Devon Meadows VIC 3977

Devon Meadows is a suburb in Victoria, 59 km from Melbourne CBD, around 56 minutes by car. Population is 1,551; the median age is 44 and the median household income is $93,080 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $392 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,105. The area shows high flood risk and high crime risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.

Is Devon Meadows a good suburb?

Devon Meadows scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 0/100 · 59.2 km · 56 min drive to Melbourne

Prices

Median available

Median $1.5M

Safety

High flood risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 63/100 · Flood 72/100

Community

Mid-range socio-economic

SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 44 · 1,551 residents

C

Liveability Rating

38 / 100 · Ranked #602 in VIC

Each bar is Devon Meadows'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.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
47
Bushfire None · Crime Moderate · Flood High
Socio-economic
40
Mid-range
Walkability
9
Very car-dependent
CBD access
55
59.2 km · 56 min drive to Melbourne
How it's calculated: Safety rank 47 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 40 × 25% + Walkability rank 9 × 15% + CBD access rank 55 × 10% = 38 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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38 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Devon Meadows's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.5 million, about 2% below where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$1,500,000

last 3 quarters

99% above its 9 neighbours (median $755,000)

↓ −1.6% year-on-year

Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 124 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 5 sales $1.36M

Land

$1,452,500

Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Typically sold in 25 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Devon Meadows are currently listed at around $1.51 million on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.

$1.51M

4 houses listed in the last 6 months.

4 of the suburb's 492 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Devon Meadows rent for around $1,400 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

$1,400/wk

3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

3 rentals advertised against an estimated 67 rented homes (4.5%) in the last 6 months.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

116 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3977.

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
House
4.8% above the typical range
Top 4% in VIC

$1,400/week ($73,000 a year) on a $1.51 million 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

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.2% 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 Devon Meadows safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Devon Meadows sits in the moderate band, with 78 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 20% on the prior year.

78 offences

20.0% since 2025
Theft 25 (32.1%)
Assault 16 (20.5%)
Harassment & Stalking 12 (15.4%)
Break & Enter 9 (11.5%)
Property Damage 5 (6.4%)
Drug Offences 4 (5.1%)
Fraud & Deception 2 (2.6%)
Weapons Offences 2 (2.6%)
Robbery 1 (1.3%)
Arson 1 (1.3%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (1.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

16 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal

Where they happened

Baxter-Tooradin Road 5 (31.2%)
South Gippsland Highway 4 (25.0%)

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

One school serve Devon Meadows, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.

50
out of 100
Average
1 school in this suburb
1 at similar
  • • 305 students in one school (avg 305)

Primary

Government · Prep-6 · 305 students
ICSEA 986 (higher than 40% of Australian schools) · 5% top-SEA students
At similar

Walkability

Devon Meadows is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Devon Meadows.

46
out of 100
Bottom 21% in VIC
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
12.8 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
7.1 arrivals/hr
Saturday
5.1 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
14.6 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 Devon Meadows.

34
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
5%
Premises covered
594
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 94%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 5%
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) 2%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
1 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
2 in suburb
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
1 in suburb

Casey: council population

The whole council area, not just Devon Meadows · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
414,929
+2.7% in a year
Change
+10,721
people since 2024
Density
1,013
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+4,514
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,825
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+4,382
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
5/10
4/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
8/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
1/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded
How evenly that is spread

The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.

Devon Meadows is home to about 1,600 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $93,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

1,551

0.2% since 2016

Median Age

44

2.2% since 2016

Median Household Income

$93,080/yr

15.4% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$392/wk

38.5% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,105/mo

5.2% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.9

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$38,792/yr

18.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.4%

50.0% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

5.1%

16.4% since 2016

Total Dwellings

492

0.4% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

86.4%

1.7% since 2016

Houses

99.4%

0.6% since 2016

Rental Stress

21.9%

20.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

27.1%

9.1% since 2016

Work From Home

20.2%

77.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 489 (99.4%)
Flats / Apartments 3 (0.6%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 220 (48.2%)
Mortgage 174 (38.2%)
Renting 62 (13.6%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
74.8%
English Spoken at Home
79.6%
Employment Rate
57.5%
2.3% since 2016
Completed Year 12
32.5%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 155 (21.1%)
Managers 115 (15.6%)
Clerical & Administrative 100 (13.6%)
Labourers 98 (13.3%)
Professionals 69 (9.4%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 69 (9.4%)
Sales 60 (8.2%)
Community & Personal Service 54 (7.3%)

Religion

Christianity 678 (43.7%)
No Religion 640 (41.3%)
Islam 40 (2.6%)
Buddhism 30 (1.9%)
Other Religions 11 (0.7%)
Sikhism 5 (0.3%)
Hinduism 3 (0.2%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 45 (2.9%)
India 18 (1.2%)
China 18 (1.2%)
Netherlands 18 (1.2%)
New Zealand 17 (1.1%)
Italy 13 (0.8%)
Greece 13 (0.8%)
Lebanon 9 (0.6%)

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.

2016-2021 7 (0.5%)
2011-2015 28 (1.8%)
2001-2010 27 (1.7%)
1991-2000 28 (1.8%)
1981-1990 38 (2.5%)
Before 1981 145 (9.3%)

7 residents (0.5%) 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.

Mornington Peninsula 53 (3.6%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,481 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.

Greek 13 (0.8%)
Mandarin 10 (0.6%)
Italian 9 (0.6%)
Punjabi 6 (0.4%)
Cantonese 5 (0.3%)
Arabic 3 (0.2%)

Age Distribution

0-4 70 (4.5%)
5-14 203 (13.1%)
15-19 83 (5.4%)
20-24 92 (5.9%)
25-34 170 (11.0%)
35-44 172 (11.1%)
45-54 240 (15.5%)
55-64 220 (14.2%)
65-74 186 (12.0%)
75-84 100 (6.4%)
85+ 24 (1.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 205 (58.7%)
Lone Person 84 (24.1%)
One Parent Families 48 (13.8%)
Group Household 9 (2.6%)
Other Families 3 (0.9%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 429 (69.9%)
Worked from Home 124 (20.2%)
Car (passenger) 26 (4.2%)
Walked Only 25 (4.1%)
Bicycle 6 (1.0%)
Train 4 (0.7%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (22 of 736).

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 698 people work here; 736 employed residents live here.

Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident).

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

Certificate III & IV 315 (20.3%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 101 (6.5%)
Bachelor Degree 96 (6.2%)
Postgraduate Degree 23 (1.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 18 (1.2%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 4 (0.8%)
1 car 85 (17.9%)
2 cars 153 (32.2%)
3 cars 110 (23.2%)
4+ cars 132 (27.8%)

Council Rates

Casey
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,767 a year through Casey based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,767/yr
9% below the VIC average of $1,937 · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.275¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Devon Meadows's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 96%
  • Infrastructure and transport 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Casey

The whole council area, not just Devon Meadows · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 3,412 new dwellings were approved across Casey. That mix is 2,854 houses and 558 units. Approvals are down 14.8% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
3,412dwellings
-14.8% YoY
Houses
2,854
detached dwellings
Units
558
townhouses + apartments

New Homes Planned

New homes planned in this suburb: 3,137 homes

  • Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 3,137 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

MODERATE

PM2.5 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, 23.3 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Frankston Beach, 17.2 km

warm summers — mild winters.

Elevation
17 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
5.4 km
Annual rainfall
—
Summer max (Jan)
24.5°C
4 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
8.3°C
0 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.

EV adoption

1.0%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.04% in 2021
+0.4 points this year
Top 23% in VIC

In postcode 3977, 861 of 86,508 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.6% (3,106 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.04%
2022
0.11%
2023
0.28%
2024
0.61%
2025
1.00%

Rooftop solar

54
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.1 kW each

In postcode 3977, 20,385 rooftop-solar systems totalling 124.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 37,952 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,301 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
1,823
2020
2,082
2021
2,072
2022
1,264
2023
1,392
2024
1,520
2025
1,242
2026
692

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.

184 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3977 in 2025-26, rank 11 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 1,295, in 2009-10.

2000-01 to 2025-26

Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$7,823
Loan amount
$1,200,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,616,317

1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 96 across postcode 3977.

Deposit
$300,000
Stamp duty
$82,500
Cash needed at settlement
$382,500

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.

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

Division of Holt

Currently held by Cassandra Fernando Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Cassandra Fernando 64.0% 36.0% +6.9
2022 Cassandra Fernando 57.1% 42.9% +1.5
2019 Anthony Byrne 58.7% 41.3% +1.2

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

Bass District

Currently held by Jordan Crugnale Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Jordan Crugnale ALP 50.2% 50.2% 49.8%
2018 Jordan Crugnale ALP 52.4% 52.4% 47.6%
2014 Brian Paynter LP 54.5% 45.5% 54.5%

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 Devon Meadows

Is Devon Meadows a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Devon Meadows is moderate (63/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Devon Meadows?

Devon Meadows has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a high share of it (72/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Devon Meadows a good place to live?

Devon Meadows has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), 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 Devon Meadows?

Devon Meadows, VIC had a population of 1,551 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Devon Meadows, VIC?

The postcode for Devon Meadows, VIC is 3977.

How far is Devon Meadows from Melbourne?

Devon Meadows is 59 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 56 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Devon Meadows?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Devon Meadows was $93,080 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 Devon Meadows?

The median advertised rent in Devon Meadows is $1,400 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Devon Meadows?

The median age of residents in Devon Meadows was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.

How are the schools in Devon Meadows?

There is 1 school inside the Devon Meadows boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

What is the air quality in Devon Meadows?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Devon Meadows (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Devon Meadows 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 Devon Meadows?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Devon Meadows, Frankston Beach (17.2 km away), summer days average 24.5°C, winter nights 8.3°C, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Devon Meadows?

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 Devon Meadows belong to?

Devon Meadows sits within the Casey local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Devon Meadows?

The average residential rates bill through Casey is $1,767 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Devon Meadows?

Across Casey, 3,412 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 14.8% 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 Devon Meadows in?

Devon Meadows sits within the federal Division of Holt, currently held by Cassandra Fernando (Australian Labor Party).

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