Gembrook VIC 3783

Living Here

Gembrook is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,559 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,002 a week, with median rent near $360 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $890,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Gembrook Primary School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • Spencers Store
  • WINGEN IT
  • The Independent
  • Forest Edge
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 4 parks

  • JAC Russell Park
  • Remembrance Park
  • Parker Reserve
  • Gembrook Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • Roman Catholic Chapel
• 1 vet

  • Gembrook Veterinary Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Gembrook Preschool
• 1 post office

  • Gembrook LPO
• 1 service station

  • Independent
• 1 bakery

  • Gembrook Bakery

Getting around. Railway halt: Fielder, 4.4 km west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 40.1 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

2 facilities recorded in Gembrook.

• Gembrook Leisure park Skating
• Gembrook Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball

Socio-economic Standing

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

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

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 68.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

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

Demographics

Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 63.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

8,868 bird observations recorded near Gembrook — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (513)
• Brown Thornbill (503)
• Laughing Kookaburra (477)
• Grey Fantail (470)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (467)
• White-throated Treecreeper (407)
• Eurasian Blackbird (394)
• Eastern Spinebill (366)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (365)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (353)
• Superb Fairy-wren (341)
• White-browed Scrubwren (325)
• Pied Currawong (312)

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 Gembrook:

• Mount Burnett (4.6 km)
• Cockatoo (5.5 km)
• Pakenham Upper (7.6 km)
• Avonsleigh (7.8 km)
• Nangana (8 km)
• Dewhurst (8.6 km)
• Beenak (8.9 km)
• Emerald (9.7 km)

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