Blairgowrie is a suburb in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (postcode 3942), located in the Mornington Peninsula region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 2,786 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

2,786

Median age

Household income

$1,490/wk

Weekly rent

$400

Unemployment

2.3%

SEIFA IRSD decile

9 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

4.3%

5-14

7.1%

15-19

3.7%

20-24

3.4%

25-34

5.7%

35-44

7.9%

45-54

11.5%

55-64

17.2%

65-74

23.0%

75-84

12.6%

85+

3.0%

Housing tenure

Owned

57.6%

Mortgage

24.5%

Rented

13.4%

Other

2.5%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3942
Population (2021)	2,786
Males	1,365 (49.0%)
Females	1,424 (51.1%)
Median age	58 years
Average household size	2.1
Median weekly household income	$1,490
Median weekly family income	$1,986
Median weekly rent	$400
Median monthly mortgage	$2,000
Labour force	1,116
Unemployment rate	2.3%
Participation rate	49.7%
Born overseas	13.3%
Separate houses	34.5%
Worked at home	32.5%
SEIFA IRSD decile	9 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	47.8%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	64.1%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.5%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	4.2%
Households with 2+ vehicles	65.4%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	64.2 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 58 years. Residents under 15: 11.5%. Residents aged 65 and over: 38.7%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	121	4.3%
5-14	199	7.1%
15-19	102	3.7%
20-24	96	3.4%
25-34	159	5.7%
35-44	221	7.9%
45-54	321	11.5%
55-64	480	17.2%
65-74	642	23.0%
75-84	352	12.6%
85 and over	83	3.0%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	1,144
Average household size	2.1
One person	341	29.8%
Two persons	542	47.4%
Three persons	102	8.9%
Four persons	108	9.4%
Five persons	45	3.9%
Six or more persons	7	0.6%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	795
Couples with children	18	2.3%
Couples without children	503	63.3%
One-parent families	64	8.1%
Other families	4	0.5%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.81
Women with no children	23.5%
Women with three or more children	29.5%

Of the 218 couple families with children in Blairgowrie, 8.3% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Blairgowrie.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	56.4%
Married (de facto)	12.4%
Not married	31.2%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	3,291
Occupied	1,144	34.8%
Unoccupied	2,145	65.2%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	1,134	34.5%
Semi-detached or townhouse	8	0.2%
Flat or apartment	5	0.2%
Other dwelling	0	0.0%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	659	57.6%
Owned with a mortgage	280	24.5%
Rented	153	13.4%
Other tenure	29	2.5%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	30.9%
$350 to $549 per week	44.4%
$550 or more per week	24.7%

0.0% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	20.1%
$1,000 to $1,799	24.8%
$1,800 to $2,999	28.3%
$3,000 or more	26.8%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	0.4%
Two bedrooms	9.3%
Three bedrooms	50.2%
Four or more bedrooms	40.2%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	1,116
Employed	1,092	97.8%
Unemployed	26	2.3%
Not in the labour force	1,130
Unemployment rate	2.3%
Participation rate	49.7%

46.7% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Blairgowrie are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	18.9%
$650 to $1,499	31.2%
$1,500 to $2,999	27.0%
$3,000 or more	22.9%

For residents aged 15 and over, personal weekly income is distributed as follows.

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	32.2%
$500 to $999	27.0%
$1,000 to $1,999	24.8%
$2,000 or more	16.0%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	471	43.1%
Car passenger	25	2.3%
Train	0	0.0%
Bus	0	0.0%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	7	0.6%
Walked only	17	1.6%
Worked at home	355	32.5%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	1,199	43.0%
No religion	1,262	45.3%
Islam	7	0.3%
Hinduism	3	0.1%
Buddhism	18	0.6%
Judaism	5	0.2%
Other or not stated	292	10.5%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

SEIFA deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged) nationally.

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1075	9	88
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1056	9
IER (economic resources)	1053	7
IEO (education and occupation)	1074	9

Where residents were born

86.0% of residents were born in Australia and 14.0% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Blairgowrie are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
England	120	4.8%
New Zealand	29	1.2%
Scotland	23	0.9%
Italy	21	0.8%
Germany	18	0.7%
United States of America	17	0.7%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	5.1%
2011 to 2015	5.8%
2001 to 2010	5.8%
Before 2001	83.3%

Languages spoken at home

95.2% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Blairgowrie are listed below. Across all households, 0.2% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Italian	27	1.1%
Greek	14	0.5%
Japanese	10	0.4%
Spanish	9	0.4%
German	8	0.3%
French	7	0.3%

Ancestry

Residents of Blairgowrie most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	1,244	33.5%
Australian	952	25.6%
Irish	429	11.6%
Scottish	395	10.6%
German	120	3.2%
Italian	116	3.1%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Blairgowrie residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Construction	164	15.9%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	133	12.9%
Retail Trade	98	9.5%
Health Care and Social Assistance	95	9.2%
Accommodation and Food Services	93	9.0%
Education and Training	88	8.5%

The most common occupations among Blairgowrie residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	265	25.1%
Managers	220	20.8%
Technicians and Trades Workers	159	15.0%
Sales Workers	118	11.2%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	109	10.3%
Community and Personal Service Workers	91	8.6%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Blairgowrie, 18.6% are at university or higher education, 10.5% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 67.3% are at school.

64.1% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

The most common fields of study among Blairgowrie residents with qualifications are listed below.

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	331	24.2%
Society and Culture	186	13.6%
Engineering and Related Technologies	180	13.1%
Education	162	11.8%
Health	148	10.8%
Architecture and Building	137	10.0%

Long-term health conditions

49.3% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Blairgowrie are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Arthritis	353	11.7%
Asthma	228	7.6%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	174	5.8%
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	168	5.6%
Cancer (including remission)	144	4.8%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	119	4.0%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	64	2.1%
Stroke	42	1.4%
Kidney disease	27	0.9%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	25	0.8%

23.9% of residents report one condition, 7.7% report two, and 4.6% report three or more.

Community and care

How residents of Blairgowrie contribute to their community (share of residents aged 15 and over).

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	19.1%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	15.0%
Provides unpaid child care	43.1%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	26.2%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	3.3%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	84.7%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	9.7%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.4%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.7%
Same address 5 years ago	58.2%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	28.1%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	2.6%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	3.1%

Photo: Blairgowrie, Victoria. Credit: Aenneken / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 116 offences in Blairgowrie in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	13
B Property and deception offences	78
C Drug offences	5
D Public order and security offences	3
E Justice procedures offences	17
F Other offences	0

That is a calculated rate of 41.6 recorded offences per 1,000 residents, based on the ABS Census 2021 population. This rate was calculated by My Victoria AU and is not a Crime Statistics Agency figure.

For context, the Mornington Peninsula local government area recorded 6,718 offences per 100,000 residents in the same period. That figure is the official Crime Statistics Agency rate for the LGA.

Five-year trend

2022
118

2023
87

2024
90

2025
116

2026
116

Recorded offences count crimes reported to Victoria Police in this locality, not crimes committed by or against its residents. Areas with shopping centres, transport hubs, hospitals or entertainment precincts record more offences regardless of how safe they are for people who live there. Counts are revised as investigations progress.

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Data tables - Recorded offences, Year ending March 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Rates per 1,000 residents are calculations by My Victoria AU using ABS Census 2021 population and are not CSA figures. View the source dataset.

Location

Nearby suburbs

Sorrento (3.8 km)
Rye (4.1 km)
Tootgarook (7.1 km)
St Andrews Beach (7.6 km)
Portsea (8.4 km)

Browse more suburbs in Mornington Peninsula, or explore the wider Mornington Peninsula region of Victoria.

Data disclaimer: The statistics on this page are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Census of Population and Housing 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (ASGS Edition 3), and are used under the ABS CC BY 4.0 licence. This directory is an independent community resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the ABS.

Blairgowrie

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At a glance

Age distribution

Housing tenure

Key statistics

Age profile

Households and families

Children ever born

Marital status

Housing

Weekly rent

Monthly mortgage repayments

Bedrooms per dwelling

Employment

Household income

Travel to work

Religious affiliation

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

Where residents were born

When overseas-born residents arrived

Languages spoken at home

Ancestry

Work and industry

Education

Long-term health conditions

Community and care

Moving and stability

Crime and safety

Five-year trend

Location

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