Heidelberg Heights VIC 3081
Heidelberg Heights is a suburb in Victoria, 18 km from Melbourne CBD, around 27 minutes by car. Population is 6,758; the median age is 35 and the median household income is $94,484 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 11.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $381 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Heidelberg Heights is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is high.
Is Heidelberg Heights a good suburb?
Heidelberg Heights scores a A (75/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on safety.
Very walkable
Walkability 91/100 · 17.9 km · 27 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $948K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 80/100 · Flood 23/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 35 · 6,758 residents
Liveability Rating
75 / 100 · Ranked #113 in VICEach bar is Heidelberg Heights'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Heidelberg Heights?
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Our score
75 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataHeidelberg Heights's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $948,000, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$948,000
31% below its 6 neighbours (median $1,374,000)
Based on 117 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 51 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 24 sales $850K
- 3 bed 60 sales $925K
- 4 bed 26 sales $1.17M
Units
$656,250
9% below its 5 neighbours (median $725,000)
Based on 38 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 22 sales $610K
- 3 bed 10 sales $740K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Heidelberg Heights are currently listed at around $935,000 on average. Based on 70 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$935K
70 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$615K
12 units listed in the last 6 months.
82 of the suburb's 2,750 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Heidelberg Heights rent for around $712 a week on average, based on 46 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$712/wk
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $700/wk)
46 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
47 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,177 rented homes (4.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025121 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3081.
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$712/week ($37,000 a year) on a $935,000 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
9 active Airbnb listings: 6 whole homes and 3 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 Heidelberg Heights safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Heidelberg Heights sits in the high band, with 587 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 35% on the prior year.
587 offences
34.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202520 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
Universities nearby
- 5.0 kmMelbourne (Bundoora) CampusLa Trobe University · 223 courses
- 5.0 kmBundoora Campus, Plenty Road, Bundoora Vic 3083Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology · 111 courses
- 9.2 kmAustralian Catholic University-Melbourne CampusAustralian Catholic University · 137 courses
2.7% 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
Heidelberg Heights is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 91/100, daily errands don't require a car at all.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Heidelberg Heights.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 160.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 128.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 70.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.9 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 Heidelberg Heights.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 3,839
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
Banyule: 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 15 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Heidelberg Heights is home to about 6,800 residents, with a median age of 35, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,758
Median Age
35
Median Household Income
$94,484/yr
Census Median Rent
$381/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$47,996/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.1%
Total Dwellings
2,750
Owner-Occupier Rate
57.2%
Houses
62.0%
Rental Stress
21.0%
Mortgage Stress
27.5%
Work From Home
35.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
245 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 25 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,153 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 65.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 65.8%
- Employment Rate
- 63.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 56.4%
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.
379 residents (5.6%) 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 6,316 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
19% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (690 of 3,581).
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 $1,787 a year through Banyule based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 86%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Commercial 5%
- Parks and recreation 3%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- General Residential Zone → Housing Choice and Transport Zone · GC270, Mar 2026 116.6 ha
- General Residential Zone → Activity Centre Zone · C172bany, Mar 2026 4.8 ha
- Mixed Use Zone → Activity Centre Zone · C172bany, Mar 2026 2.9 ha
and 3 smaller changes
Land in this suburb moved from one zone to another by a planning scheme amendment (Vicmap Planning, CC BY 4.0). Exhibited amendments are proposals and can change or lapse.
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: Banyule
In the year to August 2026, 722 new dwellings were approved across Banyule. That mix is 246 houses and 476 units. Approvals are down 75.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 86 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 86 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
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Macleod monitoring station, 2.3 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 13.0 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 77 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.8 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
7 facilities within 5 km- 1.4 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 1.5 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 1.6 kmPrintingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol
- 2.4 kmPrintingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethyl acetate · Ethanol
- 2.6 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 3081, 157 of 10,807 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.5% (484 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3081, 1,361 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,231 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 107 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.
15 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3081 in 2025-26, rank 63 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 117, 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, 4 across postcode 3081.
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 $948,000 this is $198,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Kate Thwaites Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kate Thwaites | 62.9% | 37.1% | +0.7 |
| 2022 | Kate Thwaites | 62.4% | 37.6% | -6.5 |
| 2019 | Kate Thwaites | 56.6% | 43.4% | -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
Currently held by Anthony Carbines Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Anthony Carbines ALP | 62.8% | 62.8% | 37.2% |
| 2018 | Anthony Carbines ALP | 62.4% | 62.4% | 37.6% |
| 2014 | Anthony Carbines ALP | 53.4% | 53.4% | 46.6% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Heidelberg Heights
Is Heidelberg Heights a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Heidelberg Heights is high (80/100, 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 Heidelberg Heights?
Heidelberg Heights has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (23/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Heidelberg Heights a good place to live?
Heidelberg Heights has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (75/100), 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 Heidelberg Heights?
Heidelberg Heights, VIC had a population of 6,758 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Heidelberg Heights, VIC?
The postcode for Heidelberg Heights, VIC is 3081.
How far is Heidelberg Heights from Melbourne?
Heidelberg Heights is 18 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 27 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Heidelberg Heights?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Heidelberg Heights was $94,484 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 Heidelberg Heights?
The median advertised rent in Heidelberg Heights is $712 a week for houses (46 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Heidelberg Heights?
The median age of residents in Heidelberg Heights was 35 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Heidelberg Heights walkable?
Heidelberg Heights scores 91/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally 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 Heidelberg Heights?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Heidelberg Heights (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Heidelberg Heights below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Heidelberg Heights?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Heidelberg Heights, Essendon Airport (13 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 Heidelberg Heights?
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 Heidelberg Heights belong to?
Heidelberg Heights sits within the Banyule local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Heidelberg Heights?
The average residential rates bill through Banyule is $1,787 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Heidelberg Heights?
Across Banyule, 722 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 75.1% 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 Heidelberg Heights in?
Heidelberg Heights sits within the federal Division of Jagajaga, currently held by Kate Thwaites (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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