Mount Cottrell ^{VIC 3024}

Mount Cottrell's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $770,000, about 1% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Mount Cottrell are currently listed at around $750,000 on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.

9 of the suburb's 149 dwellings (6.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in Mount Cottrell rent for around $555 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 0 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.0% 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.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,779 a year through Melton based on 2024 figures.

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.

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.

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).

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.

PM2.5 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, 10.4 km away.

Dry climate — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation

95 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

19.6 km

Near high-voltage lines

1.4% of addresses

7 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more

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.

• Melton RWP

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Ammonia (total)
  5.0 km

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Currently held by Alice Jordan-Baird Australian Labor Party

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.

Currently held by Steve McGhie Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

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.