Manor Lakes VIC 3024
Manor Lakes is a suburb in Victoria, 42 km from Melbourne CBD, around 48 minutes by car. Population is 12,675; the median age is 31 and the median household income is $119,392 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,900. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 4 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Manor Lakes a good suburb?
Manor Lakes scores a B (54/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on schools, transit, and safety.
Below the state average
4 schools · Bottom 23% in VIC
Car-dependent
Walkability 24/100 · 41.6 km · 48 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $650K · More affordable than 96% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 71/100 · Flood 13/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 31 · 12,675 residents
Liveability Rating
54 / 100 · Ranked #374 in VICEach bar is Manor Lakes's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
How do you rate the liveability in Manor Lakes?
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Our score
54 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataThe median house sale price in Manor Lakes sits at $650,000, broadly flat year-on-year.
Houses
$650,000
Based on 434 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 42 days — median across 346 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 106 sales $580K
- 4 bed 291 sales $662K
- 5 bed 22 sales $762K
Land
$691,500
Based on 34 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 57 days — median across 31 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Manor Lakes are currently listed at around $675,000 on average. Based on 189 houses listed in the past six months.
$675K
189 houses listed in the last 6 months.
190 of the suburb's 3,720 dwellings (5.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Manor Lakes rent for around $480 a week on average, based on 202 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$480/wk
202 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
204 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,001 rented homes (20.4%) 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$480/week ($25,000 a year) on a $675,000 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: 6 whole homes and 6 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 Manor Lakes safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Manor Lakes sits in the high band, with 793 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 3% on the prior year.
793 offences
2.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202517 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
Four schools serve Manor Lakes, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 4,146 students across 3 schools (avg 1,382)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 996-1079, median 1055 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Manor Lakes P-12 College (2,881 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Manor Lakes is very car-dependent on foot — at 24/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 9 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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 Manor Lakes.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 119.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 97.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 72.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.9 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 14 min wait
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 Manor Lakes.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 89%
- Premises covered
- 5,696
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 29 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 9 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Manor Lakes is home to about 12,700 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 31 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $119,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
12,675
Median Age
31
Median Household Income
$119,392/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,900/mo
Avg Household Size
3.3
Median Personal Income
$49,296/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.5%
Total Dwellings
3,720
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.1%
Houses
94.8%
Rental Stress
15.7%
Mortgage Stress
19.1%
Work From Home
37.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
3 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 12 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 976 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 46.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 43.7%
- Employment Rate
- 68.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 48.8%
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.
1,788 residents (14.1%) 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 11,321 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
28% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (1,728 of 6,138).
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
- Residential 49%
- Environmental 27%
- Other and special use 16%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Commercial 2%
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: 3,903 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 746 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 3,157 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, 16.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Laverton RAAF, 15.4 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 49 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 15.0 km
- Annual rainfall
- 482 mm
- 76 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 25.9°C
- 11 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.2°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
2 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 km
- 3.9 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · 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
11 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 $650,000 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 Joanne Ryan Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Joanne Ryan | 63.2% | 36.8% | +0.4 |
| 2022 | Joanne Ryan | 62.8% | 37.2% | -0.4 |
| 2019 | Joanne Ryan | 62.4% | 37.6% | +1.8 |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Manor Lakes
Is Manor Lakes a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Manor Lakes is high (71/100, 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 Manor Lakes?
Manor Lakes has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (13/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Manor Lakes a good place to live?
Manor Lakes has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (54/100), 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 Manor Lakes?
Manor Lakes, VIC had a population of 12,675 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Manor Lakes, VIC?
The postcode for Manor Lakes, VIC is 3024.
How far is Manor Lakes from Melbourne?
Manor Lakes is 42 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 48 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Manor Lakes?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Manor Lakes was $119,392 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 Manor Lakes?
The median advertised rent in Manor Lakes is $480 a week for houses (202 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Manor Lakes?
The median age of residents in Manor Lakes was 31 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Manor Lakes?
There are 4 schools inside the Manor Lakes boundary: 1 at and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Manor Lakes walkable?
Manor Lakes scores 24/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Manor Lakes?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Manor Lakes, Laverton RAAF (15.4 km away), summer days average 25.9°C, winter nights 6.2°C, 482 mm of rain a year over 76 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Manor Lakes?
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 Manor Lakes belong to?
Manor Lakes sits within the Wyndham local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Manor Lakes?
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 Manor Lakes?
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 Manor Lakes in?
Manor Lakes sits within the federal Division of Lalor, currently held by Joanne Ryan (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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