Deepdene VIC 3103
Located in Victoria, Deepdene sits 11 km from Melbourne CBD, around 22 minutes by car. The suburb has 2,101 residents, a median age of 46, and a median household income of $116,636 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 3.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $501 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $3,000. Deepdene is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 2 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Deepdene a good suburb?
Deepdene scores a A+ (90/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices.
Mixed results
2 schools · 1 above peer schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 77/100 · 10.7 km · 22 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $2.85M · Less affordable than 99% of VIC
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 54/100 · Flood 14/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 46 · 2,101 residents
Liveability Rating
90 / 100 · Ranked #5 in VICEach bar is Deepdene'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
90 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDeepdene's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $2.85 million, about 4% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$2,850,000
10% above its 3 neighbours (median $2,600,000)
Based on 27 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 30 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 7 sales $2.85M
- 4 bed 10 sales $2.97M
- 5 bed 5 sales $3.3M
Units
$838,000
12% above its 3 neighbours (median $750,000)
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 10 sales $838K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Deepdene are currently listed at around $2.88 million on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$2.88M
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$840K
3 units listed in the last 6 months.
8 of the suburb's 785 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Deepdene rent for around $800 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$800/wk
3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$638/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
7 rentals advertised against an estimated 169 rented homes (4.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025102 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3103.
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$800/week ($42,000 a year) on a $2.88 million median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
$638/week ($33,000 a year) on a $840,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 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
2 active Airbnb listings: 1 whole home and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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 Deepdene safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Deepdene sits in the moderate band, with 90 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 11% on the prior year.
90 offences
11.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20254 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.
Schools
Two schools serve Deepdene, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Deepdene Primary School leads the pack.
- • 497 students across 2 schools (avg 248)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1138-1159, median 1148 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Deepdene Primary School (353 students)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 3.3 kmHawthorn Campus John Street Hawthorn Swinburne UniversitySwinburne University of Technology · 402 courses
- 5.8 kmDeakin University, Melbourne Burwood CampusDeakin University · 204 courses
- 7.7 kmAustralian Catholic University-Melbourne CampusAustralian Catholic University · 137 courses
5.7% 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
Deepdene is very walkable on foot — at 77/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Deepdene.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 52.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 45.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 39.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 20.6 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 Deepdene.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 13%
- Premises covered
- 1,040
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
Boroondara: 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 5 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.
Deepdene is home to about 2,100 residents, with a median age of 46, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $117,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,101
Median Age
46
Median Household Income
$116,636/yr
Census Median Rent
$501/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$3,000/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$51,064/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.5%
Total Dwellings
785
Owner-Occupier Rate
78.5%
Houses
66.2%
Rental Stress
22.3%
Mortgage Stress
30.9%
Work From Home
45.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 60.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 63.2%
- Employment Rate
- 51.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 66.4%
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.
149 residents (7.1%) 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 2,031 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
24% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (224 of 930).
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.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,253 a year through Boroondara based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 83%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Commercial 5%
- Infrastructure and transport 5%
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: Boroondara
In the year to August 2026, 711 new dwellings were approved across Boroondara. That mix is 433 houses and 278 units. Approvals are down 40.4% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 25 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 25 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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 7.3 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 17.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.82 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Alphington monitoring station, 4.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 16.8 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 60 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.1 km
- 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 4.7 km
- 4.8 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
EV adoption
In postcode 3103, 335 of 10,941 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.3% (471 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3103, 1,303 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,639 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 148 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 3103 in 2025-26. The most was 58, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 24 across postcode 3103.
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 $2,850,000 this is $2,100,000 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 Monique Ryan Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Monique Ryan | 47.6% | 52.4% | +1.4 |
| 2022 | Monique Ryan | 45.8% | 54.2% | -2.2 |
| 2019 | Josh Frydenberg | 43.3% | 56.7% | -6.1 |
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 Jess Wilson Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jess Wilson LP | 54.0% | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| 2018 | Tim Smith LP | 50.4% | 45.2% | 54.8% |
| 2014 | Tim Smith LP | 57.2% | 39.4% | 60.6% |
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 Deepdene
Is Deepdene a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Deepdene is moderate (54/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Deepdene?
Deepdene has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (14/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Deepdene a good place to live?
Deepdene has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (90/100), 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 Deepdene?
Deepdene, VIC had a population of 2,101 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Deepdene, VIC?
The postcode for Deepdene, VIC is 3103.
How far is Deepdene from Melbourne?
Deepdene is 11 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 22 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Deepdene?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Deepdene was $116,636 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 Deepdene?
The median advertised rent in Deepdene is $800 a week for houses (3 listings) and $638 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Deepdene?
The median age of residents in Deepdene was 46 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Deepdene?
There are 2 schools inside the Deepdene boundary: 1 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Deepdene walkable?
Deepdene scores 77/100 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 Deepdene?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Deepdene (Alphington) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 7.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.8 µg/m³. That puts Deepdene 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 Deepdene?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Deepdene, Essendon Airport (16.8 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 Deepdene?
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 Deepdene belong to?
Deepdene sits within the Boroondara local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Deepdene?
The average residential rates bill through Boroondara is $2,253 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Deepdene?
Across Boroondara, 711 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 40.4% 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 Deepdene in?
Deepdene sits within the federal Division of Kooyong, currently held by Monique Ryan (Independent).
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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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