Mount Evelyn is a suburb in Yarra Ranges, Victoria (postcode 3796), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 9,799 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

9,799

Median age

Household income

$2,045/wk

Weekly rent

$365

Unemployment

3.3%

SEIFA IRSD decile

8 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

6.9%

5-14

13.2%

15-19

6.4%

20-24

5.9%

25-34

13.3%

35-44

13.5%

45-54

13.3%

55-64

12.6%

65-74

9.5%

75-84

4.6%

85+

0.8%

Housing tenure

Owned

31.6%

Mortgage

55.5%

Rented

9.1%

Other

2.5%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3796
Population (2021)	9,799
Males	4,863 (49.6%)
Females	4,937 (50.4%)
Median age	38 years
Average household size	2.8
Median weekly household income	$2,045
Median weekly family income	$2,263
Median weekly rent	$365
Median monthly mortgage	$2,000
Labour force	5,471
Unemployment rate	3.3%
Participation rate	71.3%
Born overseas	12.7%
Separate houses	94.1%
Worked at home	21.0%
SEIFA IRSD decile	8 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	32.8%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	56.2%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	1.0%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	5.1%
Households with 2+ vehicles	74.6%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	37.5 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 38 years. Residents under 15: 20.0%. Residents aged 65 and over: 14.9%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	673	6.9%
5-14	1,291	13.2%
15-19	630	6.4%
20-24	575	5.9%
25-34	1,304	13.3%
35-44	1,326	13.5%
45-54	1,305	13.3%
55-64	1,231	12.6%
65-74	935	9.5%
75-84	452	4.6%
85 and over	76	0.8%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	3,378
Average household size	2.8
One person	612	18.1%
Two persons	1,072	31.7%
Three persons	587	17.4%
Four persons	688	20.4%
Five persons	292	8.6%
Six or more persons	125	3.7%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	2,776
Couples with children	115	4.1%
Couples without children	970	34.9%
One-parent families	339	12.2%
Other families	31	1.1%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.72
Women with no children	30.0%
Women with three or more children	28.9%

Of the 1,439 couple families with children in Mount Evelyn, 11.5% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Mount Evelyn.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	50.1%
Married (de facto)	13.6%
Not married	36.3%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	3,509
Occupied	3,378	96.3%
Unoccupied	131	3.7%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	3,303	94.1%
Semi-detached or townhouse	66	1.9%
Flat or apartment	0	0.0%
Other dwelling	4	0.1%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	1,066	31.6%
Owned with a mortgage	1,874	55.5%
Rented	308	9.1%
Other tenure	85	2.5%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	39.7%
$350 to $549 per week	55.9%
$550 or more per week	4.5%

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	14.9%
$1,000 to $1,799	27.4%
$1,800 to $2,999	43.4%
$3,000 or more	14.3%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	1.7%
Two bedrooms	10.1%
Three bedrooms	46.3%
Four or more bedrooms	41.9%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	5,471
Employed	5,289	96.7%
Unemployed	180	3.3%
Not in the labour force	2,200
Unemployment rate	3.3%
Participation rate	71.3%

38.7% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Mount Evelyn are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	12.0%
$650 to $1,499	23.8%
$1,500 to $2,999	38.9%
$3,000 or more	25.3%

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

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	33.1%
$500 to $999	24.6%
$1,000 to $1,999	30.9%
$2,000 or more	11.3%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	3,057	57.8%
Car passenger	171	3.2%
Train	16	0.3%
Bus	21	0.4%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	8	0.2%
Walked only	39	0.7%
Worked at home	1,109	21.0%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	3,702	37.8%
No religion	5,486	56.0%
Islam	14	0.1%
Hinduism	21	0.2%
Buddhism	73	0.7%
Judaism	4	0.0%
Other or not stated	499	5.1%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

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

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1051	8	73
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1014	7
IER (economic resources)	1075	8
IEO (education and occupation)	992	6

Where residents were born

87.1% of residents were born in Australia and 12.9% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Mount Evelyn are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
England	474	4.9%
Netherlands	116	1.2%
New Zealand	101	1.0%
Germany	49	0.5%
Scotland	38	0.4%
United States of America	35	0.4%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	2.3%
2011 to 2015	6.9%
2001 to 2010	16.4%
Before 2001	74.4%

Languages spoken at home

95.5% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Mount Evelyn are listed below. Across all households, 0.3% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Italian	39	0.4%
German	24	0.2%
French	20	0.2%
Spanish	18	0.2%
Greek	18	0.2%
Afrikaans	16	0.2%

Ancestry

Residents of Mount Evelyn most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	4,486	31.4%
Australian	4,278	29.9%
Scottish	1,141	8.0%
Irish	1,132	7.9%
Dutch	614	4.3%
German	544	3.8%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Mount Evelyn residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Construction	965	19.1%
Health Care and Social Assistance	677	13.4%
Education and Training	497	9.9%
Manufacturing	473	9.4%
Retail Trade	456	9.0%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	285	5.7%

The most common occupations among Mount Evelyn residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Technicians and Trades Workers	1,060	20.3%
Professionals	953	18.3%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	694	13.3%
Managers	653	12.5%
Community and Personal Service Workers	621	11.9%
Labourers	507	9.7%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Mount Evelyn, 12.4% are at university or higher education, 10.4% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 74.1% are at school.

56.2% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

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

Field of study	People	Share
Engineering and Related Technologies	810	17.7%
Management and Commerce	702	15.3%
Society and Culture	605	13.2%
Architecture and Building	565	12.3%
Health	550	12.0%
Education	546	11.9%

Long-term health conditions

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

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Asthma	1,007	9.2%
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	998	9.1%
Arthritis	822	7.5%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	416	3.8%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	353	3.2%
Cancer (including remission)	273	2.5%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	167	1.5%
Stroke	101	0.9%
Kidney disease	91	0.8%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	33	0.3%

22.7% of residents report one condition, 6.4% report two, and 3.0% report three or more.

Community and care

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

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	16.2%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	16.1%
Provides unpaid child care	65.5%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	25.9%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	2.1%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	92.3%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	6.2%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.2%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.2%
Same address 5 years ago	71.7%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	23.1%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	1.0%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	1.0%

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

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 346 offences in Mount Evelyn in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	102
B Property and deception offences	137
C Drug offences	7
D Public order and security offences	8
E Justice procedures offences	92
F Other offences	0

That is a calculated rate of 35.3 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 Yarra Ranges local government area recorded 5,096 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
306

2023
343

2024
324

2025
312

2026
346

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

Lilydale (3.3 km)
Kalorama (3.3 km)
Wandin North (3.7 km)
Montrose (4.8 km)
Mooroolbark (5.6 km)

Browse more suburbs in Yarra Ranges, 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.

Mount Evelyn

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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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