Windsor VIC 3181
6,210 addresses · 72 streets
Higgins Electorate › Stonnington LGA › Windsor · 5 km from Melbourne
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Living Here
Windsor is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 7,273 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,022 a week, with median rent near $411 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 40% of households own their home and 59% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,432,500.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Prahran - Windsor statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Windsor itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
96 schools
- Prahran High School
- St Mary's College Presentation Campus
- Windsor Primary School
- St Michael's Grammar School
- St Mary's Primary School Specialist Campus
- Cheder Levi Yitzchok
- St Mary's Primary School
- St Mary's College Edmund Rice Campus
- Wesley College St Kilda Road Junior School Campus
- Victorian College for the Deaf
46 Catholic churches
2 playgrounds
1 dog park
Getting around. Train station: Windsor, 200 m south · Tram stop: Stop 44: Duke Street, 50 m east · Bus interchange: Southern Cross Coach Terminal, 5.5 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Como Landing, 2.4 km north-east · Airport: Essendon Fields Airport, 16.5 km north-west.
Sport & Recreation
1 facility recorded in Windsor.
- Melbourne Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
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: 5.7% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 5.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 72.7%
Population by age in Windsor
| 0-4 | 193 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 270 |
| 15-19 | 175 |
| 20-24 | 613 |
| 25-34 | 2,469 |
| 35-44 | 1,193 |
| 45-54 | 757 |
| 55-64 | 599 |
| 65-74 | 435 |
| 75-84 | 347 |
| 85+ | 219 |
Dwelling types in Windsor
| House | 455 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 991 |
| Apartment | 2,148 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Windsor
| <$650 | 533 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 726 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 1,098 |
| $3,000+ | 1,063 |
Top ancestries in Windsor
| English | 2,436 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,708 |
| Other | 1,151 |
| Irish | 984 |
| Scottish | 778 |
| Ancestry NS | 541 |
Housing tenure in Windsor
| Owned | 607 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 817 |
| Rented | 2,083 |
| Other | 53 |
Cars per household in Windsor
| 0 | 807 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,934 |
| 2 | 641 |
| 3 | 118 |
| 4+ | 46 |
Commute to work in Windsor
| Car | 1,226 |
|---|---|
| Train | 158 |
| Bus | 9 |
| Tram/ferry | 163 |
| Walked | 293 |
| Bicycle | 106 |
| Home | 2,081 |
Top countries of birth in Windsor
| England | 366 |
|---|---|
| Greece | 227 |
| New Zealand | 224 |
| China | 109 |
| Ireland | 87 |
| Malaysia | 84 |
Languages used at home in Windsor
| Greek | 337 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 141 |
| Spanish | 114 |
| Russian | 78 |
| Turkish | 75 |
| Italian | 68 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
403,153 bird observations recorded near Windsor — most often seen:
- Common Myna (24,961)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (22,870)
- Silver Gull (22,047)
- Magpie-lark (20,708)
- Little Raven (20,013)
- Noisy Miner (19,902)
- Rock Dove (19,214)
- Red Wattlebird (17,035)
- Australian Magpie (16,522)
- Pacific Black Duck (16,350)
- Dusky Moorhen (14,082)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (13,762)
- Little Pied Cormorant (13,109)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Windsor
- Eurasian Coot (13,072)
- Eurasian Blackbird (12,947)
- Welcome Swallow (12,480)
- Australian Wood Duck (11,540)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (11,224)
- Black Swan (10,496)
- Chestnut Teal (10,313)
- Common Starling (10,278)
- Pied Currawong (9,608)
- Little Black Cormorant (9,246)
- Little Wattlebird (8,949)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (8,312)
- House Sparrow (7,472)
- Grey Butcherbird (7,433)
- Brown Thornbill (6,612)
- Willie Wagtail (6,583)
- Bell Miner (6,013)
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 Windsor:
- Prahran (0.6 km)
- St Kilda (1.4 km)
- St Kilda East (1.5 km)
- South Yarra (1.7 km)
- Balaclava (1.8 km)
- St Kilda West (1.9 km)
- Toorak (2.3 km)
- Armadale (2.4 km)
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Streets
- Albert Street (83)
- Andrew Street (67)
- Ann Street (35)
- Artists Lane (3)
- Atkinson Close (26)
- Bowling Green Street (10)
- Budds Lane (2)
- Chapel Street (256)
- Crews Street (80)
- Cyril Street (8)
- Dandenong Road (342)
- David Lane (5)
- De Murska Street (14)
- Devenish Court (10)
- Duke Street (71)
- Earl Street (77)
- Earl Street E (23)
- Eastbourne Street (73)
- Ellesmere Lane (2)
- Ellesmere Road (167)
- Elm Place (17)
- Erica Street (30)
- Farrell Way (2)
- Fern Avenue (26)
- Flagg Lane (1)
- Frederick Street (15)
- George Street (22)
- Gertrude Street (57)
- Gladstone Street (43)
- Green Street (69)
- Hanover Lane (1)
- Henry Street (186)
- High Street (816)
- Hornby Street (88)
- James Street (166)
- Jubilee Street (2)
- Kent Street (21)
- Latrobe Street (9)
- Latrobe Street E (4)
- Lewisham Lane (8)
- Lewisham Road (282)
- Lincoln Place (4)
- Maddock Street (23)
- Mary Street (26)
- Mcilwrick Street (144)
- Mechanics Lane (3)
- Nathan Place (14)
- Newry Lane (3)
- Newry Street (101)
- Normanby Place (7)
- Normanby Street (83)
- Peel Street (361)
- Pine Grove (3)
- Primrose Street (20)
- Punt Road (297)
- Raleigh Street (386)
- Somerset Place (12)
- St John Street (29)
- St Kilda Road (1)
- Stewart Street (31)
- The Avenue (414)
- Thomas Street (14)
- Thomas Street S (26)
- Union Street (388)
- Upton Road (161)
- Victoria Street (138)
- Vine Street (2)
- White Street (53)
- Williams Road (134)
- Windsor Place (7)
- Wise Close (3)
- Wrexham Road (103)
