Seabrook VIC 3028
Seabrook is a suburb in Victoria, 25 km from Melbourne CBD, around 29 minutes by car. Population is 4,952; the median age is 37 and the median household income is $106,184 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb fell 3.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $361 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,803. Seabrook is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Seabrook a good suburb?
Seabrook scores a B (66/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, prices, and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 68/100 · 24.7 km · 29 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $795K · More affordable than 82% of VIC
Moderate flood risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 37/100 · Flood 61/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 37 · 4,952 residents
Liveability Rating
66 / 100 · Ranked #206 in VICEach bar is Seabrook'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 Seabrook?
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Our score
66 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSeabrook's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $795,000, roughly 11% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$795,000
Based on 120 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 32 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 74 sales $742K
- 4 bed 33 sales $870K
- 5 bed 8 sales $956K
Units
$515,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $512K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Seabrook are currently listed at around $825,000 on average. Based on 15 houses listed in the past six months.
$825K
15 houses listed in the last 6 months.
15 of the suburb's 1,657 dwellings (0.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Seabrook rent for around $540 a week on average, based on 17 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$540/wk
17 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 331 rented homes (5.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025138 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 22% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3028.
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$540/week ($28,000 a year) on a $825,000 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: 4 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.2% 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 Seabrook safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Seabrook sits in the low band, with 131 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 7% on the prior year.
131 offences
7.1% 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
One school serve Seabrook, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Seabrook Primary School leads the pack.
- • 898 students in one school (avg 898)
Primary
Walkability
Seabrook is somewhat walkable on foot — at 68/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Seabrook.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 24.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 20.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 16.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.7 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 Seabrook.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 1,891
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
Hobsons Bay: 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 13 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.
Seabrook is home to about 5,000 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $106,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
4,952
Median Age
37
Median Household Income
$106,184/yr
Census Median Rent
$361/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,803/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$42,796/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.2%
Total Dwellings
1,657
Owner-Occupier Rate
80.0%
Houses
96.4%
Rental Stress
17.7%
Mortgage Stress
20.4%
Work From Home
33.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
14 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 3 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 326 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 57.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 56.4%
- Employment Rate
- 62.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.6%
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.
400 residents (8.1%) 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 4,635 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
23% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (552 of 2,428).
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 390 people work here; 2,428 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 84% 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 $2,677 a year through Hobsons Bay based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 83%
- Parks and recreation 12%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
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: Hobsons Bay
In the year to August 2026, 1,028 new dwellings were approved across Hobsons Bay. That mix is 200 houses and 828 units. Approvals are up 205.6% 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.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.
From the Point Cook monitoring station, 5.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Laverton RAAF, 2.7 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 12 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.1 km
- 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
5 facilities within 5 km- 3.1 kmWater SupplyTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 3.2 km
- 4.3 kmPlaster Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 4.6 km
- 4.6 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3028, 145 of 20,475 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.5% (714 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3028, 3,347 rooftop-solar systems totalling 18.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,250 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 171 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.
22 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3028 in 2025-26, rank 48 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 319, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 7 across postcode 3028.
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 $795,000 this is $45,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Tim Watts Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tim Watts | 65.1% | 34.9% | +3.9 |
| 2022 | Tim Watts | 61.5% | 38.5% | +1.5 |
| 2019 | Tim Watts | 64.8% | 35.2% | +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 Mathew Hilakari Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mathew Hilakari ALP | 58.3% | 58.3% | 41.7% |
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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- 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 Seabrook
Is Seabrook a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Seabrook is low (37/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Seabrook?
Seabrook has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (61/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Seabrook a good place to live?
Seabrook has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (66/100), 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 Seabrook?
Seabrook, VIC had a population of 4,952 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Seabrook, VIC?
The postcode for Seabrook, VIC is 3028.
How far is Seabrook from Melbourne?
Seabrook is 25 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 29 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Seabrook?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Seabrook was $106,184 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 Seabrook?
The median advertised rent in Seabrook is $540 a week for houses (17 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Seabrook?
The median age of residents in Seabrook was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Seabrook?
There is 1 school inside the Seabrook boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Seabrook walkable?
Seabrook scores 68/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Seabrook?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Seabrook, Laverton RAAF (2.7 km away), summer days average 25.9°C, winter nights 6.2°C, 482 mm of rain a year over 76 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Seabrook?
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 Seabrook belong to?
Seabrook sits within the Hobsons Bay local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Seabrook?
The average residential rates bill through Hobsons Bay is $2,677 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Seabrook?
Across Hobsons Bay, 1,028 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 205.6% 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 Seabrook in?
Seabrook sits within the federal Division of Gellibrand, currently held by Tim Watts (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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