Greensborough is a suburb in Banyule, Victoria (postcode 3088), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 21,070 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

21,070

Median age

Household income

$2,075/wk

Weekly rent

$404

Unemployment

SEIFA IRSD decile

9 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

5.8%

5-14

12.8%

15-19

5.7%

20-24

4.7%

25-34

11.1%

35-44

15.3%

45-54

13.8%

55-64

11.6%

65-74

10.9%

75-84

5.9%

85+

2.4%

Housing tenure

Owned

38.0%

Mortgage

42.4%

Rented

17.3%

Other

1.2%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3088
Population (2021)	21,070
Males	10,298 (48.9%)
Females	10,771 (51.1%)
Median age	41 years
Average household size	2.6
Median weekly household income	$2,075
Median weekly family income	$2,454
Median weekly rent	$404
Median monthly mortgage	$2,167
Labour force	11,145
Unemployment rate	4%
Participation rate	66.7%
Born overseas	21.5%
Separate houses	80.4%
Worked at home	32.1%
SEIFA IRSD decile	9 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	52.3%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	67.6%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.6%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	5.7%
Households with 2+ vehicles	63.2%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	17.6 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 41 years. Residents under 15: 18.6%. Residents aged 65 and over: 19.3%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	1,228	5.8%
5-14	2,694	12.8%
15-19	1,197	5.7%
20-24	987	4.7%
25-34	2,330	11.1%
35-44	3,219	15.3%
45-54	2,902	13.8%
55-64	2,443	11.6%
65-74	2,299	10.9%
75-84	1,250	5.9%
85 and over	507	2.4%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	7,762
Average household size	2.6
One person	1,670	21.5%
Two persons	2,582	33.3%
Three persons	1,294	16.7%
Four persons	1,623	20.9%
Five persons	470	6.1%
Six or more persons	126	1.6%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	6,043
Couples with children	268	4.4%
Couples without children	2,181	36.1%
One-parent families	822	13.6%
Other families	63	1.0%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.6
Women with no children	29.9%
Women with three or more children	22.6%

Of the 2,978 couple families with children in Greensborough, 7.1% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Greensborough.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	53.3%
Married (de facto)	10.1%
Not married	36.6%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	8,195
Occupied	7,762	94.7%
Unoccupied	436	5.3%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	6,589	80.4%
Semi-detached or townhouse	975	11.9%
Flat or apartment	189	2.3%
Other dwelling	0	0.0%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	2,952	38.0%
Owned with a mortgage	3,290	42.4%
Rented	1,341	17.3%
Other tenure	90	1.2%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	25.8%
$350 to $549 per week	63.1%
$550 or more per week	11.1%

6.8% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	13.5%
$1,000 to $1,799	23.5%
$1,800 to $2,999	40.9%
$3,000 or more	22.1%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	1.1%
Two bedrooms	13.9%
Three bedrooms	48.8%
Four or more bedrooms	36.2%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	11,145
Employed	10,692	95.9%
Unemployed	449	4.0%
Not in the labour force	5,555
Unemployment rate	4%
Participation rate	66.7%

36.0% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

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

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	13.1%
$650 to $1,499	24.3%
$1,500 to $2,999	31.5%
$3,000 or more	31.1%

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

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	32.5%
$500 to $999	21.0%
$1,000 to $1,999	30.0%
$2,000 or more	16.5%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	4,953	46.3%
Car passenger	253	2.4%
Train	225	2.1%
Bus	48	0.4%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	14	0.1%
Walked only	105	1.0%
Worked at home	3,437	32.1%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	9,984	47.4%
No religion	9,210	43.7%
Islam	221	1.0%
Hinduism	246	1.2%
Buddhism	300	1.4%
Judaism	23	0.1%
Other or not stated	1,086	5.2%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

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

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1069	9	85
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1060	9
IER (economic resources)	1053	7
IEO (education and occupation)	1061	9

Where residents were born

78.1% of residents were born in Australia and 21.9% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Greensborough are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
England	563	2.7%
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	434	2.1%
Italy	364	1.8%
India	289	1.4%
New Zealand	265	1.3%
Iran	162	0.8%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	8.0%
2011 to 2015	13.5%
2001 to 2010	26.0%
Before 2001	52.4%

Languages spoken at home

82.8% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Greensborough are listed below. Across all households, 1.7% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Chinese: Mandarin	564	2.7%
Italian	434	2.1%
Greek	267	1.3%
Persian (excluding Dari)	183	0.9%
Arabic	174	0.8%
Macedonian	139	0.7%

Ancestry

Residents of Greensborough most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	7,040	24.1%
Australian	7,027	24.1%
Irish	2,680	9.2%
Italian	2,215	7.6%
Scottish	2,053	7.0%
Chinese	1,044	3.6%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Greensborough residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,598	15.5%
Education and Training	1,257	12.2%
Construction	1,214	11.7%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	979	9.5%
Retail Trade	851	8.2%
Public Administration and Safety	837	8.1%

The most common occupations among Greensborough residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	3,073	29.2%
Managers	1,611	15.3%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	1,550	14.7%
Technicians and Trades Workers	1,446	13.7%
Community and Personal Service Workers	1,109	10.5%
Sales Workers	842	8.0%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Greensborough, 17.2% are at university or higher education, 8.4% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 71.8% are at school.

67.6% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

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

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	2,243	21.5%
Engineering and Related Technologies	1,613	15.5%
Society and Culture	1,399	13.4%
Health	1,199	11.5%
Education	1,199	11.5%
Architecture and Building	731	7.0%

Long-term health conditions

53.4% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Greensborough are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	1,977	8.3%
Arthritis	1,969	8.2%
Asthma	1,766	7.4%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	883	3.7%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	858	3.6%
Cancer (including remission)	707	3.0%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	290	1.2%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	238	1.0%
Stroke	217	0.9%
Kidney disease	208	0.9%

21.9% of residents report one condition, 6.5% report two, and 3.1% report three or more.

Community and care

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

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	13.6%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	14.3%
Provides unpaid child care	62.8%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	23.0%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	2.9%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	90.6%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	7.3%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.3%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.4%
Same address 5 years ago	69.8%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	22.5%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	1.6%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	2.3%

Photo: Greensborough, Victoria. Credit: Wongm / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 1,240 offences in Greensborough in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	171
B Property and deception offences	717
C Drug offences	84
D Public order and security offences	71
E Justice procedures offences	193
F Other offences	4

That is a calculated rate of 58.9 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 Banyule local government area recorded 8,182 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
913

2023
1,134

2024
1,472

2025
1,432

2026
1,240

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

Watsonia North (1.6 km)
Watsonia (1.9 km)
Briar Hill (1.9 km)
St Helena (2.6 km)
Montmorency (3.0 km)

Browse more suburbs in Banyule, or explore the wider Greater Melbourne 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.

Greensborough

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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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