Eden Park VIC 3757

Eden Park sits 56 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 58 minutes by car. Census data records 1,194 residents with a median age of 45 and a median household income of $112,736 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $381 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,303. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure and no recorded flood exposure. Walkability is low.

Is Eden Park a good suburb?

Eden Park scores a B (63/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on transit.

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 0/100 · 55.6 km · 58 min drive to Melbourne

Prices

Median available

Median $1.2M

Safety

Low all-round risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 22/100 · Flood 0/100

Community

Advantaged

SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 45 · 1,194 residents

B

Liveability Rating

63 / 100 · Ranked #236 in VIC

Each bar is Eden Park'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
no schools mapped
Safety
100
Bushfire None · Crime Low · Flood None
Socio-economic
61
Advantaged
Walkability
9
Very car-dependent
CBD access
57
55.6 km · 58 min drive to Melbourne
How it's calculated: Safety rank 100 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 61 × 25% + Walkability rank 9 × 15% + CBD access rank 57 × 10% = 63 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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63 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Eden Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.2 million, roughly 31% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$1,200,000

last 4 quarters

88% above its 3 neighbours (median $638,000)

↑ +31.1% year-on-year

Based on 21 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 36 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 8 sales $1.21M
  • 4 bed 10 sales $958K

Land

$290,000

↓ −1.7% year-on-year

Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Eden Park are currently listed at around $1.98 million on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

$1.98M

3 houses listed in the last 6 months.

3 of the suburb's 366 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

128 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3757.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.3% 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 Eden Park safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Eden Park sits in the low band, with 17 incidents recorded in 2026.

17 offences

no change since 2025
Theft 10 (58.8%)
Break & Enter 3 (17.6%)
Assault 1 (5.9%)
Harassment & Stalking 1 (5.9%)
Arson 1 (5.9%)
Fraud & Deception 1 (5.9%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

5 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Where they happened

Glenburnie Road 3 (60.0%)

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

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Eden Park 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.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Eden Park.

43
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
2%
Premises covered
436
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 80%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 18%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 2%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 1%

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

No amenities mapped in this suburb boundary.

Whittlesea: council population

The whole council area, not just Eden Park · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
259,759
+2.9% in a year
Change
+7,321
people since 2024
Density
530
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+2,242
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+2,002
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+3,077
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
8/10
7/10 within VIC
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
10/10
10/10 within VIC
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
5/10
4/10 within VIC
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Eden Park is home to about 1,200 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $113,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

1,194

0.8% since 2016

Median Age

45

7.1% since 2016

Median Household Income

$112,736/yr

13.9% since 2016
Top 14% in VIC

Census Median Rent

$381/wk

38.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,303/mo

14.6% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.0

3.2% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$40,040/yr

10.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.4%

38.5% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.1%

2.9% since 2016

Total Dwellings

366

0.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

96.9%

1.3% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

0.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

17.6%

21.4% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

24.5%

0.4% since 2016

Work From Home

26.2%

303.1% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 366 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 179 (50.3%)
Owned Outright 166 (46.6%)
Renting 11 (3.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
80.0%
English Spoken at Home
85.1%
Employment Rate
61.8%
1.6% since 2016
Completed Year 12
39.1%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 114 (18.8%)
Clerical & Administrative 92 (15.2%)
Professionals 90 (14.9%)
Managers 90 (14.9%)
Community & Personal Service 60 (9.9%)
Sales 60 (9.9%)
Labourers 56 (9.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 37 (6.1%)

Religion

Christianity 631 (52.8%)
No Religion 434 (36.3%)
Islam 19 (1.6%)
Hinduism 7 (0.6%)
Other Religions 6 (0.5%)
Buddhism 3 (0.3%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 51 (4.3%)
Italy 21 (1.8%)
New Zealand 13 (1.1%)
South Africa 11 (0.9%)
Germany 5 (0.4%)
India 4 (0.3%)
Philippines 4 (0.3%)
Lebanon 3 (0.3%)

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 9 (0.8%)
2011-2015 10 (0.8%)
2001-2010 24 (2.0%)
1991-2000 17 (1.4%)
1981-1990 23 (1.9%)
Before 1981 76 (6.4%)

9 residents (0.8%) 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.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Italian 14 (1.2%)
Greek 6 (0.5%)
German 5 (0.4%)
Tamil 3 (0.3%)
French 3 (0.3%)

Age Distribution

0-4 40 (3.4%)
5-14 179 (15.0%)
15-19 84 (7.0%)
20-24 63 (5.3%)
25-34 79 (6.6%)
35-44 134 (11.2%)
45-54 222 (18.6%)
55-64 196 (16.4%)
65-74 133 (11.1%)
75-84 49 (4.1%)
85+ 8 (0.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 176 (65.7%)
Lone Person 50 (18.7%)
One Parent Families 35 (13.1%)
Other Families 4 (1.5%)
Group Household 3 (1.1%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 329 (67.8%)
Worked from Home 127 (26.2%)
Car (passenger) 18 (3.7%)
Train 11 (2.3%)

7% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (44 of 605).

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

Certificate III & IV 215 (18.0%)
Bachelor Degree 124 (10.4%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 104 (8.7%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 23 (1.9%)
Postgraduate Degree 19 (1.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 40 (10.9%)
2 cars 123 (33.6%)
3 cars 90 (24.6%)
4+ cars 106 (29.0%)

Council Rates

Whittlesea
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,899 a year through Whittlesea based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,899/yr
About the VIC average ($1,937) · median of 79 councils
Rate in the dollar
0.272¢ / $
of property valuation
Valuation basis
Capital Improved Value
land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Eden Park's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 65%
  • Environmental 35%

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: Whittlesea

The whole council area, not just Eden Park · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 2,632 new dwellings were approved across Whittlesea. That mix is 2,157 houses and 475 units. Approvals are down 27.5% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
2,632dwellings
-27.5% YoY
Houses
2,157
detached dwellings
Units
475
townhouses + apartments

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

CLEAN

PM2.5 averaged 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).

From the Macleod monitoring station, 25.3 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Melbourne Airport, 28.0 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
248 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
40.2 km
Annual rainfall
518 mm
81 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
26.7°C
12 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
6.0°C
1 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

0.8%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.08% in 2021
+0.3 points this year

In postcode 3757, 67 of 8,420 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (102 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.0%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.08%
2022
0.20%
2023
0.35%
2024
0.52%
2025
0.80%

Rooftop solar

46
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.8 kW each

In postcode 3757, 1,619 rooftop-solar systems totalling 11.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,483 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 94 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
100
2020
112
2021
131
2022
101
2023
107
2024
92
2025
91
2026
49

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.

2 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3757 in 2025-26, rank 176 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 109, in 2001-02.

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
$6,258
Loan amount
$960,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,293,053

2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 3757.

Deposit
$240,000
Stamp duty
$66,000
Cash needed at settlement
$306,000

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 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Mcewen

Currently held by Rob Mitchell Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Rob Mitchell 54.8% 45.2% +0.9
2022 Rob Mitchell 53.3% 46.7% +2.0
2019 Rob Mitchell 55.0% 45.0% +1.0

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

Yan Yean District

Currently held by Lauren Kathage Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year Winner Won with 2PP ALP 2PP LNP
2022 Lauren Kathage ALP 50.2% 54.5% 45.5%
2018 Danielle Green ALP 54.3% 67.0% 33.0%
2014 Danielle Green ALP 53.6% 53.6% 46.4%

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 Eden Park

Is Eden Park a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Eden Park is low (22/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Eden Park?

Eden Park has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Eden Park a good place to live?

Eden Park has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (63/100), 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 Eden Park?

Eden Park, VIC had a population of 1,194 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Eden Park, VIC?

The postcode for Eden Park, VIC is 3757.

How far is Eden Park from Melbourne?

Eden Park is 56 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 58 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Eden Park?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Eden Park was $112,736 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 Eden Park?

There are too few current rental listings in Eden Park for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $381, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Eden Park?

The median age of residents in Eden Park was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.

What is the air quality in Eden Park?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Eden Park (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Eden Park below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Eden Park?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Eden Park, Melbourne Airport (28 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6°C, 518 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days, and 12 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Eden Park?

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 Eden Park belong to?

Eden Park sits within the Whittlesea local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Eden Park?

The average residential rates bill through Whittlesea is $1,899 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Eden Park?

Across Whittlesea, 2,632 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 27.5% 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 Eden Park in?

Eden Park sits within the federal Division of Mcewen, currently held by Rob Mitchell (Australian Labor Party).

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