Officer South VIC 3809
Officer South sits 58 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 56 minutes by car. Census data records 1,159 residents with a median age of 31 and a median household income of $108,420 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew roughly 15× its 2016 size between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $393 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,200. Officer South is characterised by high flood risk. Walkability is low.
Is Officer South a good suburb?
Officer South scores a C (41/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on transit and safety.
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 58.5 km · 56 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $862K
High flood risk
Fire 32/100 · Crime 56/100 · Flood 87/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 31 · 1,159 residents
Liveability Rating
41 / 100 · Ranked #548 in VICEach bar is Officer South'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Officer South?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
41 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
…
Median House Price
Public listings dataOfficer South's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $862,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$861,500
14% above its 3 neighbours (median $755,000)
Based on 74 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 51 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 14 sales $674K
- 4 bed 44 sales $878K
- 5 bed 13 sales $948K
Land
$1,034,000
Based on 31 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Officer South are currently listed at around $885,000 on average. Based on 27 houses listed in the past six months.
$885K
27 houses listed in the last 6 months.
27 of the suburb's 454 dwellings (5.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Officer South rent for around $625 a week on average, based on 8 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$625/wk
8 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025112 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3809.
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$625/week ($32,000 a year) on a $885,000 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
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.
Is Officer South safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Officer South sits in the moderate band, with 45 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 12% on the prior year.
45 offences
12.5% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20254 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
Universities nearby
1.3% 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
Officer South 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 Officer South.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 4.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 4.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.2 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 Officer South.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 82%
- Premises covered
- 211
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
Cardinia: 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
Officer South is home to about 1,200 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 31 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $108,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,159
Median Age
31
Median Household Income
$108,420/yr
Census Median Rent
$393/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,200/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$52,884/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.6%
Total Dwellings
454
Owner-Occupier Rate
92.9%
Houses
77.8%
Rental Stress
18.8%
Mortgage Stress
24.3%
Work From Home
28.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 65.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 70.4%
- Employment Rate
- 66.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 48.1%
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.
40 residents (3.5%) 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 1,048 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
9% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (52 of 600).
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 $1,880 a year through Cardinia based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 55%
- Rural and farming 35%
- Other and special use 7%
- Environmental 3%
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: Cardinia
In the year to August 2026, 1,323 new dwellings were approved across Cardinia. That mix is 1,196 houses and 127 units. Approvals are up 12.8% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 3,222 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 21 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 457 homes
- Land set aside, awaiting a precinct structure plan 2,744 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 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.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 20.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.98 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Dandenong monitoring station, 23.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Dandenong, 22.2 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 18 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 12.9 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.0% of addresses
- 12 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 781 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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- 2.2 km
- 4.2 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3809, 259 of 16,943 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.6% (781 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 6.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3809, 4,221 rooftop-solar systems totalling 29.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 6,821 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 681 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.
253 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3809 in 2025-26, rank 7 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 438, in 2018-19.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 28 across postcode 3809.
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 $861,500 this is $111,500 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Jason Wood Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jason Wood | 47.9% | 52.1% | +6.4 |
| 2022 | Jason Wood | 41.3% | 58.7% | +3.6 |
| 2019 | Jason Wood | 45.5% | 54.5% | +1.3 |
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 Emma Vulin Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Emma Vulin ALP | 50.4% | 50.4% | 49.6% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Officer South?
Every figure above is a suburb 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 1,159 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
Free to look up. Subscribers see every section in full — $29/month.
Nearby suburbs
Compare Officer South to another suburb
Side-by-side stats for any other VIC suburb — type a name and pick one.
Or jump straight to a nearby comparison:
Common questions about Officer South
Is Officer South a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Officer South is moderate (56/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Officer South?
Officer South has a low recorded bushfire history (32/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (87/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Officer South a good place to live?
Officer South has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (41/100), 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 Officer South?
Officer South, VIC had a population of 1,159 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Officer South, VIC?
The postcode for Officer South, VIC is 3809.
How far is Officer South from Melbourne?
Officer South is 58 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 56 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Officer South?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Officer South was $108,420 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 Officer South?
The median advertised rent in Officer South is $625 a week for houses (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Officer South?
The median age of residents in Officer South was 31 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Officer South at risk of bushfire?
Officer South has a low recorded bushfire history (32/100). 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.
What is the air quality in Officer South?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Officer South (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Officer South below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Officer South?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Officer South, Dandenong (22.2 km away), 781 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Officer South?
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 Officer South belong to?
Officer South sits within the Cardinia local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Officer South?
The average residential rates bill through Cardinia is $1,880 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Officer South?
Across Cardinia, 1,323 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 12.8% 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 Officer South in?
Officer South sits within the federal Division of La Trobe, currently held by Jason Wood (Liberal).
Search another suburb or address
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
Vintages show when each source's data is from. See all data sources.
Was the information on this page useful to you?
Thanks! Anything we could improve?
We hate spam as much as you do — we'll never use your email for marketing, and we might not be able to reply to everyone.
Thanks for your feedback! 🙏
Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.