Doveton VIC 3177
Doveton is a suburb in Victoria, 36 km from Melbourne CBD, around 36 minutes by car. Population is 9,603; the median age is 34 and the median household income is $66,196 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 2.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,500. Doveton is characterised by high crime risk and high flood risk. 7 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Doveton a good suburb?
Doveton scores a D (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools, safety, and community.
Below the state average
7 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 77/100 · 35.9 km · 36 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $630K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 90/100 · Flood 63/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 34 · 9,603 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #707 in VICEach bar is Doveton's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
31 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDoveton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $630,000, about 6% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$630,000
20% below its 6 neighbours (median $790,500)
Based on 196 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 81 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 14 sales $544K
- 3 bed 150 sales $625K
- 4 bed 26 sales $722K
Units
$568,000
42% above its 5 neighbours (median $400,000)
Based on 86 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 43 days — median across 36 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 40 sales $534K
- 3 bed 42 sales $619K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Doveton are currently listed at around $675,000 on average. Based on 91 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$675K
91 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$600K
23 units listed in the last 6 months.
114 of the suburb's 3,197 dwellings (3.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Doveton rent for around $575 a week on average, based on 43 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$575/wk
4% below its 4 neighbours (median $600/wk)
43 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$532/wk
18 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
61 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,410 rented homes (4.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025128 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3177.
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$575/week ($30,000 a year) on a $675,000 median
$532/week ($28,000 a year) on a $600,000 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
4 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 2 rooms. 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 Doveton safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Doveton sits in the high band, with 1,389 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 12% on the prior year.
1,389 offences
12.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202552 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 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
Seven schools serve Doveton, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,001 students across 2 schools (avg 500)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 2 Independent, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 894-975, median 934 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Doveton College (892 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Doveton 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 Doveton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 119.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 104.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 65.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.4 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 Doveton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 8%
- Premises covered
- 4,358
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
Casey: 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 19 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.
Doveton is home to about 9,600 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $66,000 a year, with unemployment at 9.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
9,603
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$66,196/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$30,212/yr
Unemployment Rate
9.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.5%
Total Dwellings
3,197
Owner-Occupier Rate
55.9%
Houses
82.9%
Rental Stress
25.1%
Mortgage Stress
27.2%
Work From Home
9.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
239 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 15 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,348 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 36.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 32.0%
- Employment Rate
- 45.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.9%
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.
1,124 residents (11.7%) 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 8,875 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
5% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (187 of 3,515).
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 1,609 people work here; 3,515 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.5 jobs per working resident. At least 54% 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 $1,767 a year through Casey based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 64%
- Infrastructure and transport 15%
- Parks and recreation 15%
- Industrial 6%
- 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: Casey
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.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 137 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 32 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 105 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, 3.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Dandenong, 1.8 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 51 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 12.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 781 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
25 facilities within 5 km- 1.5 kmOther Wood Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Copper & compounds · Chromium (VI) compounds
- 1.9 kmNatural Rubber Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 1.9 kmOther Metal Container ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 2.2 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.2 kmPrintingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Ethyl acetate
EV adoption
In postcode 3177, 47 of 8,500 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.2% (356 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3177, 1,279 rooftop-solar systems totalling 7.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,361 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 89 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.
37 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3177 in 2025-26, rank 36 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 138, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 4 across postcode 3177.
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 $630,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Julian Hill Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Julian Hill | 64.6% | 35.4% | +9.3 |
| 2022 | Julian Hill | 56.6% | 43.4% | +0.7 |
| 2019 | Julian Hill | 64.2% | 35.9% | -0.1 |
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 Gabrielle Williams Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Gabrielle Williams ALP | 54.9% | 69.1% | 30.9% |
| 2018 | Gabrielle Williams ALP | 66.0% | 73.9% | 26.1% |
| 2014 | Gabrielle Williams ALP | 52.8% | 62.9% | 37.1% |
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
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Doveton
Is Doveton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Doveton is high (90/100, 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 Doveton?
Doveton has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (63/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Doveton a good place to live?
Doveton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (31/100), 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 Doveton?
Doveton, VIC had a population of 9,603 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Doveton, VIC?
The postcode for Doveton, VIC is 3177.
How far is Doveton from Melbourne?
Doveton is 36 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 36 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Doveton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Doveton was $66,196 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 Doveton?
The median advertised rent in Doveton is $575 a week for houses (43 listings) and $532 a week for units (18 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Doveton?
The median age of residents in Doveton was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Doveton?
There are 7 schools inside the Doveton boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Doveton walkable?
Doveton 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 Doveton?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Doveton (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Doveton 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 Doveton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Doveton, Dandenong (1.8 km away), 781 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Doveton?
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 Doveton belong to?
Doveton sits within the Casey local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Doveton?
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 Doveton?
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 Doveton in?
Doveton sits within the federal Division of Bruce, currently held by Julian Hill (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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