Wantirna VIC 3152
Located in Victoria, Wantirna sits 32 km from Melbourne CBD, around 34 minutes by car. The suburb has 14,237 residents, a median age of 41, and a median household income of $98,072 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 3.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $428 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Wantirna is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 6 schools within the suburb boundary, 4 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Wantirna a good suburb?
Wantirna scores a A (74/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, transit, and community, weaker on prices.
Above the state average
6 schools · 4 above peer schools · Top 9% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 85/100 · 31.9 km · 34 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $1.09M · Less affordable than 77% of VIC
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 56/100 · Flood 66/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 41 · 14,237 residents
Liveability Rating
74 / 100 · Ranked #115 in VICEach bar is Wantirna's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
74 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWantirna's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.09 million, about 4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,095,000
10% below its 6 neighbours (median $1,220,000)
Based on 209 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 24 days — median across 135 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $710K
- 3 bed 78 sales $970K
- 4 bed 97 sales $1.17M
- 5 bed 25 sales $1.45M
Units
$830,000
36% above its 6 neighbours (median $612,500)
Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 15 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $680K
- 3 bed 16 sales $830K
- 4 bed 7 sales $1.27M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wantirna are currently listed at around $1.05 million on average. Based on 77 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.05M
77 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$675K
7 units listed in the last 6 months.
84 of the suburb's 4,905 dwellings (1.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wantirna rent for around $720 a week on average, based on 55 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$720/wk
4% above its 6 neighbours (median $692/wk)
55 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$555/wk
6 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
61 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,006 rented homes (6.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025107 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3152.
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$720/week ($37,000 a year) on a $1.05 million median
$555/week ($29,000 a year) on a $675,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 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
9 active Airbnb listings: 7 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 Wantirna safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Wantirna sits in the moderate band, with 631 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 18% on the prior year.
631 offences
17.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202537 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.
Schools
Six schools serve Wantirna, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Regency Park Primary School and St Luke's School lead the pack.
- • 2,933 students across 5 schools (avg 587)
- • Sectors: 5 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1031-1136, median 1068 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Wantirna College (1,458 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Wantirna is very walkable on foot — at 85/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 41 parks and 13 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wantirna.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 190.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 158.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 103.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.8 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 Wantirna.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 8%
- Premises covered
- 6,143
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
Knox: 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 36 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Wantirna is home to about 14,200 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
14,237
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$98,072/yr
Census Median Rent
$428/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$39,624/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.5%
Total Dwellings
4,905
Owner-Occupier Rate
79.5%
Houses
90.3%
Rental Stress
22.7%
Mortgage Stress
26.5%
Work From Home
31.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
74 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 11 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 962 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 57.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 57.1%
- Employment Rate
- 57.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 51.4%
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.
690 residents (4.8%) 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 13,465 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
13% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (845 of 6,713).
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 4,765 people work here; 6,713 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.7 per resident). At least 29% 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 $1,732 a year through Knox based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 60%
- Infrastructure and transport 22%
- Parks and recreation 14%
- Other and special use 1%
- Commercial 1%
- Rural and farming 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: Knox
In the year to August 2026, 577 new dwellings were approved across Knox. That mix is 344 houses and 233 units. Approvals are down 13.5% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 1,268 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 299 homes
- Projects firmly planned 26 homes
- Projects likely to go ahead 909 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 34 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
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Box Hill monitoring station, 8.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Scoresby Research Institute, 3.4 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 129 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 21.0 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.2% of addresses
- 14 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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
7 facilities within 5 km- 2.4 kmConfectionery ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.5 kmOther Ceramic Product ManufacturingTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Hydrochloric acid · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 4.0 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Fluoride compounds · Hydrochloric acid
- 4.4 kmNatural Rubber Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen
- 4.5 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Mercury & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 3152, 502 of 25,291 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.4% (1,112 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 6.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3152, 4,936 rooftop-solar systems totalling 29.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 12,907 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 485 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.
14 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3152 in 2025-26, rank 69 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 198, in 2008-09.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
21 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 39 across postcode 3152.
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 $1,095,000 this is $345,000 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 Mary Doyle Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mary Doyle | 53.4% | 46.6% | +6.0 |
| 2022 | Alan Tudge | 47.2% | 52.8% | -7.3 |
| 2019 | Alan Tudge | 39.9% | 60.1% | +2.7 |
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 Jackson Taylor Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jackson Taylor ALP | 54.2% | 54.2% | 45.8% |
| 2018 | Jackson Taylor ALP | 50.4% | 50.4% | 49.6% |
| 2014 | Heidi Victoria LP | 51.2% | 45.4% | 54.6% |
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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Common questions about Wantirna
Is Wantirna a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wantirna is moderate (56/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Wantirna?
Wantirna has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (66/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wantirna a good place to live?
Wantirna has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (74/100), 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 Wantirna?
Wantirna, VIC had a population of 14,237 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wantirna, VIC?
The postcode for Wantirna, VIC is 3152.
How far is Wantirna from Melbourne?
Wantirna is 32 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 34 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wantirna?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wantirna was $98,072 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 Wantirna?
The median advertised rent in Wantirna is $720 a week for houses (55 listings) and $555 a week for units (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wantirna?
The median age of residents in Wantirna was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Wantirna?
There are 6 schools inside the Wantirna boundary: 4 above and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wantirna walkable?
Wantirna scores 85/100 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 air quality in Wantirna?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wantirna (Box Hill) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³. That puts Wantirna below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Wantirna?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wantirna, Scoresby Research Institute (3.4 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 Wantirna?
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 Wantirna belong to?
Wantirna sits within the Knox local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wantirna?
The average residential rates bill through Knox is $1,732 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Wantirna?
Across Knox, 577 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 13.5% 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 Wantirna in?
Wantirna sits within the federal Division of Aston, currently held by Mary Doyle (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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