Sydenham VIC 3037
Located in Victoria, Sydenham sits 26 km from Melbourne CBD, around 31 minutes by car. The suburb has 10,578 residents, a median age of 37, and a median household income of $94,276 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population fell 2.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $369 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,680. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. 4 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Sydenham a good suburb?
Sydenham scores a B (56/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and prices, weaker on schools.
Below the state average
4 schools · Bottom 14% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 89/100 · 26.1 km · 31 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $738K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 50/100 · Flood 24/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 37 · 10,578 residents
Liveability Rating
56 / 100 · Ranked #335 in VICEach bar is Sydenham's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
56 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataSydenham's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $738,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$737,500
15% below its 5 neighbours (median $868,500)
Based on 149 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 68 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $520K
- 3 bed 87 sales $675K
- 4 bed 46 sales $820K
- 5 bed 5 sales $850K
Units
$491,000
18% below its 3 neighbours (median $600,000)
Based on 57 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 20 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 27 sales $466K
- 3 bed 27 sales $535K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Sydenham are currently listed at around $650,000 on average. Based on 60 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$650K
60 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$545K
19 units listed in the last 6 months.
79 of the suburb's 3,462 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Sydenham rent for around $530 a week on average, based on 42 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$530/wk
7% below its 5 neighbours (median $570/wk)
42 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$465/wk
12 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
54 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,104 rented homes (4.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025133 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3037.
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$530/week ($28,000 a year) on a $650,000 median
$465/week ($24,000 a year) on a $545,000 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
4 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 1 room. 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 Sydenham safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Sydenham sits in the moderate band, with 372 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 30% on the prior year.
372 offences
29.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202517 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 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.
Aircraft Noise
ANEF Contour Details
Noticeable aircraft noise
Schools
Four schools serve Sydenham, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 2,443 students across 3 schools (avg 814)
- • Sectors: 2 Catholic, 2 Government
- • ICSEA 1012-1067, median 1028 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Sydenham - Hillside Primary School (993 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Sydenham is very walkable on foot — at 89/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 12 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Sydenham.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 128.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 98.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 83.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.0 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 Sydenham.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 51%
- Premises covered
- 4,163
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
Brimbank: 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 24 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.
Sydenham is home to about 10,600 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
10,578
Median Age
37
Median Household Income
$94,276/yr
Census Median Rent
$369/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,680/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$37,648/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.0%
Total Dwellings
3,462
Owner-Occupier Rate
68.1%
Houses
64.8%
Rental Stress
20.4%
Mortgage Stress
21.4%
Work From Home
23.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
14 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 7 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,081 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 53.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 49.3%
- Employment Rate
- 58.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 50.6%
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.
830 residents (7.8%) 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 9,996 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
19% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (953 of 5,138).
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 1,654 people work here; 5,138 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 65% 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 $1,847 a year through Brimbank based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 87%
- Infrastructure and transport 8%
- Other and special use 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: Brimbank
In the year to August 2026, 670 new dwellings were approved across Brimbank. That mix is 233 houses and 437 units. Approvals are up 39.7% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 80 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 66 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 14 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 18.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Footscray monitoring station, 15.1 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Melbourne Airport, 7.1 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 115 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 19.7 km
- 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
1 facility within 5 km- 4.3 km
EV adoption
In postcode 3037, 286 of 36,158 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.0% (1,088 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3037, 6,363 rooftop-solar systems totalling 36.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 16,375 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 307 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.
11 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3037 in 2025-26, rank 82 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 649, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 28 across postcode 3037.
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 $737,500 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Alice Jordan-Baird Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alice Jordan-Baird | 60.3% | 39.7% | +0.3 |
| 2022 | Brendan O'Connor | 60.0% | 40.0% | +4.3 |
| 2019 | Brendan O'Connor | 65.4% | 34.6% | +3.1 |
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 Natalie Hutchins Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Natalie Hutchins ALP | 51.9% | 58.7% | 41.3% |
| 2018 | Natalie Hutchins ALP | 60.9% | 67.9% | 32.1% |
| 2014 | Natalie Hutchins ALP | 57.4% | 66.3% | 33.7% |
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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Common questions about Sydenham
Is Sydenham a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Sydenham is moderate (50/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Sydenham?
Sydenham has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (24/100). Part of it sits inside an aircraft noise contour. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Sydenham a good place to live?
Sydenham has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (56/100), 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 Sydenham?
Sydenham, VIC had a population of 10,578 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Sydenham, VIC?
The postcode for Sydenham, VIC is 3037.
How far is Sydenham from Melbourne?
Sydenham is 26 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 31 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Sydenham?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Sydenham was $94,276 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 Sydenham?
The median advertised rent in Sydenham is $530 a week for houses (42 listings) and $465 a week for units (12 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Sydenham?
The median age of residents in Sydenham was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Sydenham?
There are 4 schools inside the Sydenham boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Sydenham walkable?
Sydenham scores 89/100 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 weather like in Sydenham?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Sydenham, Melbourne Airport (7.1 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 Sydenham?
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 Sydenham belong to?
Sydenham sits within the Brimbank local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Sydenham?
The average residential rates bill through Brimbank is $1,847 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Sydenham?
Across Brimbank, 670 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 39.7% 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 Sydenham in?
Sydenham sits within the federal Division of Gorton, currently held by Alice Jordan-Baird (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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