The Patch ^{VIC 3792}

The Patch's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.01 million, roughly 39% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in The Patch are currently listed at around $798,000 on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

3 of the suburb's 370 dwellings (0.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

8 active Airbnb listings: 8 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.0% 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.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,161 a year through Yarra Ranges based on 2024 figures.

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.

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.

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.

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, 14.4 km away.

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation

253 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

30.4 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.

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

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Currently held by Aaron Violi Liberal

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.

Currently held by Daniela De Martino Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

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.