Bend Of Islands ^{VIC 3097}

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.9% of the locality'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.

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,696 a year through Nillumbik based on 2024 figures.

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

In the year to August 2026, 98 new dwellings were approved across Nillumbik. That mix is 65 houses and 33 units. Approvals are up 8.3% on the same period a year earlier.

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.

This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).

PM10 averaged 15.5 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2.

From the Mooroolbark monitoring station, 9.4 km away.

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation

147 m

above sea level, at the locality centre

Distance to the ocean

33.1 km

Near high-voltage lines

3.2% of addresses

5 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more

Annual rainfall

777 mm

105 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

26.9°C

10 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

6.3°C

2 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

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Currently held by Aaron Violi Liberal

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

Currently held by Cindy McLeish Liberal

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.