Median price trend for houses
Based on 166 sales in the preceding 12 months
$765,000
Up 4.1% over 12 months
- 2 bed
- $570k
- 3 bed
- $760k
- 4 bed
- $850k
- 5+ bed
- $1.15m
Dandenong Town Hall with red building nearby
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The quick read on
Dandenong
VIC 3175 · Greater Dandenong
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $765,000
- Median unit
- $460,000
- Population
- 30,127
- Postcode
- 3175
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ABS 2021
Dandenong, Victoria
Property market insights for Dandenong
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Dandenong VIC
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 192 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$550 per week
Up 4.8% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Dandenong, VIC is currently $765,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Dandenong has a 12-month growth rate of 4.1% for houses and 7.6% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $570,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $760,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $850,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,150,000 in Dandenong.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Dandenong is $550 per week. The median house rent has increased 4.8% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Dandenong is $460,000, which has increased 7.6% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $305,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $420,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $615,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $820,000 in Dandenong. The median rent for units and apartments in Dandenong is $475 per week and has increased 5.6% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Dandenong safe?
The overall rate for Dandenong is 3,232 offences per 100,000 residents — 19% below the Greater Melbourne benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Dandenong.
Overall crime rate
3,232
offences per 100,000 residents
19% belowGreater Melbourne
DandenongGreater Melbourne: 4,001
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Dandenong?
Dandenong VIC 3175 is in Victoria, within Greater Melbourne.
30,127 people call Dandenong home, with an average of 2.8 people per household and a median household income of $1,267 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 30,127
- Median age
- 33 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,517 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $319 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Melbourne benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1519.0%Above
15–3433.1%Above
35–5426.3%Below
55–7415.5%Below
75 and over6.2%Below
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses41.3%Below
Townhouses39.0%Above
Apartments19.3%Above
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright20.5%Below
Paying a mortgage24.5%Below
Renting55.0%Above
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car12.6%Above
One car44.3%Above
Two cars29.0%Below
Three or more14.1%Below
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home10.8%Below
Drove to work61.1%Above
Train, tram or bus5.7%Above
Walked or cycled2.1%Below
What stands out in Dandenong
10.8% of workers in Dandenong worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Greater Melbourne.
9.5% of Dandenong residents were born in India, about twice the rate across Greater Melbourne.
13.7% of people in Dandenong described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Dandenong
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Dandenong VIC 3175.
Is Dandenong family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
19.0% of Dandenong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
6,771 family households lived in Dandenong; 47.2% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.
43.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Dandenong?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Dandenong had 30,127 residents at the 2021 Census.
36.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
21.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Melbourne average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Dandenong?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 41.3% of occupied private dwellings in Dandenong.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 39.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 19.3% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Dandenong?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
20.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
24.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
55.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Dandenong?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Dandenong had 2.8 people.
One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.
Two-person households represented 26.5%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Dandenong?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
61.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
5.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Dandenong?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
12.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Melbourne average.
One-car households formed 44.3% of the total.
43.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Dandenong, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
50.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.9% reported a different address.
60.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Dandenong?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
23.5% of residents used only English at home.
66.4% used a language other than English at home.
2.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Dandenong residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
60.5% of Dandenong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 39.5% was born in Australia.
2.5% of residents were born in China.
9.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 62.2%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Dandenong?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 9.7% of ancestry responses in Dandenong.
Australian ancestry made up 9.1% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 4.7% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Dandenong?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
12.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Managers accounted for 6.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.
Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Dandenong?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 51.8%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.
27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.
Unemployment was 9.4%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Dandenong show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
65.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
5.2% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Dandenong?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
23.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.5%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Dandenong?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,267 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $319 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Dandenong compare with Greater Melbourne?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 10.8% in Dandenong, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.
Outright ownership was 20.5% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Renting accounted for 55.0% in Dandenong, against 31.1% across Greater Melbourne.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Dandenong
Is Dandenong expensive?
The median house price is $765,000, while units and apartments sit at $460,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Dandenong good for families?
The Census counted 6,771 local families, and 19.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Dandenong?
Larger houses have a median around $1,150,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Streets and suburbs around Dandenong
296 streets in Dandenong
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Abbott St
- Adelaide St
- Airlie Ave
- Albert St
- Alexander Ave
- Alex Scott
- Allan St
- Alsace Street
- Amico
- Ann St
- Aratula St
- Arnold Ct
- Ash Gr
- Attenborough St
- Axel St
- Balmoral Ave
- Bassett St
- Bedwell Ave
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- Belfort St
- Benga Ave
- Bennet St
- Berry Ln
- Besley St
- Bess Ct
- Beswicke Ct
- Birdwood Ave
- Box St
- Bramley Street
- Brighton Rd
- Broadlands St
- Brooklyn Ave
- Bruce St
- Bryants Rd
- Bulong St
- Burrows Ave
- Cadle St
- Campbell St
- Canberra Ave
- Carmen St
- Caroline St
- Carroll Ave
- Carroll Ln
- Carson St
- Castle St
- Centre Kirkham Rd
- Charles St
- Cheltenham Rd
- Claredale Rd
- Cleeland St
- Clement St
- Close Ave
- Clow St
- Connell Ln
- Conway St
- Cooma Ct
- Cornelius St
- Corvi Ct
- Cullimore Ct
- Dalgety St
- Damian Ct
- Dandenong St
- David St
- Dawn Ave
- Day St
- Dedina
- Deepdale St
- Dennis St
- Derbyshire Ln
- Desa Tce
- De Villiers Dr
- Devon Ct
- Dilley Close
- Dingley Ave
- Dunn Cr
- Dunvegan Cr
- Easterleigh Ct
- Eckford Street
- Edgewood Rd
- Edith St
- Edward Ave
- Egan Rd
- Elletson Ct
- Ellis St
- Elray Ave
- Eric Wilson
- Esk Ct
- Eton Ct
- Everitt St
- Exeter Ct
- Falkiner Cr
- Fifth Ave
- Florence Ct
- Foster St
- Foster St East
- Fox Ct
- Fox St
- Francis St
- Frankston-Dandenong Rd
- Frederick St
- Garde Ct
- Garside St
- George St
- Gerard St
- Gladstone Rd
- Glenys Ct
- Glynda St
- Godfrey Cr
- Goldlang St
- Gooding Ct
- Grace Ave
- Grandview Ave
- Grant St
- Greaves St
- Greenland Pl
- Grenda Ct
- Gretana St
- Gwenda St
- Halifax St
- Hall Ct
- Halpin
- Hammond Rd
- Handley Cr
- Haresta Ave
- Hazel Ave
- Heart St
- Heatherton Rd
- Hemmings St
- Henty St
- Herbert St
- Highland Ct
- High St
- Hilden Ct
- Hilton St
- Hopetoun St
- Hopkins St
- Hornsby St
- Huckson St
- Hutton St
- Hyde Ct
- Iena St
- Ingrid St
- Irene Ct
- Jacks Pl
- James St
- Janice Gr
- Jesson Cr
- John St
- Jolly St
- Jones Rd
- Jupiter Pl
- Kaimas
- Kaya
- Kayes Ln
- Keating Cr
- Kendrick Pl
- Keneally St
- Keppel Ct
- Keshava Gr
- Keys St
- King George Pde
- King St
- Kirkham Rd
- Kyla Ave
- Landsby Ln
- Langhorne St
- Langley Cr
- Lebanon St
- Leed St
- Lenaro St
- Leonard St
- Leslie St
- Lexton Ave
- Lind Ct
- Linley St
- Lister
- Lockington Cr
- Lonsdale St
- Lorraine St
- Louis Ave
- Macpherson St
- Margaret Cr
- Marion St
- Market St
- Mason Street
- Masters Street
- Maurice St
- May Ct
- Mccrae St
- Mcfarlane Crescent
- Mcnab Ct
- Melbe Cr
- Mills Rd
- Montague Ct
- Moomba Pde
- Morwell Ave
- Moysey Ln
- Napier St
- New St
- Noon St
- Norman Ct
- Nova Dr
- Oaks Ct
- Obec
- Obrien St
- Oldham Ln
- Olive St
- Orgill St
- Osborne St
- Oswald St
- Parkview Cl
- Patchell Rd
- Patrona St
- Paul Ct
- Perkin Ct
- Peter Ct
- Pickett St
- Plunkett Rd
- Podmore St
- Potter St
- Powell Ct
- Power St
- Princes Hwy
- Pultney St
- Purdy Ave
- Pyke St
- Queen St
- Quinn St
- Railway Pde
- Raymond St
- Ray St
- Renfree Street
- Roberta St
- Robert St
- Robinson St
- Rodd St
- Rodina Tce
- Rodwell St
- Rogers St
- Ronald St
- Rosling Ln
- Ross St
- Rylands Road
- Sarona St
- Scott St
- Seely St
- Selo
- Seventh Ave
- Seventh Drive
- Sheales St
- Short St
- Sinclair Rd
- Sixth Ave
- Sleeth Ave
- Smithson Ct
- Southbourne Ave
- Southdean St
- Stanhope St
- Stanley St
- Station St
- Steven St
- Stuart St
- Stud Rd
- Sunnyside Ave
- Sunset Gr
- Sutherland Rd
- Suzanne St
- Tangerine Cl
- Tania Ct
- Tarene St
- Tharle St
- The Glade
- Thomas St
- Trende St
- Trewin St
- Turner Ct
- Usher Ct
- Val Ct
- Vanner Ln
- Vera Ct
- Verey Ct
- Vivien St
- Vizard St
- Walker St
- Wallace Ave
- Wanke Cr
- Wauchope Ln
- Wayne Ct
- Webster St
- Wedge St
- Weller St
- William Ave
- Willum
- Wilma Ave
- Wilson St
- Windale St
- Woodlee St
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