Aspendale VIC 3195
Located in Victoria, Aspendale sits 28 km from Melbourne CBD, around 42 minutes by car. The suburb has 7,285 residents, a median age of 40, and a median household income of $121,836 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 5.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $460 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,383. Aspendale is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Aspendale a good suburb?
Aspendale scores a A (77/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, transit, and community, weaker on prices.
Above the state average
4 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 15% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 75/100 · 28.2 km · 42 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $1.36M · Less affordable than 80% of VIC
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 50/100 · Flood 65/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 40 · 7,285 residents
Liveability Rating
77 / 100 · Ranked #87 in VICEach bar is Aspendale's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
77 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAspendale's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.36 million, roughly 11% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,360,000
5% above its 3 neighbours (median $1,300,000)
Based on 95 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 39 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $1.04M
- 3 bed 40 sales $1.28M
- 4 bed 36 sales $1.59M
- 5 bed 5 sales $1.94M
Units
$750,000
17% above its 3 neighbours (median $641,250)
Based on 42 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 29 sales $733K
- 3 bed 8 sales $948K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Aspendale are currently listed at around $1.52 million on average. Based on 52 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.52M
52 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$812K
14 units listed in the last 6 months.
66 of the suburb's 2,597 dwellings (2.5%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Aspendale rent for around $950 a week on average, based on 13 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$950/wk
13 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$712/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 467 rented homes (3.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3195.
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$950/week ($49,000 a year) on a $1.52 million median
$712/week ($37,000 a year) on a $812,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
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
14 active Airbnb listings: 14 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.5% 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 Aspendale safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Aspendale sits in the moderate band, with 262 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 18% on the prior year.
262 offences
18.4% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202518 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 484 m
- Rate
- -0.29 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -14.9 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Four schools serve Aspendale, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Mordialloc College and St Louis de Montfort's School lead the pack.
- • 2,478 students across 4 schools (avg 620)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1032-1107, median 1081 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mordialloc College (1,218 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Aspendale is very walkable on foot — at 75/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 9 parks and 9 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Aspendale.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 16.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 15.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 9.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 4 min
- Span of service
- 20.7 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 9 min wait
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 Aspendale.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 3,111
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
Kingston (Vic.): 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 17 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Aspendale is home to about 7,300 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $122,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,285
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$121,836/yr
Census Median Rent
$460/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,383/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$53,196/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.9%
Total Dwellings
2,597
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.0%
Houses
69.1%
Rental Stress
19.6%
Mortgage Stress
23.5%
Work From Home
40.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
10 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 0 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 456 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 78.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 86.8%
- Employment Rate
- 65.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.8%
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.
125 residents (1.7%) 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 6,858 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
16% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (596 of 3,778).
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 1,241 people work here; 3,778 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 65% 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 $1,940 a year through Kingston (Vic.) based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 62%
- Other and special use 15%
- Infrastructure and transport 13%
- Parks and recreation 9%
- Zones under 1% 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: Kingston (Vic.)
In the year to August 2026, 465 new dwellings were approved across Kingston (Vic.). That mix is 196 houses and 269 units. Approvals are down 36.4% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 14 homes
- Projects firmly planned 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 Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).
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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 20.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.98 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Dandenong monitoring station, 9.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Moorabbin Airport, 4.7 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 4 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 484 m
- 548 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 644 mm
- 94 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.0°C
- 10 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.9°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
8 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 1.7 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.7 km
- 2.8 km
- 3.2 kmOther Polymer Product ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5) · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 3195, 508 of 30,147 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (842 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3195, 4,536 rooftop-solar systems totalling 34.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,584 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 331 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3195 in 2025-26. The most was 309, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
5 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 28 across postcode 3195.
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 $1,360,000 this is $610,000 above 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 Mark Dreyfus Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mark Dreyfus | 64.3% | 35.7% | +4.8 |
| 2022 | Mark Dreyfus | 56.9% | 43.1% | -0.4 |
| 2019 | Mark Dreyfus | 56.4% | 43.6% | -3.5 |
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 Tim Richardson Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim Richardson ALP | 58.2% | 58.2% | 41.8% |
| 2018 | Tim Richardson ALP | 50.1% | 62.9% | 37.1% |
| 2014 | Tim Richardson ALP | 52.1% | 52.1% | 47.9% |
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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Common questions about Aspendale
Is Aspendale a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Aspendale is moderate (50/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Aspendale?
Aspendale has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (65/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Aspendale a good place to live?
Aspendale has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (77/100), 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 Aspendale?
Aspendale, VIC had a population of 7,285 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Aspendale, VIC?
The postcode for Aspendale, VIC is 3195.
How far is Aspendale from Melbourne?
Aspendale is 28 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 42 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Aspendale?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Aspendale was $121,836 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 Aspendale?
The median advertised rent in Aspendale is $950 a week for houses (13 listings) and $712 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Aspendale?
The median age of residents in Aspendale was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Aspendale?
There are 4 schools inside the Aspendale boundary: 2 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Aspendale walkable?
Aspendale scores 75/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Aspendale?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Aspendale (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Aspendale below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Aspendale?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Aspendale, Moorabbin Airport (4.7 km away), summer days average 26°C, winter nights 6.9°C, 644 mm of rain a year over 94 rainy days, and 10 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Aspendale?
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 Aspendale belong to?
Aspendale sits within the Kingston (Vic.) local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Aspendale?
The average residential rates bill through Kingston (Vic.) is $1,940 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Aspendale?
Across Kingston (Vic.), 465 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 36.4% 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 Aspendale in?
Aspendale sits within the federal Division of Isaacs, currently held by Mark Dreyfus (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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