Wollert VIC 3750
Wollert sits 42 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 44 minutes by car. Census data records 24,407 residents with a median age of 30 and a median household income of $102,908 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population more than tripled from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $391 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. The area shows high crime risk. Of 8 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Wollert a good suburb?
Wollert scores a C (45/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit.
Mixed results
8 schools · 1 above peer schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 24/100 · 42.4 km · 44 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $715K · More affordable than 85% of VIC
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 49/100 · Crime 60/100 · Flood 33/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 30 · 24,407 residents
Liveability Rating
45 / 100 · Ranked #503 in VICEach bar is Wollert's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
45 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWollert's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $715,000, about 2% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$715,000
In line with its 6 neighbours (median $706,350)
Based on 892 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 31 days — median across 743 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 14 sales $495K
- 3 bed 222 sales $626K
- 4 bed 592 sales $736K
- 5 bed 46 sales $986K
Land
$675,000
Based on 245 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 45 days — median across 178 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wollert are currently listed at around $704,000 on average. Based on 337 houses listed in the past six months.
$704K
337 houses listed in the last 6 months.
339 of the suburb's 7,257 dwellings (4.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wollert rent for around $575 a week on average, based on 527 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$575/wk
3% above its 6 neighbours (median $560/wk)
527 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$500/wk
9 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
536 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,756 rented homes (30.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025120 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 25% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3750.
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$575/week ($30,000 a year) on a $704,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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
16 active Airbnb listings: 6 whole homes and 10 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 Wollert safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Wollert sits in the moderate band, with 1,157 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 5% on the prior year.
1,157 offences
5.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202576 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 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
Eight schools serve Wollert, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Glowrey Catholic Primary School leads the pack.
- • 4,288 students across 8 schools (avg 536)
- • Sectors: 6 Government, 2 Catholic
- • ICSEA 999-1098, median 1039 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Edgars Creek Secondary College (1,330 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Wollert is very car-dependent on foot — at 24/100, nearly all errands require a car.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wollert.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 109.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 80.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 56.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.9 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 Wollert.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 94%
- Premises covered
- 7,737
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
Whittlesea: 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 47 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Wollert is home to about 24,400 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 30 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $103,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.2%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
24,407
Median Age
30
Median Household Income
$102,908/yr
Census Median Rent
$391/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,000/mo
Avg Household Size
3.3
Median Personal Income
$43,836/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.9%
Total Dwellings
7,257
Owner-Occupier Rate
75.8%
Houses
87.9%
Rental Stress
19.8%
Mortgage Stress
23.3%
Work From Home
19.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
11 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 3 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,706 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 46.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 31.1%
- Employment Rate
- 65%
- Completed Year 12
- 50.5%
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.
2,656 residents (10.9%) 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 21,540 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 (1,457 of 11,246).
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 2,038 people work here; 11,246 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 82% 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 $1,899 a year through Whittlesea based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 32%
- Rural and farming 29%
- Other and special use 21%
- Environmental 13%
- Parks and recreation 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
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: Whittlesea
In the year to August 2026, 2,632 new dwellings were approved across Whittlesea. That mix is 2,157 houses and 475 units. Approvals are down 27.5% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 11,518 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 2,293 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 9,225 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 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Macleod monitoring station, 15.2 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Melbourne Airport, 17.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 206 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 28.4 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 4.8% of addresses
- 824 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- 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
8 facilities within 5 km- 1.1 km
- 1.8 kmGas SupplyTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.0 kmClay Brick ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Hydrochloric acid
- 3.2 kmWaste Treatment and Disposal ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.2 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 3750, 247 of 20,753 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.8% (1,206 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3750, 5,508 rooftop-solar systems totalling 39.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,756 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 837 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.
394 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3750 in 2025-26, rank 5 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 684, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
32 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
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 $715,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Andrew Giles Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Giles | 64.3% | 35.7% | -1.1 |
| 2022 | Andrew Giles | 65.6% | 34.4% | +6.1 |
| 2019 | Andrew Giles | 71.7% | 28.3% | -2.1 |
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 Bronwyn Halfpenny Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bronwyn Halfpenny ALP | 51.8% | 66.0% | 34.0% |
| 2018 | Bronwyn Halfpenny ALP | 61.7% | 77.2% | 22.8% |
| 2014 | Bronwyn Halfpenny ALP | 66.7% | 78.4% | 21.6% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Suburbs to avoid in Melbourne There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Melbourne suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Wollert
Is Wollert a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wollert is moderate (60/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Wollert?
Wollert has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a low share of it (33/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wollert a good place to live?
Wollert has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (45/100), 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 Wollert?
Wollert, VIC had a population of 24,407 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wollert, VIC?
The postcode for Wollert, VIC is 3750.
How far is Wollert from Melbourne?
Wollert is 42 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 44 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wollert?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wollert was $102,908 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 Wollert?
The median advertised rent in Wollert is $575 a week for houses (527 listings) and $500 a week for units (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wollert?
The median age of residents in Wollert was 30 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Wollert at risk of bushfire?
Wollert has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100). 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 Wollert?
There are 8 schools inside the Wollert boundary: 1 above, 3 at, and 4 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wollert walkable?
Wollert scores 24/100 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 Wollert?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wollert (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Wollert below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Wollert?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wollert, Melbourne Airport (17.3 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 Wollert?
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 Wollert belong to?
Wollert sits within the Whittlesea local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wollert?
The average residential rates bill through Whittlesea is $1,899 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Wollert?
Across Whittlesea, 2,632 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 27.5% 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 Wollert in?
Wollert sits within the federal Division of Scullin, currently held by Andrew Giles (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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