Seville sits 55 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 59 minutes by car. Census data records 2,559 residents with a median age of 37 and a median household income of $111,488 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population grew 7.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $369 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,950. The area shows high bushfire risk. 1 school sits within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Seville a good suburb?
Seville scores a C (34/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 54.6 km · 59 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $898K
High bushfire risk
Fire 99/100 · Crime 48/100 · Flood 30/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 37 · 2,559 residents
Liveability Rating
34 / 100 · Ranked #666 in VICEach bar is Seville'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.
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Our score
34 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSeville's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $898,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$897,820
4% above its 4 neighbours (median $862,500)
Based on 56 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 13 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $660K
- 3 bed 17 sales $825K
- 4 bed 24 sales $1M
Land
$585,000
Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Seville are currently listed at around $1.1 million on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.1M
9 houses listed in the last 6 months.
9 of the suburb's 842 dwellings (1.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Seville rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 5 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$750/wk
5 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
5 rentals advertised against an estimated 77 rented homes (6.5%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1.1 million median
Based on a small sample (5 listings) — indicative only.
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
11 active Airbnb listings: 11 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.2% 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 Seville safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Seville sits in the moderate band, with 102 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 100% on the prior year.
102 offences
100.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202510 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 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
One school serve Seville, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 163 students in one school (avg 163)
Primary
Walkability
Seville is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 8 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
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 Seville.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 13.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 8.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 7.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 15.9 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 Seville.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 45%
- Premises covered
- 1,060
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
Yarra Ranges: 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 7 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.
Seville is home to about 2,600 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $111,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,559
Median Age
37
Median Household Income
$111,488/yr
Census Median Rent
$369/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,950/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$46,800/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.6%
Total Dwellings
842
Owner-Occupier Rate
90.9%
Houses
99.6%
Rental Stress
17.2%
Mortgage Stress
21.0%
Work From Home
21.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 86.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 93.0%
- Employment Rate
- 69.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 36.9%
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.
14 residents (0.5%) 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 2,397 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
3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (40 of 1,395).
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 $2,161 a year through Yarra Ranges based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 88%
- Residential 6%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Parks and recreation 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 suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Yarra Ranges
In the year to August 2026, 416 new dwellings were approved across Yarra Ranges. That mix is 242 houses and 174 units. Approvals are down 57.0% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 10 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 10 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
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 15.5 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2.
From the Mooroolbark monitoring station, 13.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Scoresby Research Institute, 21.2 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 192 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 41.8 km
- Annual rainfall
- 777 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.9°C
- 10 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.3°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
1 facility within 5 km- 4.2 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3139, 62 of 13,055 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (181 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3139, 2,299 rooftop-solar systems totalling 16.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,201 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 134 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.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3139 in 2025-26. The most was 148, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 5 across postcode 3139.
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 $897,820 this is $147,820 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 Aaron Violi Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aaron Violi | 47.1% | 52.9% | -1.5 |
| 2022 | Aaron Violi | 48.5% | 51.5% | -3.1 |
| 2019 | Tony Smith | 45.4% | 54.6% | +0.1 |
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 Bridget Vallence Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bridget Vallence LP | 52.0% | 44.8% | 55.2% |
| 2018 | Bridget Vallence LP | 52.6% | 47.4% | 52.6% |
| 2014 | Christine Fyffe LP | 53.5% | 40.4% | 59.6% |
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.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Seville
Is Seville a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Seville is moderate (48/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Seville?
Seville has a high recorded bushfire history (99/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (30/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Seville a good place to live?
Seville has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (34/100), 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 Seville?
Seville, VIC had a population of 2,559 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Seville, VIC?
The postcode for Seville, VIC is 3139.
How far is Seville from Melbourne?
Seville is 55 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 59 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Seville?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Seville was $111,488 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 Seville?
The median advertised rent in Seville is $750 a week for houses (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Seville?
The median age of residents in Seville was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Seville at risk of bushfire?
Seville has a high recorded bushfire history (99/100). 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.
How are the schools in Seville?
There is 1 school inside the Seville boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Seville?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Seville, Scoresby Research Institute (21.2 km away), summer days average 26.9°C, winter nights 6.3°C, 777 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days, and 10 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Seville?
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 Seville belong to?
Seville sits within the Yarra Ranges local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Seville?
The average residential rates bill through Yarra Ranges is $2,161 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Seville?
Across Yarra Ranges, 416 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 57.0% 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 Seville in?
Seville sits within the federal Division of Casey, currently held by Aaron Violi (Liberal).
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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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