Suburby Get to know your Aussie suburb
List your business

Waterways VIC 3195

801 addresses · 51 streets

Isaacs Electorate › Kingston (Vic.) LGA › Waterways · 27 km from Melbourne

📦 Thinking of moving here? Read the Waterways moving guide

Living Here

Waterways is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,422 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $3,013 a week, with median rent near $623 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Chinese, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,495,000.

2,422Population
41Median age
$3,013Median household income / wk
$623Median rent / wk
3.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Aspendale, 3.1 km south-west · Bus interchange: Southland Shopping Centre/Karen Street, 9.4 km north-west · Airport: Moorabbin Airport, 4.9 km north-west.

Run a business in Waterways? Get listed →

Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources10/10
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

$1,495,000House · 2024

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

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 14.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Waterways

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

Tree cover measures, Waterways VIC
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202014.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20217.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 72.1%

Population by age in Waterways
Population by age, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
0-4103
5-14367
15-19204
20-24196
25-34187
35-44303
45-54501
55-64286
65-74195
75-8466
85+10
Dwelling types in Waterways
Dwelling types, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
House623
Townhouse86
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Waterways
Households by weekly income, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
<$65043
$650-1,49986
$1,500-2,999192
$3,000+330
Top ancestries in Waterways
Top ancestries, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Other488
English479
Chinese437
Australian422
Indian181
Scottish146
Housing tenure in Waterways
Housing tenure, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Owned212
Mortgage414
Rented78
Other4
Cars per household in Waterways
Cars per household, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
06
1110
2343
3177
4+73
Commute to work in Waterways
Commute to work, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Car733
Train19
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle5
Home403
Top countries of birth in Waterways
Top countries of birth, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
China154
India136
Vietnam116
England79
Cambodia76
South Africa62
Languages used at home in Waterways
Languages used at home, Waterways VIC (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin218
Vietnamese141
Khmer77
Cantonese62
Greek55
Hindi48

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

255,835 bird observations recorded near Waterways — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterways

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 Waterways:

Embed this suburb

Add this free Waterways 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 Waterways

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

Streets

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