Mont Albert is a suburb in Whitehorse, Victoria (postcode 3127), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 4,948 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

4,948

Median age

Household income

$2,324/wk

Weekly rent

$451

Unemployment

4.6%

SEIFA IRSD decile

10 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

3.9%

5-14

10.5%

15-19

6.5%

20-24

7.1%

25-34

12.3%

35-44

12.7%

45-54

13.6%

55-64

13.5%

65-74

11.9%

75-84

5.6%

85+

2.6%

Housing tenure

Owned

39.8%

Mortgage

29.8%

Rented

27.7%

Other

2.0%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3127
Population (2021)	4,948
Males	2,339 (47.3%)
Females	2,617 (52.9%)
Median age	42 years
Average household size	2.5
Median weekly household income	$2,324
Median weekly family income	$2,995
Median weekly rent	$451
Median monthly mortgage	$2,500
Labour force	2,715
Unemployment rate	4.6%
Participation rate	66.8%
Born overseas	31.8%
Separate houses	48.2%
Worked at home	41.7%
SEIFA IRSD decile	10 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	74.5%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	86.4%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.3%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	3.8%
Households with 2+ vehicles	53.7%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	12.7 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 42 years. Residents under 15: 14.4%. Residents aged 65 and over: 20.1%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	192	3.9%
5-14	522	10.5%
15-19	321	6.5%
20-24	351	7.1%
25-34	607	12.3%
35-44	629	12.7%
45-54	673	13.6%
55-64	666	13.5%
65-74	589	11.9%
75-84	276	5.6%
85 and over	128	2.6%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	1,909
Average household size	2.5
One person	484	25.4%
Two persons	656	34.4%
Three persons	343	18.0%
Four persons	293	15.3%
Five persons	104	5.4%
Six or more persons	27	1.4%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	1,397
Couples with children	73	5.2%
Couples without children	558	39.9%
One-parent families	170	12.2%
Other families	27	1.9%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.33
Women with no children	38.9%
Women with three or more children	18.3%

Of the 643 couple families with children in Mont Albert, 6.1% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Mont Albert.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	50.8%
Married (de facto)	9.4%
Not married	39.8%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	2,130
Occupied	1,909	89.6%
Unoccupied	225	10.6%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	1,026	48.2%
Semi-detached or townhouse	668	31.4%
Flat or apartment	207	9.7%
Other dwelling	5	0.2%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	760	39.8%
Owned with a mortgage	569	29.8%
Rented	529	27.7%
Other tenure	39	2.0%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	11.9%
$350 to $549 per week	58.3%
$550 or more per week	29.8%

1.2% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	17.2%
$1,000 to $1,799	13.8%
$1,800 to $2,999	26.2%
$3,000 or more	42.7%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	3.0%
Two bedrooms	34.1%
Three bedrooms	30.3%
Four or more bedrooms	32.6%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	2,715
Employed	2,590	95.4%
Unemployed	124	4.6%
Not in the labour force	1,349
Unemployment rate	4.6%
Participation rate	66.8%

37.6% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Mont Albert are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	13.1%
$650 to $1,499	20.0%
$1,500 to $2,999	27.4%
$3,000 or more	39.5%

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

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	30.0%
$500 to $999	17.9%
$1,000 to $1,999	27.8%
$2,000 or more	24.4%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	910	35.1%
Car passenger	67	2.6%
Train	88	3.4%
Bus	7	0.3%
Tram	24	0.9%
Bicycle	5	0.2%
Walked only	52	2.0%
Worked at home	1,080	41.7%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	2,006	40.5%
No religion	2,352	47.5%
Islam	51	1.0%
Hinduism	93	1.9%
Buddhism	137	2.8%
Judaism	7	0.1%
Other or not stated	302	6.1%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

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

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1088	10	93
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1123	10
IER (economic resources)	1048	7
IEO (education and occupation)	1153	10

Where residents were born

67.2% of residents were born in Australia and 32.8% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Mont Albert are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	504	10.6%
England	139	2.9%
Malaysia	97	2.0%
India	97	2.0%
New Zealand	78	1.6%
Hong Kong (SAR of China)	64	1.3%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	18.5%
2011 to 2015	14.7%
2001 to 2010	26.5%
Before 2001	40.3%

Languages spoken at home

72.0% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Mont Albert are listed below. Across all households, 4.7% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Chinese: Mandarin	583	12.2%
Chinese: Cantonese	168	3.5%
Greek	55	1.2%
Italian	46	1.0%
Japanese	40	0.8%
Indo-Aryan: Hindi	36	0.8%

Ancestry

Residents of Mont Albert most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	1,587	23.6%
Australian	1,255	18.7%
Chinese	999	14.9%
Irish	603	9.0%
Scottish	569	8.5%
Italian	246	3.7%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Mont Albert residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Health Care and Social Assistance	428	17.0%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	401	15.9%
Education and Training	304	12.1%
Financial and Insurance Services	201	8.0%
Retail Trade	194	7.7%
Construction	135	5.4%

The most common occupations among Mont Albert residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	1,104	43.2%
Managers	422	16.5%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	368	14.4%
Sales Workers	192	7.5%
Community and Personal Service Workers	182	7.1%
Technicians and Trades Workers	150	5.9%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Mont Albert, 31.1% are at university or higher education, 5.6% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 60.2% are at school.

86.4% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

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

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	807	27.9%
Health	416	14.4%
Society and Culture	396	13.7%
Engineering and Related Technologies	282	9.8%
Education	263	9.1%
Information Technology	175	6.1%

Long-term health conditions

60.1% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Mont Albert are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Asthma	379	7.2%
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	350	6.6%
Arthritis	345	6.5%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	179	3.4%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	166	3.1%
Cancer (including remission)	162	3.1%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	40	0.8%
Stroke	37	0.7%
Kidney disease	37	0.7%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	17	0.3%

20.0% of residents report one condition, 5.2% report two, and 1.9% report three or more.

Community and care

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

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	20.4%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	13.6%
Provides unpaid child care	52.2%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	21.9%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	1.5%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	87.4%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	10.0%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.5%
Moved from overseas in the last year	1.2%
Same address 5 years ago	61.3%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	25.5%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	2.5%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	7.0%

Photo: Mont Albert, Victoria. Credit: Philip Mallis / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 421 offences in Mont Albert in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	39
B Property and deception offences	323
C Drug offences	15
D Public order and security offences	12
E Justice procedures offences	32
F Other offences	0

That is a calculated rate of 85.1 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 Whitehorse local government area recorded 6,208 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
182

2023
253

2024
271

2025
300

2026
421

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

Surrey Hills (1.1 km)
Box Hill (1.7 km)
Mont Albert North (1.7 km)
Balwyn (2.3 km)
Box Hill North (2.3 km)

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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.

Mont Albert

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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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