Located in Victoria, Langwarrin sits 58 km from Melbourne CBD, around 51 minutes by car. The suburb has 23,588 residents, a median age of 38, and a median household income of $99,788 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 4.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $365 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,863. Of 5 schools within the suburb boundary, 3 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Langwarrin a good suburb?
Langwarrin scores a A (71/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and transit.
Above the state average
5 schools · 3 above peer schools · Top 10% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 81/100 · 57.9 km · 51 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $900K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 36/100 · Crime 41/100 · Flood 24/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 38 · 23,588 residents
Liveability Rating
71 / 100 · Ranked #146 in VICEach bar is Langwarrin's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
71 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataLangwarrin's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $900,000, about 6% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$900,000
10% above its 7 neighbours (median $817,500)
Based on 477 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 15 days — median across 248 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $620K
- 3 bed 232 sales $815K
- 4 bed 187 sales $980K
- 5 bed 36 sales $1.2M
Units
$630,000
19% above its 5 neighbours (median $530,500)
Based on 143 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 17 days — median across 77 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 73 sales $580K
- 3 bed 65 sales $680K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Langwarrin are currently listed at around $903,000 on average. Based on 159 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$903K
159 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$608K
36 units listed in the last 6 months.
195 of the suburb's 8,520 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Langwarrin rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 67 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$680/wk
5% above its 6 neighbours (median $650/wk)
67 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$575/wk
9 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
76 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,542 rented homes (4.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025114 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3910.
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$680/week ($35,000 a year) on a $903,000 median
$575/week ($30,000 a year) on a $608,000 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
6 active Airbnb listings: 4 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.0% 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 Langwarrin safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Langwarrin sits in the moderate band, with 710 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 22% on the prior year.
710 offences
21.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202557 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 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
Five schools serve Langwarrin, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Langwarrin Park Primary School and Langwarrin Primary School lead the pack.
- • 3,990 students across 5 schools (avg 798)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1010-1052, median 1022 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Elisabeth Murdoch College (1,572 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Langwarrin is very walkable on foot — at 81/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 24 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Langwarrin.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 210.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 208.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 98.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 17.1 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 Langwarrin.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 98%
- Premises covered
- 9,532
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
Frankston: 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 50 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Langwarrin is home to about 23,600 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $100,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
23,588
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$99,788/yr
Census Median Rent
$365/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,863/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$45,136/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.6%
Total Dwellings
8,520
Owner-Occupier Rate
81.9%
Houses
82.7%
Rental Stress
19.0%
Mortgage Stress
22.4%
Work From Home
22.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
51 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,512 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.1%
- Employment Rate
- 66.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 40.2%
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.
211 residents (0.9%) 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 22,069 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
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (472 of 12,506).
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 4,787 people work here; 12,506 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 60% 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 $1,795 a year through Frankston based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 53%
- Environmental 18%
- Parks and recreation 11%
- Other and special use 10%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Proposed rezonings
- Commercial 1 Zone → Commercial 1 Zone · C167fran, exhibited Jan 2026 7.6 ha
- Public Use Zone → Rural Conservation Zone · C167fran, exhibited Jan 2026 5.1 ha
- Commercial 1 Zone → Commercial 1 Zone · C167fran, exhibited Jan 2026 2.0 ha
and 1 smaller change
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: Frankston
In the year to August 2026, 725 new dwellings were approved across Frankston. That mix is 244 houses and 481 units. Approvals are down 46.9% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 82 homes
- Projects firmly planned 39 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 29 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 14 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, 18.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Frankston Beach, 7.2 kmwarm summers — mild winters.
- Elevation
- 73 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 7.0 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
In postcode 3910, 137 of 18,166 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (356 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3910, 3,298 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,831 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 179 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.
4 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3910 in 2025-26, rank 143 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 208, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
10 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
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 $900,000 this is $150,000 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 Jodie Belyea Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jodie Belyea | 57.1% | 42.9% | +0.3 |
| 2022 | Peta Murphy | 56.3% | 43.7% | -3.5 |
| 2019 | Peta Murphy | 52.7% | 47.3% | -1.7 |
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 Paul Mercurio Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Paul Mercurio ALP | 51.4% | 51.4% | 48.6% |
| 2018 | Neale Burgess LP | 51.1% | 48.9% | 51.1% |
| 2014 | Neale Burgess LP | 51.2% | 42.4% | 57.6% |
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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Nearby suburbs
Frankston VIC 3199
Carrum Downs VIC 3201
Frankston South VIC 3199
Skye VIC 3977
Frankston North VIC 3200
Pearcedale VIC 3912
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Common questions about Langwarrin
Is Langwarrin a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Langwarrin is moderate (41/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Langwarrin?
Langwarrin has a low recorded bushfire history (36/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (24/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Langwarrin a good place to live?
Langwarrin has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (71/100), 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 Langwarrin?
Langwarrin, VIC had a population of 23,588 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Langwarrin, VIC?
The postcode for Langwarrin, VIC is 3910.
How far is Langwarrin from Melbourne?
Langwarrin is 58 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 51 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Langwarrin?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Langwarrin was $99,788 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 Langwarrin?
The median advertised rent in Langwarrin is $680 a week for houses (67 listings) and $575 a week for units (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Langwarrin?
The median age of residents in Langwarrin was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Langwarrin at risk of bushfire?
Langwarrin has a low recorded bushfire history (36/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Langwarrin?
There are 5 schools inside the Langwarrin boundary: 3 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Langwarrin walkable?
Langwarrin scores 81/100 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 Langwarrin?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Langwarrin (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Langwarrin 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 Langwarrin?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Langwarrin, Frankston Beach (7.2 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 Langwarrin?
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 Langwarrin belong to?
Langwarrin sits within the Frankston local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Langwarrin?
The average residential rates bill through Frankston is $1,795 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Langwarrin?
Across Frankston, 725 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 46.9% 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 Langwarrin in?
Langwarrin sits within the federal Division of Dunkley, currently held by Jodie Belyea (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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