Safety Beach is a suburb in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (postcode 3936), located in the Mornington Peninsula region. At the ABS Census 2021 it had a population of 6,328 people.

At a glance

Population (2021)

6,328

Median age

Household income

$1,468/wk

Weekly rent

$460

Unemployment

SEIFA IRSD decile

7 / 10

Age distribution

0-4

3.5%

5-14

8.6%

15-19

5.3%

20-24

4.1%

25-34

7.9%

35-44

9.1%

45-54

13.1%

55-64

15.2%

65-74

17.0%

75-84

12.4%

85+

3.7%

Housing tenure

Owned

40.6%

Mortgage

29.8%

Rented

23.1%

Other

4.5%

Key statistics

Indicator	Value
Postcode	3936
Population (2021)	6,328
Males	3,012 (47.6%)
Females	3,313 (52.4%)
Median age	53 years
Average household size	2.3
Median weekly household income	$1,468
Median weekly family income	$1,879
Median weekly rent	$460
Median monthly mortgage	$2,000
Labour force	2,919
Unemployment rate	3%
Participation rate	55.9%
Born overseas	21.1%
Separate houses	52.0%
Worked at home	23.1%
SEIFA IRSD decile	7 of 10
Bachelor degree or higher	35.4%
Completed Year 12 or equivalent	52.5%
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents	0.8%
Residents needing assistance with core activities	6.8%
Households with 2+ vehicles	62.6%
Distance from Melbourne CBD	56.0 km (straight line)

Age profile

Median age: 53 years. Residents under 15: 12.1%. Residents aged 65 and over: 33.1%.

Age group	People	Share of population
0-4	222	3.5%
5-14	545	8.6%
15-19	336	5.3%
20-24	259	4.1%
25-34	503	7.9%
35-44	579	9.1%
45-54	828	13.1%
55-64	962	15.2%
65-74	1,073	17.0%
75-84	783	12.4%
85 and over	236	3.7%

Households and families

Household type	Count	Share of households
Total households	2,529
Average household size	2.3
One person	675	26.7%
Two persons	1,141	45.1%
Three persons	285	11.3%
Four persons	293	11.6%
Five persons	105	4.2%
Six or more persons	29	1.1%

Family type	Count	Share of families
Total families	1,840
Couples with children	58	3.2%
Couples without children	1,008	54.8%
One-parent families	260	14.1%
Other families	17	0.9%

Children ever born

Measure	Value
Average children per woman aged 15+	1.79
Women with no children	25.4%
Women with three or more children	28.8%

Of the 561 couple families with children in Safety Beach, 17.1% are step or blended families.

Marital status

Marital status of residents aged 15 and over in Safety Beach.

Status	Share of adults
Married (registered marriage)	53.0%
Married (de facto)	10.9%
Not married	36.1%

Housing

Dwellings	Count	Share of dwellings
Total dwellings	3,779
Occupied	2,529	66.9%
Unoccupied	1,252	33.1%

Dwelling structure	Count	Share of dwellings
Separate house	1,964	52.0%
Semi-detached or townhouse	501	13.3%
Flat or apartment	61	1.6%
Other dwelling	0	0.0%

Tenure	Count	Share of households
Owned outright	1,027	40.6%
Owned with a mortgage	753	29.8%
Rented	584	23.1%
Other tenure	115	4.5%

Weekly rent

Rent band	Share of renting households
Under $350 per week	15.8%
$350 to $549 per week	57.4%
$550 or more per week	26.8%

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	18.3%
$1,000 to $1,799	23.8%
$1,800 to $2,999	35.4%
$3,000 or more	22.4%

Bedrooms per dwelling

Bedrooms	Share of dwellings
None or one bedroom	1.3%
Two bedrooms	16.2%
Three bedrooms	47.7%
Four or more bedrooms	34.7%

Employment

Labour force status	Count	Share
Labour force	2,919
Employed	2,828	96.9%
Unemployed	89	3.0%
Not in the labour force	2,299
Unemployment rate	3%
Participation rate	55.9%

41.8% of employed residents work part time, fewer than 35 hours per week.

Household income

Household incomes in Safety Beach are distributed across the following weekly bands.

Weekly household income	Share of households
Under $650	17.2%
$650 to $1,499	33.7%
$1,500 to $2,999	28.6%
$3,000 or more	20.5%

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

Weekly personal income	Share of residents 15+
Under $500	36.1%
$500 to $999	25.7%
$1,000 to $1,999	25.9%
$2,000 or more	12.3%

Travel to work

Method	Count	Share of workers
Car driver	1,572	55.6%
Car passenger	96	3.4%
Train	5	0.2%
Bus	13	0.5%
Tram	0	0.0%
Bicycle	6	0.2%
Walked only	23	0.8%
Worked at home	654	23.1%

Religious affiliation

Religion	Count	Share of residents
Christianity	3,184	50.3%
No religion	2,614	41.3%
Islam	7	0.1%
Hinduism	9	0.1%
Buddhism	49	0.8%
Judaism	0	0.0%
Other or not stated	465	7.3%

Socio-economic profile (SEIFA 2021)

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

Index	Score	Decile	Percentile
IRSD (disadvantage)	1037	7	64
IRSAD (advantage and disadvantage)	1013	7
IER (economic resources)	1028	6
IEO (education and occupation)	997	6

Where residents were born

77.8% of residents were born in Australia and 22.2% were born overseas. The most common overseas birthplaces in Safety Beach are listed below.

Country of birth	People	Share of residents
England	478	8.0%
New Zealand	102	1.7%
Italy	96	1.6%
Greece	78	1.3%
Scotland	59	1.0%
Germany	39	0.7%

When overseas-born residents arrived

Year of arrival	Share of overseas-born residents
2016 to 2021	5.2%
2011 to 2015	4.4%
2001 to 2010	11.8%
Before 2001	78.5%

Languages spoken at home

91.7% of residents speak only English at home. The most common other languages in Safety Beach are listed below. Across all households, 0.7% of residents speak English not well or not at all.

Language	People	Share of residents
Greek	143	2.4%
Italian	115	1.9%
Spanish	25	0.4%
French	22	0.4%
German	18	0.3%
Arabic	18	0.3%

Ancestry

Residents of Safety Beach most commonly report the following ancestries.

Ancestry	Responses	Share of responses
English	2,636	31.6%
Australian	2,257	27.0%
Irish	682	8.2%
Scottish	668	8.0%
Italian	477	5.7%
German	246	2.9%

Work and industry

The largest employment sectors for Safety Beach residents are listed below.

Industry of employment	Workers	Share of workers
Construction	430	15.9%
Health Care and Social Assistance	393	14.5%
Retail Trade	316	11.7%
Education and Training	230	8.5%
Manufacturing	201	7.4%
Accommodation and Food Services	195	7.2%

The most common occupations among Safety Beach residents are listed below.

Occupation	Workers	Share of workers
Professionals	545	19.7%
Managers	472	17.1%
Technicians and Trades Workers	419	15.1%
Clerical and Administrative Workers	377	13.6%
Community and Personal Service Workers	319	11.5%
Sales Workers	302	10.9%

Education

Of residents attending an education institution in Safety Beach, 16.8% are at university or higher education, 9.8% are at TAFE or vocational education, and 70.7% are at school.

52.5% of residents aged 15 and over have completed Year 12 or equivalent.

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

Field of study	People	Share
Management and Commerce	592	21.3%
Engineering and Related Technologies	424	15.2%
Health	354	12.7%
Education	347	12.5%
Society and Culture	340	12.2%
Architecture and Building	271	9.7%

Long-term health conditions

46.6% of residents report no long-term health condition. The most commonly reported conditions in Safety Beach are listed below.

Health condition	People	Share of residents
Arthritis	788	10.8%
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	574	7.8%
Asthma	527	7.2%
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	409	5.6%
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	353	4.8%
Cancer (including remission)	349	4.8%
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	131	1.8%
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	109	1.5%
Stroke	91	1.2%
Kidney disease	80	1.1%

23.4% of residents report one condition, 9.3% report two, and 4.8% report three or more.

Community and care

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

Community activity	Share
Volunteers for an organisation or group	12.6%
Provides unpaid assistance to a person with a disability or health condition	13.5%
Provides unpaid child care	46.3%
Does 15 or more hours of unpaid domestic work	21.3%
Has served or is serving in the Australian Defence Force	3.4%

Moving and stability

Mobility	Share of residents
Same address 1 year ago	83.4%
Moved within Victoria in the last year	12.1%
Moved interstate in the last year	0.6%
Moved from overseas in the last year	0.3%
Same address 5 years ago	50.5%
Moved within Victoria in the last 5 years	37.7%
Moved interstate in the last 5 years	2.0%
Moved from overseas in the last 5 years	1.7%

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

Crime and safety

Victoria Police recorded 359 offences in Safety Beach in the 12 months to March 2026.

Offence division	Recorded offences
A Crimes against the person	57
B Property and deception offences	173
C Drug offences	17
D Public order and security offences	12
E Justice procedures offences	99
F Other offences	1

That is a calculated rate of 56.7 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
203

2023
260

2024
295

2025
381

2026
359

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

Dromana (1.8 km)
Red Hill (5.3 km)
Mount Martha (5.4 km)
Arthurs Seat (6.1 km)
Merricks North (7.1 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.

Safety Beach

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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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