Located in New South Wales, Mount Victoria sits 121 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 45 minutes by car. The locality has 945 residents, a median age of 49, and a median household income of $62,244 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,625. Mount Victoria is characterised by high bushfire risk and high crime risk. Walkability is low.
Is Mount Victoria a good place to live?
Mount Victoria scores a D (23/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit and safety.
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 120.8 km · 107 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $825K
High bushfire risk
Fire 93/100 · Crime 71/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 49 · 945 residents
Liveability Rating
23 / 100 · Ranked #1409 in NSWEach bar is Mount Victoria's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Mount Victoria?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
23 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMount Victoria's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $825,000, about 2% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$825,000
Based on 50 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 21 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $715K
- 3 bed 24 sales $796K
- 4 bed 12 sales $898K
Land
$287,500
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Victoria are currently listed at around $1.01 million on average. Based on 5 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.01M
5 houses listed in the last 6 months.
5 of the suburb's 432 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Is Mount Victoria safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mount Victoria sits in the high band, with 52 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 2% on the prior year.
52 offences
1.9% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20256 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Blue Mountains City Council has published 5 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Bullaburra to Linden Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2021
- Hazelbrook Creek and Woodford Creek Catchment FRMS&P 2018
- Lapstone, South Glenbrook and South Blaxland Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2015
- South Leura Floodplain Risk Management Study & Plan 2008
- South Leura Flood Study; South Leura Floodplain Management Study & Plan Draft 2005
Schools
Walkability
Mount Victoria 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 Mount Victoria.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 8.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 5.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2.5 min
- Span of service
- 24.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 60 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 Mount Victoria.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 28%
- Premises covered
- 666
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
Blue Mountains: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Mount Victoria is home to 945 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $62,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
945
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$62,244/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,625/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$35,360/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
33.3%
Total Dwellings
432
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.4%
Houses
99.5%
Rental Stress
31.7%
Mortgage Stress
31.3%
Work From Home
41.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.8%
- Employment Rate
- 49.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 52.3%
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.
6 residents (0.6%) 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 900 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
8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (32 of 405).
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 locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 231 people work here; 405 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.6 jobs per working resident. At least 43% of employed residents must work outside the locality.
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 $2,080 a year through Blue Mountains based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 89%
- Infrastructure and transport 8%
- Residential 2%
- 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 locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Blue Mountains
In the year to August 2026, 123 new dwellings were approved across Blue Mountains. That mix is 109 houses and 14 units. Approvals are up 13.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Climate & Setting
from Mount Boyce AWS, 5.5 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 969 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 3.2% of addresses
- 31 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 1,147 mm
- 112 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 23.8°C
- 1 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.2°C
- 12 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality 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 2786, 10 of 1,002 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (18 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2786, 301 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 770 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 30 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 $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
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 Revenue NSW
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 $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $825,000 this is $225,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
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 Susan Templeman Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Susan Templeman | 57.7% | 42.3% | +1.4 |
| 2022 | Susan Templeman | 57.8% | 42.2% | -7.6 |
| 2019 | Susan Templeman | 50.2% | 49.8% | +2.0 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Trish Doyle Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Trish Doyle ALP | 71.9% |
| 2019 | Trish Doyle ALP | 64.9% |
| 2015 | Trish Doyle ALP | 58.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Mount Victoria?
Every figure above is a locality average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 945 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 Mount Victoria
Is Mount Victoria a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mount Victoria is high (71/100, ranked against other NSW 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 Mount Victoria?
Mount Victoria has a high recorded bushfire history (93/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mount Victoria a good place to live?
Mount Victoria has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (23/100), ranked against other NSW 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 Mount Victoria?
Mount Victoria, NSW had a population of 945 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mount Victoria, NSW?
The postcode for Mount Victoria, NSW is 2786.
How far is Mount Victoria from Sydney?
Mount Victoria is 121 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 107 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mount Victoria?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mount Victoria was $62,244 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 Mount Victoria?
There are too few current rental listings in Mount Victoria for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $380, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Mount Victoria?
The median age of residents in Mount Victoria was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mount Victoria at risk of bushfire?
Mount Victoria has a high recorded bushfire history (93/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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.
What is the weather like in Mount Victoria?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mount Victoria, Mount Boyce AWS (5.5 km away), summer days average 23.8°C, winter nights 3.2°C, 1,147 mm of rain a year over 112 rainy days, and 1 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mount Victoria?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Mount Victoria belong to?
Mount Victoria sits within the Blue Mountains local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mount Victoria?
The average residential rates bill through Blue Mountains is $2,080 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mount Victoria?
Across Blue Mountains, 123 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 13.6% 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 Mount Victoria in?
Mount Victoria sits within the federal Division of Macquarie, currently held by Susan Templeman (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 · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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