Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Ardeer VIC 3022

1,846 addresses · 26 streets

Fraser Electorate › Brimbank LGA › Ardeer · 15 km from Melbourne

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Ardeer moving guide

Living Here

Ardeer is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,170 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $1,452 a week, with median rent near $340 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 35% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Vietnamese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $680,000.

3,170Population
37Median age
$1,452Median household income / wk
$340Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Ardeer - Albion statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ardeer itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Ardeer, 600 m south · Bus interchange: Sunshine Station, 2.9 km east · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 10.4 km north-east.

Run a business in Ardeer? Get listed →

Sport & Recreation

4 facilities recorded in Ardeer.

Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 2/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs4/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

$680,000House · 2024
$587,500Unit · 2024

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 5.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Ardeer

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Ardeer VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202115.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.3% · Labour-force participation 56.9%

Population by age in Ardeer
Population by age, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4222
5-14322
15-19123
20-24156
25-34605
35-44546
45-54398
55-64276
65-74257
75-84150
85+107
Dwelling types in Ardeer
Dwelling types, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House876
Townhouse229
Apartment7
Other29
Households by weekly income in Ardeer
Households by weekly income, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$650233
$650-1,499322
$1,500-2,999366
$3,000+144
Top ancestries in Ardeer
Top ancestries, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Other698
English474
Australian442
Vietnamese392
Ancestry NS383
Irish159
Housing tenure in Ardeer
Housing tenure, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned342
Mortgage372
Rented393
Other8
Cars per household in Ardeer
Cars per household, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
099
1489
2356
3115
4+57
Commute to work in Ardeer
Commute to work, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car784
Train34
Bus11
Tram/ferry0
Walked16
Bicycle9
Home297
Top countries of birth in Ardeer
Top countries of birth, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnam291
India119
New Zealand74
Malta68
Philippines58
China39
Languages used at home in Ardeer
Languages used at home, Ardeer VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese415
Greek65
Polish61
Punjabi56
Mandarin48
Italian39

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

24,093 bird observations recorded near Ardeer — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Ardeer

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Ardeer:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Ardeer stat card to your own site — just copy the code:

Preview:

Cite this page

Quoting these figures? Copy the credit line:

Keep an eye on Ardeer

One email when this data meaningfully changes — new census figures, prices, rankings. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Streets

Image — Presste · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).