Mount Waverley is a suburb in Monash, Victoria (postcode 3149), located in the Greater Melbourne region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 35,340 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

35,340

Median age

Household income

$2,066/wk

Weekly rent

$476

Unemployment

5.4%

SEIFA IRSD decile

9 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

4.4%

5-14

12.6%

15-19

6.5%

20-24

6.9%

25-34

12.1%

35-44

13.6%

45-54

13.7%

55-64

11.6%

65-74

8.5%

75-84

6.8%

85+

3.4%

Housing tenure

Owned

41.9%

Mortgage

31.5%

Rented

24.2%

Other

1.3%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3149
Population (2021)	35,340
Males	17,373 (49.2%)
Females	17,968 (50.8%)
Median age	40 years
Average household size	2.7
Median weekly household income	$2,066
Median weekly family income	$2,383
Median weekly rent	$476
Median monthly mortgage	$2,600
Labour force	17,989
Unemployment rate	5.4%
Participation rate	63.5%
Born overseas	47.7%
Separate houses	63.3%
Worked at home	35.6%
SEIFA IRSD decile	9 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	69.6%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	80.2%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.2%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	5.3%
Households with 2+ vehicles	60.1%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	16.2 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 40 years. Residents under 15: 17.0%. Residents aged 65 and over: 18.6%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	1,552	4.4%
5-14	4,442	12.6%
15-19	2,287	6.5%
20-24	2,437	6.9%
25-34	4,286	12.1%
35-44	4,812	13.6%
45-54	4,847	13.7%
55-64	4,094	11.6%
65-74	2,997	8.5%
75-84	2,397	6.8%
85 and over	1,186	3.4%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	12,481
Average household size	2.7
One person	2,395	19.2%
Two persons	3,791	30.4%
Three persons	2,395	19.2%
Four persons	2,769	22.2%
Five persons	834	6.7%
Six or more persons	294	2.4%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	9,879
Couples with children	585	5.9%
Couples without children	3,257	33.0%
One-parent families	1,322	13.4%
Other families	164	1.7%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.46
Women with no children	31.7%
Women with three or more children	18.3%

Of the 5,139 couple families with children in Mount Waverley, 4.9% are step or blended families.

Marital status

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

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	53.8%
Married (de facto)	5.5%
Not married	40.6%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	13,526
Occupied	12,481	92.3%
Unoccupied	1,046	7.7%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	8,561	63.3%
Semi-detached or townhouse	1,227	9.1%
Flat or apartment	2,681	19.8%
Other dwelling	7	0.1%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	5,232	41.9%
Owned with a mortgage	3,932	31.5%
Rented	3,025	24.2%
Other tenure	162	1.3%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	11.5%
$350 to $549 per week	56.1%
$550 or more per week	32.4%

3.5% of renting households rent through a state or community housing provider.

Monthly mortgage repayments

Repayment band	Share of mortgaged households
Under $1,000	15.4%
$1,000 to $1,799	14.0%
$1,800 to $2,999	26.2%
$3,000 or more	44.5%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	1.0%
Two bedrooms	11.4%
Three bedrooms	43.8%
Four or more bedrooms	43.9%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	17,989
Employed	17,022	94.6%
Unemployed	969	5.4%
Not in the labour force	10,340
Unemployment rate	5.4%
Participation rate	63.5%

37.0% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

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

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	14.8%
$650 to $1,499	23.6%
$1,500 to $2,999	28.8%
$3,000 or more	32.8%

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

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	36.4%
$500 to $999	20.7%
$1,000 to $1,999	26.0%
$2,000 or more	16.9%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	7,256	42.6%
Car passenger	517	3.0%
Train	436	2.6%
Bus	109	0.6%
Tram	12	0.1%
Bicycle	64	0.4%
Walked only	154	0.9%
Worked at home	6,055	35.6%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	13,524	38.3%
No religion	13,657	38.6%
Islam	686	1.9%
Hinduism	2,476	7.0%
Buddhism	2,594	7.3%
Judaism	80	0.2%
Other or not stated	2,323	6.6%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

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

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1066	9	83
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1092	10
IER (economic resources)	1046	7
IEO (education and occupation)	1104	10

Where residents were born

50.8% of residents were born in Australia and 49.2% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Mount Waverley are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)	4,584	13.4%
India	2,165	6.3%
Sri Lanka	1,484	4.3%
Malaysia	1,054	3.1%
Greece	693	2.0%
England	672	2.0%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	20.4%
2011 to 2015	15.2%
2001 to 2010	27.1%
Before 2001	37.3%

Languages spoken at home

48.6% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Mount Waverley are listed below. Across all households, 7.5% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Chinese: Mandarin	5,862	17.2%
Greek	1,684	4.9%
Chinese: Cantonese	1,667	4.9%
Indo-Aryan: Sinhalese	1,190	3.5%
Indo-Aryan: Hindi	813	2.4%
Tamil	536	1.6%

Ancestry

Residents of Mount Waverley most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
Chinese	9,426	22.1%
English	6,495	15.2%
Australian	5,508	12.9%
Indian	2,714	6.3%
Greek	2,272	5.3%
Irish	2,098	4.9%

Work and industry

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

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	2,280	14.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance	2,218	13.7%
Retail Trade	1,684	10.4%
Education and Training	1,661	10.2%
Financial and Insurance Services	1,081	6.7%
Construction	1,073	6.6%

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

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	5,826	35.0%
Managers	2,678	16.1%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	2,280	13.7%
Technicians and Trades Workers	1,522	9.1%
Sales Workers	1,482	8.9%
Community and Personal Service Workers	1,361	8.2%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Mount Waverley, 25.9% are at university or higher education, 7.3% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 63.1% are at school.

80.2% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

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

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	5,321	28.6%
Engineering and Related Technologies	2,787	15.0%
Society and Culture	1,990	10.7%
Health	1,894	10.2%
Information Technology	1,664	9.0%
Education	1,425	7.7%

Long-term health conditions

62.9% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Mount Waverley are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Arthritis	2,319	6.1%
Asthma	2,252	5.9%
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	1,919	5.1%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	1,549	4.1%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	1,341	3.5%
Cancer (including remission)	951	2.5%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	369	1.0%
Kidney disease	273	0.7%
Stroke	252	0.7%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	241	0.6%

17.8% of residents report one condition, 4.7% report two, and 2.0% report three or more.

Community and care

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

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	14.8%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	13.5%
Provides unpaid child care	54.3%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	22.0%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	1.6%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	85.4%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	10.6%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.5%
Moved from overseas in the last year	1.1%
Same address 5 years ago	59.5%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	23.5%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	2.4%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	10.0%

Photo: Mount Waverley, Victoria. Credit: Fh1 / FAL via Wikimedia Commons.

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 1,889 offences in Mount Waverley in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	204
B Property and deception offences	1,337
C Drug offences	134
D Public order and security offences	65
E Justice procedures offences	146
F Other offences	3

That is a calculated rate of 53.5 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 Monash local government area recorded 7,056 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
1,469

2023
1,638

2024
2,102

2025
2,198

2026
1,889

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

Chadstone (2.6 km)
Ashwood (2.7 km)
Notting Hill (3.2 km)
Oakleigh East (3.3 km)
Burwood East (3.3 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.

Mount Waverley

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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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