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Ashburton VIC 3147

4,314 addresses · 101 streets

Higgins Electorate › Boroondara LGA › Ashburton · 12 km from Melbourne

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Living Here

Ashburton is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 7,952 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,743 a week, with median rent near $455 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,907,000.

7,952Population
41Median age
$2,743Median household income / wk
$455Median rent / wk
2.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Alamein, 200 m south-west · Tram stop: Stop 54: Grandview Avenue, 2 km north · Bus interchange: Chadstone Shopping Centre, 2.3 km south · Ferry wharf: Como Landing, 7.7 km north-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 12.5 km south.

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Sport & Recreation

10 facilities recorded in Ashburton.

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs10/10

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

$1,907,000House · 2024
$1,260,000Unit · 2024

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

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 11.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Ashburton

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

Tree cover measures, Ashburton VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202156.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 65.6%

Population by age in Ashburton
Population by age, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4417
5-141,167
15-19558
20-24457
25-34712
35-441,041
45-541,245
55-641,018
65-74694
75-84420
85+227
Dwelling types in Ashburton
Dwelling types, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House2,065
Townhouse549
Apartment60
Other31
Households by weekly income in Ashburton
Households by weekly income, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$650353
$650-1,499437
$1,500-2,999593
$3,000+1,201
Top ancestries in Ashburton
Top ancestries, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English2,477
Australian2,327
Chinese1,081
Irish1,023
Other929
Scottish815
Housing tenure in Ashburton
Housing tenure, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,033
Mortgage944
Rented678
Other28
Cars per household in Ashburton
Cars per household, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0178
1953
21,147
3276
4+129
Commute to work in Ashburton
Commute to work, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car1,414
Train104
Bus17
Tram/ferry4
Walked84
Bicycle48
Home1,785
Top countries of birth in Ashburton
Top countries of birth, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
China464
England229
India170
Malaysia117
New Zealand107
Vietnam93
Languages used at home in Ashburton
Languages used at home, Ashburton VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin598
Cantonese169
Greek167
Italian62
Vietnamese57
Korean38

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

192,033 bird observations recorded near Ashburton — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Ashburton

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

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Image — Philip Mallis from Melbourne · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).