Roxburgh Park VIC 3064
Roxburgh Park is a suburb in Victoria, 24 km from Melbourne CBD, around 35 minutes by car. Population is 24,129; the median age is 31 and the median household income is $84,708 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 10.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $390 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Roxburgh Park a good suburb?
Roxburgh Park scores a B (50/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools and community.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 5% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 82/100 · 23.6 km · 35 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $705K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 57/100 · Flood 15/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 31 · 24,129 residents
Liveability Rating
50 / 100 · Ranked #429 in VICEach bar is Roxburgh Park's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
50 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataRoxburgh Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $705,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$705,000
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $706,350)
Based on 396 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 228 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 11 sales $362K
- 3 bed 189 sales $645K
- 4 bed 160 sales $750K
- 5 bed 31 sales $851K
Land
$810,000
Based on 15 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 31 days — median across 11 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Roxburgh Park are currently listed at around $698,000 on average. Based on 98 houses listed in the past six months.
$698K
98 houses listed in the last 6 months.
99 of the suburb's 6,308 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Roxburgh Park rent for around $575 a week on average, based on 103 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$575/wk
3% above its 4 neighbours (median $560/wk)
103 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$460/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
108 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,463 rented homes (7.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025128 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3064.
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$575/week ($30,000 a year) on a $698,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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: 4 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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 Roxburgh Park safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Roxburgh Park sits in the moderate band, with 1,049 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 11% on the prior year.
1,049 offences
10.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202571 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 4 of them fatal
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
Five schools serve Roxburgh Park, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 2,967 students across 5 schools (avg 593)
- • Sectors: 4 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 911-963, median 949 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Roxburgh College (1,041 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Roxburgh Park is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 40 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Roxburgh Park.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 222.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 202.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 132.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.4 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 8 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 Roxburgh Park.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 58%
- Premises covered
- 7,330
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
Hume: 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 55 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.
Roxburgh Park is home to about 24,100 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 31 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $85,000 a year, with unemployment at 10.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
24,129
Median Age
31
Median Household Income
$84,708/yr
Census Median Rent
$390/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
3.7
Median Personal Income
$24,596/yr
Unemployment Rate
10.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.1%
Total Dwellings
6,308
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.8%
Houses
89.5%
Rental Stress
23.9%
Mortgage Stress
24.6%
Work From Home
17.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
57 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,408 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 44.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 24.2%
- Employment Rate
- 46.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 43.0%
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.
2,363 residents (9.8%) 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 22,549 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
13% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (1,126 of 8,575).
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 2,747 people work here; 8,575 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 68% 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 $1,715 a year through Hume based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 77%
- Other and special use 14%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Commercial 2%
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: Hume
In the year to August 2026, 3,063 new dwellings were approved across Hume. That mix is 2,610 houses and 453 units.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 25 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 12 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 13 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 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Macleod monitoring station, 15.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Melbourne Airport, 9.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 190 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 23.8 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 3.6% of addresses
- 283 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
19 facilities within 5 km- 1.8 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · n-Hexane
- 1.9 kmPolymer Film and Sheet Packaging Material ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Ethyl acetate
- 2.2 kmPrintingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Methyl ethyl ketone · Methyl isobutyl ketone
- 2.2 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 2.2 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3064, 736 of 87,576 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.0% (4,365 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3064, 20,529 rooftop-solar systems totalling 143.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 34,371 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 2,079 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.
971 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3064 in 2025-26, rank 1 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 1,897, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
7 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 126 across postcode 3064.
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 $705,000 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 Basem Abdo Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Basem Abdo | 64.7% | 35.3% | +2.3 |
| 2022 | Maria Vamvakinou | 62.4% | 37.6% | +7.2 |
| 2019 | Maria Vamvakinou | 68.8% | 31.2% | +0.9 |
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 Iwan Walters Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iwan Walters ALP | 51.2% | 56.9% | 43.1% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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Common questions about Roxburgh Park
Is Roxburgh Park a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Roxburgh Park is moderate (57/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Roxburgh Park?
Roxburgh Park has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (15/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Roxburgh Park a good place to live?
Roxburgh Park has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (50/100), 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 Roxburgh Park?
Roxburgh Park, VIC had a population of 24,129 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Roxburgh Park, VIC?
The postcode for Roxburgh Park, VIC is 3064.
How far is Roxburgh Park from Melbourne?
Roxburgh Park is 24 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 35 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Roxburgh Park?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Roxburgh Park was $84,708 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 Roxburgh Park?
The median advertised rent in Roxburgh Park is $575 a week for houses (103 listings) and $460 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Roxburgh Park?
The median age of residents in Roxburgh Park was 31 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Roxburgh Park?
There are 5 schools inside the Roxburgh Park boundary: 5 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Roxburgh Park walkable?
Roxburgh Park scores 82/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Roxburgh Park?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Roxburgh Park (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Roxburgh Park below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Roxburgh Park?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Roxburgh Park, Melbourne Airport (9.3 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 Roxburgh Park?
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 Roxburgh Park belong to?
Roxburgh Park sits within the Hume local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Roxburgh Park?
The average residential rates bill through Hume is $1,715 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Roxburgh Park?
Across Hume, 3,063 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Roxburgh Park in?
Roxburgh Park sits within the federal Division of Calwell, currently held by Basem Abdo (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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