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Kingsbury VIC 3083

1,874 addresses · 32 streets

Cooper Electorate › Darebin LGA › Kingsbury · 13 km from Melbourne

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Living Here

Kingsbury is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,460 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $1,399 a week, with median rent near $361 a week. Most homes are houses. About 54% of households own their home and 45% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $862,500.

3,460Population
34Median age
$1,399Median household income / wk
$361Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Ruthven, 2.5 km west · Tram stop: Stop 59: Preston Cemetery, 450 m south-east · Bus interchange: Northland Shopping Centre, 2.8 km south · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 12.1 km west.

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Sport & Recreation

3 facilities recorded in Kingsbury.

Socio-economic Standing

😐Around average · 5/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs7/10

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

$862,500House · 2024
$535,500Unit · 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 Kingsbury

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

Tree cover measures, Kingsbury VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20205.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202121.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.4% · Labour-force participation 60.3%

Population by age in Kingsbury
Population by age, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4180
5-14270
15-19139
20-24358
25-34798
35-44494
45-54397
55-64282
65-74192
75-84254
85+92
Dwelling types in Kingsbury
Dwelling types, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House887
Townhouse219
Apartment236
Other0
Households by weekly income in Kingsbury
Households by weekly income, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$650260
$650-1,499434
$1,500-2,999410
$3,000+186
Top ancestries in Kingsbury
Top ancestries, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
English645
Other639
Australian599
Chinese385
Italian334
Vietnamese229
Housing tenure in Kingsbury
Housing tenure, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned402
Mortgage298
Rented590
Other18
Cars per household in Kingsbury
Cars per household, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0165
1555
2424
3111
4+63
Commute to work in Kingsbury
Commute to work, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car868
Train23
Bus35
Tram/ferry53
Walked22
Bicycle10
Home338
Top countries of birth in Kingsbury
Top countries of birth, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
India259
Vietnam216
China210
Italy119
Sri Lanka74
Greece69
Languages used at home in Kingsbury
Languages used at home, Kingsbury VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin260
Vietnamese234
Italian152
Greek147
Arabic74
Hindi66

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

230,562 bird observations recorded near Kingsbury — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Kingsbury

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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