Wheelers Hill VIC 3150
Located in Victoria, Wheelers Hill sits 26 km from Melbourne CBD, around 29 minutes by car. The suburb has 20,652 residents, a median age of 48, and a median household income of $94,536 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 4.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $481 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,500. Wheelers Hill is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 9 schools within the suburb boundary, 7 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Wheelers Hill a good suburb?
Wheelers Hill scores a A+ (84/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools, transit, and community, weaker on prices.
Above the state average
9 schools · 7 above peer schools · Top 3% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 83/100 · 25.7 km · 29 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $1.46M · Less affordable than 93% of VIC
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 41/100 · Flood 57/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 48 · 20,652 residents
Liveability Rating
84 / 100 · Ranked #31 in VICEach bar is Wheelers Hill's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
84 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWheelers Hill's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.46 million, about 6% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,460,000
31% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,115,000)
Based on 306 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 243 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $1.38M
- 3 bed 64 sales $1.25M
- 4 bed 156 sales $1.45M
- 5 bed 66 sales $1.69M
- 6 bed 13 sales $1.82M
Units
$790,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 25 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wheelers Hill are currently listed at around $1.3 million on average. Based on 43 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.3M
43 houses listed in the last 6 months.
43 of the suburb's 7,274 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wheelers Hill rent for around $860 a week on average, based on 49 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$860/wk
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $875/wk)
49 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
51 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,055 rented homes (4.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202595 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 32% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3150.
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$860/week ($45,000 a year) on a $1.3 million 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
12 active Airbnb listings: 9 whole homes and 3 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 Wheelers Hill safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Wheelers Hill sits in the moderate band, with 616 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 7% on the prior year.
616 offences
6.9% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202561 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
Nine schools serve Wheelers Hill, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Brandon Park Primary School and Good Shepherd School lead the pack.
- • 3,602 students across 8 schools (avg 450)
- • Sectors: 6 Government, 2 Catholic, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 1037-1151, median 1110 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Wheelers Hill Secondary College (711 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
- 5.1 kmMonash ClaytonMonash University · 383 courses
- 9.3 kmDeakin University, Melbourne Burwood CampusDeakin University · 204 courses
3.5% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Wheelers Hill is very walkable on foot — at 83/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 9 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wheelers Hill.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 302.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 227.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 132.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.1 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 Wheelers Hill.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 5%
- Premises covered
- 8,469
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
Monash: 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 46 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Wheelers Hill is home to about 20,700 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $95,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
20,652
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$94,536/yr
Census Median Rent
$481/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,500/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$37,440/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.5%
Total Dwellings
7,274
Owner-Occupier Rate
85.5%
Houses
84.9%
Rental Stress
26.5%
Mortgage Stress
31.7%
Work From Home
36.4%
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 963 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 49.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 49.8%
- Employment Rate
- 50.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 55.8%
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.
1,045 residents (5.1%) 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 19,973 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 (1,190 of 8,980).
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 4,610 people work here; 8,980 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.5 jobs per working resident. At least 48% 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 $1,697 a year through Monash based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 71%
- Parks and recreation 21%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Commercial 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: Monash
In the year to August 2026, 1,233 new dwellings were approved across Monash. That mix is 616 houses and 617 units. Approvals are down 3.8% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 171 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 106 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 65 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, 8.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Scoresby Research Institute, 7.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 126 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.2 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.3% of addresses
- 221 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
18 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Carbon monoxide
- 2.9 kmOther Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Antimony & compounds
- 3.1 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 3.2 kmLaundry and Dry-Cleaning ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 3.4 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Fluoride compounds · Hydrochloric acid
EV adoption
In postcode 3150, 1,225 of 44,341 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.0% (2,217 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3150, 7,970 rooftop-solar systems totalling 49.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 23,787 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 746 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.
2 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3150 in 2025-26, rank 176 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 304, in 2005-06.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
44 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 112 across postcode 3150.
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 $1,460,000 this is $710,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Carina Garland Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Carina Garland | 55.7% | 44.3% | +2.4 |
| 2022 | Carina Garland | 56.4% | 43.6% | -6.9 |
| 2019 | Gladys Liu | 49.4% | 50.6% | -2.3 |
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 Eden Foster Australian Labor Party — elected at the Nov 2023 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 51.0% | 60.2% | 39.8% |
| 2018 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 56.7% | 62.7% | 37.3% |
| 2014 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 54.5% | 54.5% | 45.5% |
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 Wheelers Hill
Is Wheelers Hill a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wheelers Hill is moderate (41/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Wheelers Hill?
Wheelers Hill has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (57/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wheelers Hill a good place to live?
Wheelers Hill has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (84/100), 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 Wheelers Hill?
Wheelers Hill, VIC had a population of 20,652 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wheelers Hill, VIC?
The postcode for Wheelers Hill, VIC is 3150.
How far is Wheelers Hill from Melbourne?
Wheelers Hill is 26 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 29 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wheelers Hill?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wheelers Hill was $94,536 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 Wheelers Hill?
The median advertised rent in Wheelers Hill is $860 a week for houses (49 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wheelers Hill?
The median age of residents in Wheelers Hill was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Wheelers Hill?
There are 9 schools inside the Wheelers Hill boundary: 7 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wheelers Hill walkable?
Wheelers Hill scores 83/100 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 Wheelers Hill?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wheelers Hill (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Wheelers Hill 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 Wheelers Hill?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wheelers Hill, Scoresby Research Institute (7.3 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 Wheelers Hill?
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 Wheelers Hill belong to?
Wheelers Hill sits within the Monash local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wheelers Hill?
The average residential rates bill through Monash is $1,697 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Wheelers Hill?
Across Monash, 1,233 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 3.8% 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 Wheelers Hill in?
Wheelers Hill sits within the federal Division of Chisholm, currently held by Carina Garland (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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