Leopold VIC 3224
Located in Victoria, Leopold sits 86 km from Melbourne CBD, around 1 hour 15 minutes by car. The suburb has 13,272 residents, a median age of 41, and a median household income of $82,628 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 3.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $375 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,603. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Leopold a good suburb?
Leopold scores a C (49/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 71/100 · 85.7 km · 77 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $702K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 40/100 · Crime 43/100 · Flood 50/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 41 · 13,272 residents
Liveability Rating
49 / 100 · Ranked #447 in VICEach bar is Leopold'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.
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Our score
49 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataLeopold's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $702,000, about 10% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$702,500
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $697,500)
Based on 336 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 162 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $500K
- 3 bed 177 sales $670K
- 4 bed 132 sales $748K
- 5 bed 7 sales $790K
Land
$410,000
Based on 35 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 77 days — median across 22 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Leopold are currently listed at around $762,000 on average. Based on 127 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$762K
127 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$560K
10 units listed in the last 6 months.
137 of the suburb's 5,021 dwellings (2.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Leopold rent for around $550 a week on average, based on 72 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$550/wk
72 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
73 rentals advertised against an estimated 934 rented homes (7.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202597 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3224.
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$550/week ($29,000 a year) on a $762,000 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
13 active Airbnb listings: 13 whole homes 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 Leopold safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Leopold sits in the moderate band, with 395 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 11% on the prior year.
395 offences
10.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202543 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2023Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 3.6 km
- Rate
- -0.02 m/yr
- Net Movement
- 0.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Leopold, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Leopold Primary School leads the pack.
- • 873 students in one school (avg 873)
Primary
Walkability
Leopold is very walkable on foot — at 71/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Leopold.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 99.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 104.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 59.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.3 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 Leopold.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 52%
- Premises covered
- 5,907
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
Greater Geelong: 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 27 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Leopold is home to about 13,300 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $83,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
13,272
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$82,628/yr
Census Median Rent
$375/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,603/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$39,364/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.9%
Total Dwellings
5,021
Owner-Occupier Rate
81.4%
Houses
92.2%
Rental Stress
23.6%
Mortgage Stress
23.3%
Work From Home
16.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
27 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 14 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 909 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 89.4%
- Employment Rate
- 59.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.6%
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.
155 residents (1.2%) 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.
5.7% of residents (708) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (584).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 12,468 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
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (175 of 6,464).
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 2,112 people work here; 6,464 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 67% 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 $1,802 a year through Greater Geelong based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 74%
- Residential 22%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Transport Zone 2 → Protected Settlement Boundary · VC245, Feb 2026 16.8 ha
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: Greater Geelong
In the year to August 2026, 3,468 new dwellings were approved across Greater Geelong. That mix is 2,749 houses and 719 units. Approvals are up 55.5% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 1,183 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 254 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 929 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 Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).
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 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 20.5 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · ozone 0.
From the Geelong South monitoring station, 8.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Point Wilson, 12.5 kmwarm summers — mild winters.
- Elevation
- 56 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 3.4 km
- 3.6 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- —
- Summer max (Jan)
- 22.8°C
- 3 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.8°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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 4.4 kmBasic Organic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.7 kmPaint and Coatings ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Styrene (ethenylbenzene) · Methyl methacrylate
- 4.7 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds · Mercury & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3224, 70 of 12,618 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (198 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3224, 2,428 rooftop-solar systems totalling 14.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,998 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 168 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.
28 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3224 in 2025-26, rank 45 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 138, in 2012-13.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 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 $702,500 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 Libby Coker Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Libby Coker | 58.0% | 42.0% | +0.2 |
| 2022 | Libby Coker | 57.6% | 42.4% | -6.5 |
| 2019 | Libby Coker | 51.1% | 48.9% | -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 Alison Marchant Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Alison Marchant ALP | 58.5% | 58.5% | 41.5% |
| 2018 | Lisa Neville ALP | 50.2% | 61.5% | 38.5% |
| 2014 | Lisa Neville ALP | 54.8% | 54.8% | 45.2% |
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 Leopold
Is Leopold a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Leopold is moderate (43/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Leopold?
Leopold has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (50/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Leopold a good place to live?
Leopold has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (49/100), 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 Leopold?
Leopold, VIC had a population of 13,272 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Leopold, VIC?
The postcode for Leopold, VIC is 3224.
How far is Leopold from Melbourne?
Leopold is 86 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 77 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Leopold?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Leopold was $82,628 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 Leopold?
The median advertised rent in Leopold is $550 a week for houses (72 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Leopold?
The median age of residents in Leopold was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Leopold at risk of bushfire?
Leopold has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100). 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 Leopold?
There is 1 school inside the Leopold boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Leopold walkable?
Leopold scores 71/100 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 Leopold?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Leopold (Geelong South) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.5 µg/m³. That puts Leopold below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Leopold?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Leopold, Point Wilson (12.5 km away), summer days average 22.8°C, winter nights 7.8°C, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Leopold?
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 Leopold belong to?
Leopold sits within the Greater Geelong local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Leopold?
The average residential rates bill through Greater Geelong is $1,802 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Leopold?
Across Greater Geelong, 3,468 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 55.5% 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 Leopold in?
Leopold sits within the federal Division of Corangamite, currently held by Libby Coker (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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