K
- 2 bed 34 sales $340K
- 3 bed 6 sales $591K
Houses
$791,000
5% above its 6 neighbours (median $755,000)
Based on 49 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $705K
- 3 bed 21 sales $791K
- 4 bed 14 sales $804K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Albion are currently listed at around $762,000 on average. Based on 20 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$762K
20 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$475K
12 units listed in the last 6 months.
32 of the suburb's 1,774 dwellings (1.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Albion rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 24 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$650/wk
18% above its 6 neighbours (median $550/wk)
24 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$422/wk
6% below its 3 neighbours (median $450/wk)
18 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
42 rentals advertised against an estimated 825 rented homes (5.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025134 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3020.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$650/week ($34,000 a year) on a $762,000 median
$422/week ($22,000 a year) on a $475,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
12 active Airbnb listings: 8 whole homes and 4 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.4% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Albion safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Albion sits in the high band, with 500 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 5% on the prior year.
500 offences
4.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202513 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Two schools serve Albion, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Albion Primary School and St Theresa's School lead the pack.
- • 418 students across 2 schools (avg 209)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1031-1076, median 1054 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Theresa's School (229 students)
Primary
Universities nearby
2.2% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Albion is somewhat walkable on foot — at 62/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Albion.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 132.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 84.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 76.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Albion.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 4%
- Premises covered
- 2,427
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Brimbank: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 11 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Albion is home to about 4,300 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $68,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,334
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$68,120/yr
Census Median Rent
$301/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,700/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$36,816/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
16.6%
Total Dwellings
1,774
Owner-Occupier Rate
53.5%
Houses
54.8%
Rental Stress
23.0%
Mortgage Stress
29.9%
Work From Home
26.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
48 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 8 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 782 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 44.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 46.2%
- Employment Rate
- 54.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.6%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
574 residents (13.2%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 4,091 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
23% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (474 of 2,038).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,054 people work here; 2,038 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.5 jobs per working resident. At least 48% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,847 a year through Brimbank based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 43%
- Parks and recreation 29%
- Industrial 16%
- Infrastructure and transport 9%
- Commercial 2%
- Other and special use 1%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Brimbank
In the year to August 2026, 670 new dwellings were approved across Brimbank. That mix is 233 houses and 437 units. Approvals are up 39.7% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 28 homes
- Projects firmly planned 14 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 14 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 23.2 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 12.
From the Brooklyn monitoring station, 5.7 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 9.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 45 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.1 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 4.5% of addresses
- 130 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 534 mm
- 85 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 13 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
28 facilities within 5 km- 0.2 kmOther Structural Metal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Chromium (III) compounds · Copper & compounds
- 1.2 kmPaint and Coatings ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Ethylbenzene
- 2.0 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.3 kmSynthetic Resin and Synthetic Rubber ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.9 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3020, 300 of 33,629 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.5% (1,530 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3020, 4,666 rooftop-solar systems totalling 32.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 16,700 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 310 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
52 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3020 in 2025-26, rank 28 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 333, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 25 across postcode 3020.
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $295,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Daniel Mulino Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Daniel Mulino | 72.0% | 28.0% | +5.5 |
| 2022 | Daniel Mulino | 66.5% | 33.5% | +1.6 |
| 2019 | Daniel Mulino | 64.2% | 35.8% | +5.6 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Sarah Connolly Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sarah Connolly ALP | 52.1% | 68.0% | 32.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Albion
Is Albion a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Albion is high (84/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Albion?
Albion has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (39/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Albion a good place to live?
Albion has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (48/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Albion?
Albion, VIC had a population of 4,334 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Albion, VIC?
The postcode for Albion, VIC is 3020.
How far is Albion from Melbourne?
Albion is 24 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 27 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Albion?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Albion was $68,120 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Albion?
The median advertised rent in Albion is $650 a week for houses (24 listings) and $422 a week for units (18 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Albion?
The median age of residents in Albion was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Albion?
There are 2 schools inside the Albion boundary: 2 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Albion walkable?
Albion scores 62/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Albion?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Albion, Essendon Airport (9.6 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 534 mm of rain a year over 85 rainy days, and 13 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Albion?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Albion belong to?
Albion sits within the Brimbank local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Albion?
The average residential rates bill through Brimbank is $1,847 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Albion?
Across Brimbank, 670 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 39.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Albion in?
Albion sits within the federal Division of Fraser, currently held by Daniel Mulino (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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