Melton West VIC 3337
Melton West is a suburb in Victoria, 48 km from Melbourne CBD, around 45 minutes by car. Population is 8,784; the median age is 36 and the median household income is $75,400 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,500. The area shows high crime risk and high bushfire risk. Of 8 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Melton West a good suburb?
Melton West scores a C (32/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on safety and community.
Mixed results
8 schools · 1 above peer schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 40/100 · 47.8 km · 45 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $600K
High crime risk
Fire 67/100 · Crime 85/100 · Flood 11/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 36 · 8,784 residents
Liveability Rating
32 / 100 · Ranked #688 in VICEach bar is Melton West's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
32 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMelton West's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $600,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$600,000
In line with its 6 neighbours (median $600,000)
Based on 243 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 98 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $477K
- 3 bed 117 sales $550K
- 4 bed 98 sales $650K
- 5 bed 15 sales $725K
Units
$430,000
7% above its 3 neighbours (median $400,000)
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 31 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $400K
- 3 bed 5 sales $432K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Melton West are currently listed at around $610,000 on average. Based on 88 houses listed in the past six months.
$610K
88 houses listed in the last 6 months.
89 of the suburb's 2,959 dwellings (3.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Melton West rent for around $450 a week on average, based on 51 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$450/wk
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $450/wk)
51 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
51 rentals advertised against an estimated 704 rented homes (7.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025158 Affordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 19% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3337.
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$450/week ($23,000 a year) on a $610,000 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: 5 whole homes and 1 room. 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 Melton West safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Melton West sits in the high band, with 941 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 11% on the prior year.
941 offences
10.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202529 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
Eight schools serve Melton West, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. OneSchool Global Vic leads the pack.
- • 6,131 students across 7 schools (avg 876)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 2 Independent, 2 Catholic
- • ICSEA 925-1012, median 976 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Francis Catholic College (1,846 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Melton West is car-dependent on foot — at 40/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 3 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Melton West.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 113.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 110.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 97.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.6 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 Melton West.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 92%
- Premises covered
- 3,608
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
Melton: 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 24 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.
Melton West is home to about 8,800 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $75,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,784
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$75,400/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$33,072/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.1%
Total Dwellings
2,959
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.2%
Houses
93.7%
Rental Stress
22.1%
Mortgage Stress
23.9%
Work From Home
17.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
30 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 15 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 683 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 67.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 72.1%
- Employment Rate
- 52.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 35.2%
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.
255 residents (2.9%) 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 8,246 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
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (367 of 3,658).
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 3,417 people work here; 3,658 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 4% 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 $1,779 a year through Melton based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 53%
- Rural and farming 25%
- Environmental 6%
- Parks and recreation 6%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Commercial 4%
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: Melton
In the year to August 2026, 4,602 new dwellings were approved across Melton. That mix is 3,953 houses and 649 units. Approvals are up 5.1% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 4,694 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 81 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 4,613 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 4.4 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.
From the Melton monitoring station, 3.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Melbourne Airport, 25.7 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 142 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 32.5 km
- Annual rainfall
- 518 mm
- 81 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 12 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.0°C
- 1 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 3337, 146 of 31,231 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.7% (830 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3337, 6,097 rooftop-solar systems totalling 35.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,369 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 258 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.
13 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3337 in 2025-26, rank 72 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 585, in 2009-10.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 15 across postcode 3337.
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 $600,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Sam Rae Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Rae | 57.6% | 42.4% | +0.0 |
| 2022 | Sam Rae | 57.6% | 42.4% | +2.6 |
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 Steve McGhie Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Steve McGhie ALP | 54.6% | 54.6% | 45.4% |
| 2018 | Stephen John McGhie ALP | 54.3% | 54.3% | 45.7% |
| 2014 | Don Nardella ALP | 50.5% | 61.2% | 38.8% |
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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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 8,784 residents
- 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 Melton West
Is Melton West a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Melton West is high (85/100, 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 Melton West?
Melton West has a moderate recorded bushfire history (67/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (11/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Melton West a good place to live?
Melton West has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (32/100), 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 Melton West?
Melton West, VIC had a population of 8,784 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Melton West, VIC?
The postcode for Melton West, VIC is 3337.
How far is Melton West from Melbourne?
Melton West is 48 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 45 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Melton West?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Melton West was $75,400 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 Melton West?
The median advertised rent in Melton West is $450 a week for houses (51 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Melton West?
The median age of residents in Melton West was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Melton West at risk of bushfire?
Melton West has a moderate recorded bushfire history (67/100). 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 Melton West?
There are 8 schools inside the Melton West boundary: 1 above, 1 at, and 4 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Melton West walkable?
Melton West scores 40/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it 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 air quality in Melton West?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Melton West (Melton) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.4 µg/m³. That puts Melton West below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Melton West?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Melton West, Melbourne Airport (25.7 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6°C, 518 mm of rain a year over 81 rainy days, and 12 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Melton West?
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 Melton West belong to?
Melton West sits within the Melton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Melton West?
The average residential rates bill through Melton is $1,779 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Melton West?
Across Melton, 4,602 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 5.1% 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 Melton West in?
Melton West sits within the federal Division of Hawke, currently held by Sam Rae (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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