Mambourin VIC 3024
Mambourin is a suburb in Victoria, 49 km from Melbourne CBD, around 52 minutes by car. Population is 315; the median age is 30 and the median household income is $122,668 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew roughly 80× its 2016 size between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $363 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. Mambourin is characterised by high crime risk and high bushfire risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMambourin's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $646,000, about 3% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$645,500
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $640,000)
Based on 152 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 60 days — median across 116 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 19 sales $540K
- 4 bed 122 sales $655K
- 5 bed 7 sales $860K
Land
$365,500
Based on 31 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 76 days — median across 20 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mambourin are currently listed at around $664,000 on average. Based on 82 houses listed in the past six months.
$664K
82 houses listed in the last 6 months.
83 of the suburb's 103 dwellings (80.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mambourin rent for around $470 a week on average, based on 191 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$470/wk
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $480/wk)
191 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025147 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 20% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3024.
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$470/week ($24,000 a year) on a $664,000 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
12 active Airbnb listings: 8 whole homes and 4 rooms. Whole homes are about 7.1% 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 Mambourin safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mambourin sits in the high band, with 328 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 20% on the prior year.
328 offences
20.1% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Mambourin killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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
Two schools serve Mambourin, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 393 students in one school (avg 393)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • Largest: Laa Yulta Primary School (393 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Mambourin is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mambourin.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 28.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 26.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 14.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.6 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 Mambourin.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 4%
- Premises covered
- 114
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
Wyndham: 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 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mambourin is home to 315 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $123,000 a year, with unemployment at 9.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
315
Median Age
30
Median Household Income
$122,668/yr
Census Median Rent
$363/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,000/mo
Avg Household Size
3.0
Median Personal Income
$56,004/yr
Unemployment Rate
9.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.9%
Total Dwellings
103
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.8%
Houses
99.0%
Rental Stress
15.4%
Mortgage Stress
19.6%
Work From Home
46.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 47.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 44.8%
- Employment Rate
- 74.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 54.9%
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.
31 residents (9.8%) 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
28% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (50 of 178).
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 $1,997 a year through Wyndham based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 68%
- Other and special use 18%
- Residential 13%
- 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: Wyndham
In the year to August 2026, 4,045 new dwellings were approved across Wyndham. That mix is 3,355 houses and 690 units.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 6,660 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 1,398 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 2,127 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 3,135 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
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.
From the Point Cook monitoring station, 18.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Avalon Airport, 15.8 kmDry climate — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 58 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 12.1 km
- Annual rainfall
- 454 mm
- 74 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.1°C
- 11 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 5.5°C
- 6 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
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.2 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide
- 3.4 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 3024, 331 of 25,224 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.3% (1,090 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3024, 7,627 rooftop-solar systems totalling 47.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,119 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,035 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.
347 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3024 in 2025-26, rank 6 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 577, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
5 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 25 across postcode 3024.
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 $645,500 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Richard Marles Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Richard Marles | 63.2% | 36.8% | +0.7 |
| 2022 | Richard Marles | 62.8% | 37.2% | -2.5 |
| 2019 | Richard Marles | 60.3% | 39.7% | -2.1 |
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 John Lister Australian Labor Party — elected at the Feb 2025 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tim Pallas ALP | 51.6% | 60.5% | 39.5% |
| 2018 | Tim Pallas ALP | 52.1% | 62.5% | 37.5% |
| 2014 | Tim Pallas ALP | 56.6% | 65.7% | 34.3% |
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 Mambourin
Is Mambourin a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mambourin is high (99/100, 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 Mambourin?
Mambourin has a moderate recorded bushfire history (63/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (26/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
What is the population of Mambourin?
Mambourin, VIC had a population of 315 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mambourin, VIC?
The postcode for Mambourin, VIC is 3024.
How far is Mambourin from Melbourne?
Mambourin is 49 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 52 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mambourin?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mambourin was $122,668 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 Mambourin?
The median advertised rent in Mambourin is $470 a week for houses (191 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mambourin?
The median age of residents in Mambourin was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mambourin at risk of bushfire?
Mambourin has a moderate recorded bushfire history (63/100). 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 Mambourin?
There are 2 schools inside the Mambourin boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Mambourin?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mambourin, Avalon Airport (15.8 km away), summer days average 26.1°C, winter nights 5.5°C, 454 mm of rain a year over 74 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mambourin?
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 Mambourin belong to?
Mambourin sits within the Wyndham local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mambourin?
The average residential rates bill through Wyndham is $1,997 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mambourin?
Across Wyndham, 4,045 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Mambourin in?
Mambourin sits within the federal Division of Corio, currently held by Richard Marles (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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