Median price trend for houses
Based on 5 sales in the preceding 12 months
$920,000
Down 54.2% over 12 months
- 4 bed
- $700k
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The quick read on
Toolern Vale
VIC 3337 · Melton
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $920,000
- Population
- 818
- Postcode
- 3337
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Toolern Vale, Victoria
Property market insights for Toolern Vale
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Toolern Vale VIC
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 1 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$850 per week
Up 47.8% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Toolern Vale, VIC is currently $920,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Toolern Vale has a 12-month growth rate of -54.2% for houses.
Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $700,000 in Toolern Vale.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Toolern Vale is $850 per week. The median house rent has increased 47.8% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Toolern Vale safe?
The overall rate for Toolern Vale is 3,626 offences per 100,000 residents — 9% 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 Toolern Vale.
Overall crime rate
3,626
offences per 100,000 residents
9% belowGreater Melbourne
Toolern ValeGreater 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 Toolern Vale?
Toolern Vale VIC 3337 is in Victoria, within Greater Melbourne.
818 people call Toolern Vale home, with an average of 2.9 people per household and a median household income of $1,908 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 818
- Median age
- 44 years
- Median mortgage
- $2,167 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $385 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Melbourne benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1516.5%Below
15–3420.4%Below
35–5428.4%Above
55–7426.2%Above
75 and over7.9%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses100.0%Above
Townhouses1.5%Below
Apartments0.0%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright46.8%Above
Paying a mortgage45.2%Above
Renting8.1%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car0.0%Below
One car11.6%Below
Two cars32.6%Below
Three or more53.2%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home22.5%Below
Drove to work53.2%Above
Train, tram or bus0.8%Below
Walked or cycled2.0%Below
What stands out in Toolern Vale
22.5% of workers in Toolern Vale worked from home on Census day — less common than across Greater Melbourne.
2.9% of Toolern Vale residents were born in England.
37.0% of people in Toolern Vale described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Toolern Vale
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Toolern Vale VIC 3337.
Is Toolern Vale family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
16.5% of Toolern Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Melbourne average.
227 family households lived in Toolern Vale; 48.9% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.
30.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Toolern Vale?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Toolern Vale had 818 residents at the 2021 Census.
19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Toolern Vale?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Toolern Vale.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Toolern Vale?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
46.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
45.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.
8.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Toolern Vale?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Toolern Vale had 2.9 people.
One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 35.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Toolern Vale?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
22.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
53.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Toolern Vale?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
One-car households formed 11.6% of the total.
85.8% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Toolern Vale, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
76.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.9% reported a different address.
12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Toolern Vale?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
86.3% of residents used only English at home.
6.6% used a language other than English at home.
0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Toolern Vale residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
12.1% of Toolern Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Toolern Vale?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 35.6% of ancestry responses in Toolern Vale.
Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Toolern Vale?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Melbourne rate.
Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.
Health care and social assistance employed 9.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Toolern Vale?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 64.1% across Greater Melbourne.
32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Melbourne.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Toolern Vale show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.
7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.9% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Toolern Vale?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Melbourne average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Toolern Vale?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,908 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $385 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Toolern Vale compare with Greater Melbourne?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 22.5% in Toolern Vale, compared with 28.8% across Greater Melbourne.
Outright ownership was 46.8% locally and 30.7% across Greater Melbourne. That is well above the Greater Melbourne average.
Renting accounted for 8.1% in Toolern Vale, 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 Toolern Vale
Is Toolern Vale expensive?
The median house price is $920,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Toolern Vale good for families?
The Census counted 227 local families, and 16.5% 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 Toolern Vale?
4-bedroom houses have a median around $700,000, 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 Toolern Vale
29 streets in Toolern Vale
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Andersons Rd
- Benson Rd
- Blackhill Rd
- Black Hill Rd
- Blackhill Road
- Bulmans Rd
- Burns Ln
- Burtons Rd
- Carbine Ct
- Chapmans Rd
- Coburns Rd
- Cornwall Park Ct
- Creamery Rd
- Diggers Rest-Coimadai Rd
- Foster Cl
- Gisborne-Melton Rd
- Hjorths Rd
- Hoggs Rd
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- Holden Rd
- Mccorkelle Rd
- Mccorkells Rd
- Mcphersons Rd
- Mechanics Rd
- Missens Rd
- Mt Aitken Rd
- Oconnell Ave
- Orchard Rd
- Porteous Rd
- Ryans Ln
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