Edithvale

Development Activity

Schools in Edithvale iICSEA: school advantage index. 1000 = national avg, higher = more advantaged

Demographics

Edithvale's median age of 40 matches the national figure exactly, an unusually balanced profile for a bayside suburb. Overseas-born residents reach 20.2%, which is 1.4 points below national, so the population skews Australian-born and Anglo-Celtic: English ancestry leads at 2,497, followed by Irish (885) and Scottish (687). The top non-English languages are Greek (32 speakers), Russian (27) and Mandarin (23), small numbers consistent with the below-average migrant share. University qualifications at 42.2% run 12.1 points above national, pointing to a professional resident base. Average household size is 2.4, just 0.1 below national. Among 5,114 families, couples with children number 2,238 against 1,288 couples without children, a 25.2% childless-couple share that reflects the family weighting of the housing stock. Christianity is the dominant religion with 2,645 adherents.

Tenure splits across three groups: 41.4% carry a mortgage, 33.2% own outright and 25.4% rent. Mortgage holders outnumbering outright owners signals a buying-and-paying-down cohort rather than a settled retiree base, consistent with the median age of 40. The stock is 50.6% separate houses, 31.7% apartments and 17.7% semi-detached, more diverse than a typical outer bayside suburb. Three-bedroom dwellings account for 48.0% and 4-plus bedroom homes 23.3%, while two-bedroom stock is 26.1%. The median house price has risen from $615,000 in 2013 to $1,398,000 in the June 2024 quarter, a 127.3% gain at a 6.0% compound annual rate. Mortgage-to-income sits at 23.8% and rent-to-income at 20.4%, both below the 30% stress threshold, a comfort margin that follows from household incomes in the 79.6th percentile nationally.

Community Profile

Economy & Employment

The resident workforce concentrates in service sectors: Healthcare leads at 16.2% (404 workers), Education follows at 15.2% (380) and Construction at 12.4% (308), with Professional/Tech at 9.9% and Public Administration at 8.5%. By occupation, Professionals (1,002) and Managers (561) form the largest groups, which aligns with the decile 8 IEO score for education and occupation. Unemployment is low at 3.3% and the full-time employment rate reads 65.1%. Participation sits at 65.2%, with 1,405 residents not in the labour force. Real incomes grew 25.9% over the decade. The four SEIFA deciles cluster tightly: IRSD and IRSAD both register decile 9, while IEO and IER read decile 8, so Edithvale ranks as a solidly advantaged area without the extreme top-decile concentration of inner Melbourne.

Transport to Work

Edithvale is heavily car-dependent: 89.2% of commuters drive while only 4.3% use public transport and 2.4% walk or cycle, despite the Frankston rail line running through the suburb. Crime runs at 43.0 offences per 1,000 residents, with 270 total offences led by property and deception at 156, well above the next category of justice procedures at 43, so the safety picture is property-weighted rather than violent, with crimes against the person at 34. The suburb scores decile 9 on IRSAD, the second-highest advantage tier, and matches that with decile 9 on IRSD for relative disadvantage, meaning few residents face deprivation. Volunteering runs at 14.6% and 5.1% of residents (313 people) need daily assistance. No schools are recorded inside the 2.06 km2 boundary in this dataset, so families rely on institutions in neighbouring suburbs, a trade-off offset by the beachside setting and the educated resident base where university attainment runs 12.1 points above national.

Population Forecast

Edithvale grows steadily rather than rapidly: the trend rate is 0.82% a year, adding about 118 residents annually, with a 12.3% population gain over the past decade. The forecast classifies it as established, and the gentrification stage reads not gentrifying with a score of 5, the only signal being population up 15% since 2011. Overseas migration is the primary driver at 128 residents a year, more than offsetting net internal migration of minus 44. Affordability improved from 48.5% in 2011 to 43.1% in 2021 even as rents grew 37.5% over the period, because real incomes rose 25.9%. The working-age share edged up 0.3 points while the senior share fell 0.1 points, so the age profile is holding rather than aging, which supports continued family demand against the modest 46 development applications lodged in the past year.

Safety & Crime

Offence Categories

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria / SA Police

National Ranking iPercentile rank among ~15,000 AU suburbs. 90% = higher than 90% of suburbs

How Edithvale compares to ~15,000 Australian suburbs

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