Skye sits 50 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 45 minutes by car. Census data records 8,088 residents with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $104,208 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $410 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded flood exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Skye a good suburb?
Skye scores a B (55/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 14/100 · 50.5 km · 45 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $838K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 27/100 · Crime 59/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 36 · 8,088 residents
Liveability Rating
55 / 100 · Ranked #348 in VICEach bar is Skye'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
55 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSkye's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $838,000, about 6% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$837,500
7% above its 6 neighbours (median $786,000)
Based on 172 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 76 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 76 sales $796K
- 4 bed 90 sales $872K
Units
$596,500
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $605,000)
Based on 19 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 10 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $575K
- 3 bed 13 sales $626K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Skye are currently listed at around $850,000 on average. Based on 50 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$850K
50 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$610K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
56 of the suburb's 2,704 dwellings (2.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Skye rent for around $660 a week on average, based on 25 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$660/wk
5% above its 6 neighbours (median $630/wk)
25 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$558/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
29 rentals advertised against an estimated 484 rented homes (6.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025116 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3977.
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$660/week ($34,000 a year) on a $850,000 median
$558/week ($29,000 a year) on a $610,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 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
4 active Airbnb listings: 2 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 Skye safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Skye sits in the moderate band, with 424 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 39% on the prior year.
424 offences
39.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202527 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
Two schools serve Skye, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 515 students in one school (avg 515)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 995-1009, median 1002 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Skye Primary School (515 students)
Primary
Combined
Walkability
Skye is very car-dependent on foot — at 14/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Skye.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 23.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 21.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 12.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 17.5 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 Skye.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 2,955
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
Frankston: 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 17 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Skye is home to about 8,100 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $104,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,088
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$104,208/yr
Census Median Rent
$410/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$43,888/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
2.6%
Total Dwellings
2,704
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.1%
Houses
89.0%
Rental Stress
20.5%
Mortgage Stress
20.0%
Work From Home
18.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 83.3%
- Employment Rate
- 68.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 40.8%
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.
98 residents (1.2%) 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 7,523 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
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (193 of 4,346).
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 $1,795 a year through Frankston based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 60%
- Environmental 16%
- Residential 14%
- Other and special use 6%
- Infrastructure and transport 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: Frankston
In the year to August 2026, 725 new dwellings were approved across Frankston. That mix is 244 houses and 481 units. Approvals are down 46.9% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 281 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 265 homes
- Projects firmly planned 16 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, 13.4 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Frankston Beach, 10.0 kmwarm summers — mild winters.
- Elevation
- 33 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 8.0 km
- Annual rainfall
- —
- Summer max (Jan)
- 24.5°C
- 4 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.3°C
- 0 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 3977, 861 of 86,508 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.6% (3,106 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3977, 20,385 rooftop-solar systems totalling 124.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 37,952 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,301 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.
184 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3977 in 2025-26, rank 11 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 1,295, in 2009-10.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 96 across postcode 3977.
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 $837,500 this is $87,500 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Jodie Belyea Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jodie Belyea | 57.1% | 42.9% | +0.3 |
| 2022 | Peta Murphy | 56.3% | 43.7% | -3.5 |
| 2019 | Peta Murphy | 52.7% | 47.3% | -1.7 |
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 Sonya Kilkenny Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sonya Kilkenny ALP | 50.0% | 59.9% | 40.1% |
| 2018 | Sonya Kilkenny ALP | 52.7% | 62.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014 | Sonya Kilkenny ALP | 50.7% | 50.7% | 49.3% |
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 Skye
Is Skye a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Skye is moderate (59/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Skye?
Skye has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Skye a good place to live?
Skye has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (55/100), 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 Skye?
Skye, VIC had a population of 8,088 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Skye, VIC?
The postcode for Skye, VIC is 3977.
How far is Skye from Melbourne?
Skye is 50 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 45 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Skye?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Skye was $104,208 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 Skye?
The median advertised rent in Skye is $660 a week for houses (25 listings) and $558 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Skye?
The median age of residents in Skye was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Skye at risk of bushfire?
Skye has a low recorded bushfire history (27/100). 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 Skye?
There are 2 schools inside the Skye boundary: 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Skye walkable?
Skye scores 14/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. 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 Skye?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Skye (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Skye 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 Skye?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Skye, Frankston Beach (10 km away), summer days average 24.5°C, winter nights 8.3°C, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Skye?
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 Skye belong to?
Skye sits within the Frankston local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Skye?
The average residential rates bill through Frankston is $1,795 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Skye?
Across Frankston, 725 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 46.9% 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 Skye in?
Skye sits within the federal Division of Dunkley, currently held by Jodie Belyea (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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