Mont Albert VIC 3127
Mont Albert sits 20 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 26 minutes by car. Census data records 4,948 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $120,848 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 2.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $451 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,500. Mont Albert is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Mont Albert a good suburb?
Mont Albert scores a A+ (88/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 90/100 · 19.9 km · 26 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $2.31M · Less affordable than 96% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 74/100 · Flood 16/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 42 · 4,948 residents
Liveability Rating
88 / 100 · Ranked #10 in VICEach bar is Mont Albert'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
88 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMont Albert's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $2.31 million, roughly 15% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$2,310,000
36% above its 5 neighbours (median $1,700,000)
Based on 80 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 49 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 22 sales $1.85M
- 4 bed 36 sales $2.3M
- 5 bed 16 sales $3.1M
Units
$783,000
68% above its 5 neighbours (median $465,000)
Based on 49 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 20 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 37 sales $730K
- 3 bed 8 sales $1.01M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mont Albert are currently listed at around $1.66 million on average. Based on 16 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.66M
16 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$765K
11 units listed in the last 6 months.
27 of the suburb's 1,909 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsRental listing coverage for houses in Mont Albert is too thin to publish a meaningful median — only 2 listed.
$640/wk
3% above its 4 neighbours (median $620/wk)
10 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
12 rentals advertised against an estimated 544 rented homes (2.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3127.
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$640/week ($33,000 a year) on a $765,000 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
7 active Airbnb listings: 6 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.3% 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 Mont Albert safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mont Albert sits in the high band, with 340 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 11% on the prior year.
340 offences
10.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202511 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
One school serve Mont Albert, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Mont Albert Primary School leads the pack.
- • 605 students in one school (avg 605)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 3.6 kmDeakin University, Melbourne Burwood CampusDeakin University · 204 courses
- 6.7 kmHawthorn Campus John Street Hawthorn Swinburne UniversitySwinburne University of Technology · 402 courses
- 9.1 kmMonash CaulfieldMonash University · 198 courses
5.0% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Mont Albert is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 90/100, daily errands don't require a car at all. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 3 parks and 10 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mont Albert.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 85.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 70.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 60.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 20.4 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 6 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 Mont Albert.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 7%
- Premises covered
- 2,387
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
Whitehorse: 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 12 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Mont Albert is home to about 4,900 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $121,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,948
Median Age
42
Median Household Income
$120,848/yr
Census Median Rent
$451/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$55,172/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
11.8%
Total Dwellings
1,909
Owner-Occupier Rate
71.5%
Houses
53.7%
Rental Stress
19.4%
Mortgage Stress
24.8%
Work From Home
47.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
0 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 529 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 64.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 69.4%
- Employment Rate
- 61.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 67.0%
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.
303 residents (6.1%) 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 4,756 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
25% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (650 of 2,590).
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 $1,516 a year through Whitehorse based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 83%
- Infrastructure and transport 9%
- Commercial 5%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Not zoned 1%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Neighbourhood Residential Zone → Precinct Zone · C255whse, Jul 2026 2.9 ha
- Residential Growth Zone → Precinct Zone · C255whse, Jul 2026 2.8 ha
- General Residential Zone → Precinct Zone · C255whse, Jul 2026 1.1 ha
and 2 smaller changes
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.
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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: Whitehorse
In the year to August 2026, 879 new dwellings were approved across Whitehorse. That mix is 469 houses and 410 units. Approvals are up 17.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 109 homes
- Projects firmly planned 10 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 69 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 30 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 4.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Box Hill monitoring station, 2.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Scoresby Research Institute, 14.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 102 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 13.0 km
- Annual rainfall
- 777 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.9°C
- 10 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.3°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- 1.2 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 2.7 kmLaundry and Dry-Cleaning ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 3127, 374 of 13,395 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.8% (512 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 6.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3127, 1,689 rooftop-solar systems totalling 10.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,570 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 157 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3127 in 2025-26. The most was 92, in 2006-07.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 25 across postcode 3127.
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 $2,310,000 this is $1,560,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Gabriel Ng Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gabriel Ng | 51.1% | 48.9% | +0.7 |
| 2022 | Keith Wolahan | 49.3% | 50.7% | -6.3 |
| 2019 | Kevin Andrews | 42.5% | 57.5% | -0.3 |
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 Hamer Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Paul Hamer ALP | 57.2% | 57.2% | 42.8% |
| 2018 | Paul Hamer ALP | 52.1% | 52.1% | 47.9% |
| 2014 | Robert Clark LP | 51.1% | 44.3% | 55.7% |
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 Mont Albert
Is Mont Albert a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mont Albert is high (74/100, 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 Mont Albert?
Mont Albert has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (16/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mont Albert a good place to live?
Mont Albert has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (88/100), 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 Mont Albert?
Mont Albert, VIC had a population of 4,948 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mont Albert, VIC?
The postcode for Mont Albert, VIC is 3127.
How far is Mont Albert from Melbourne?
Mont Albert is 20 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 26 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mont Albert?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mont Albert was $120,848 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 Mont Albert?
The median advertised rent in Mont Albert is $640 a week for units (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mont Albert?
The median age of residents in Mont Albert was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Mont Albert?
There is 1 school inside the Mont Albert boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Mont Albert walkable?
Mont Albert scores 90/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally 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 Mont Albert?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Mont Albert (Box Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³. That puts Mont Albert below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Mont Albert?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mont Albert, Scoresby Research Institute (14.3 km away), summer days average 26.9°C, winter nights 6.3°C, 777 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days, and 10 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mont Albert?
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 Mont Albert belong to?
Mont Albert sits within the Whitehorse local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mont Albert?
The average residential rates bill through Whitehorse is $1,516 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mont Albert?
Across Whitehorse, 879 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 17.0% 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 Mont Albert in?
Mont Albert sits within the federal Division of Menzies, currently held by Gabriel Ng (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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