BaxterVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3911 · Mornington Peninsula
Daily life in Baxter is likely to be car-dependent, with 67.4% of residents driving to work. Public transport usage is minimal at 1.5%, which may reflect the suburb's more rural setting. The work-from-home rate is 13.1%, below the Victorian average of 25.7%, indicating that most residents commute to work. The community has a strong sense of local identity, with 81.5% of residents born in Australia and 90.8% speaking only English at home.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Baxter
Houses · 25 houses changed hands in Baxter over the 12 months to August 2026, at a median of $757,000 — too few for that figure to be more than a rough guide.
Houses
$757k
median of 25 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $720k and $820k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
25 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
- Houses
- Units
Dashed lines and hollow points are part years — incomplete, so a dip may only mean fewer sales have happened yet. A break in a line is a year with no published figure, not a fall to zero.
| Year | Houses | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $733k | |
| 2025 · part year | $773k | $650k |
| 2024 | $725k | $605k |
| 2023 | $693k | $608k |
| 2022 | $718k | $645k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $720k | 7 | -4%low confidence7 sales this quarter, 5 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $750k | 5 | -2.3%low confidence5 sales this quarter, 9 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $768k | 9 |
A change is marked low confidence where either quarter had fewer than 30 sales. The medians are real; with a handful of sales the movement between them is mostly which homes happened to change hands, not the market moving.
Last 12 months
What an extra bedroom costs in Baxter
In Baxter, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $747,000 from 17 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $850,000 from 7 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $747k | 17 · few |
| 4 | $850k | 7 · few |
Counts with fewer than five sales are left out rather than estimated, and bigger does not always mean dearer — a bedroom count with few sales can be pulled either way by the particular homes that happened to change hands.
1 school · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Baxter
All schools · Baxter has a single school, with 216 students.
Schools here
1
1 primary
Students, all schools
216
2025 · +10.8% since 2015
At primary schoolsStudents at schools whose type is “Primary”. It excludes children in primary years at a Prep-to-12 college — they are counted in the tile beside this one. This number answers “are the primary schools here filling or emptying?”
+25.6%
216 students · five years
Children in primary yearsChildren in Years 1–6 at any school, including Prep-to-12 colleges. This answers “are there still young families here?” — a different question from the tile on the left, which is why the two can move in opposite directions.
Prep and ungraded students are counted separately again; see the chart below.
+30.1%
177 · Years 1–6, anywhere
11 years · two ways to read them
Enrolments, 2015–2025
The same students, counted two ways — by the kind of school they attend, and by the year they are in. They answer different questions and can point in different directions. Both views are in the page; the buttons only change which is visible.
Enrolments in Baxter have grown 10.8% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
Show data table
| Year | Primary schools |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 195 |
| 2016 | 170 |
| 2017 | 156 |
| 2018 | 142 |
| 2019 | 158 |
| 2020 | 172 |
| 2021 | 155 |
| 2022 | 165 |
| 2023 | 179 |
| 2024 | 197 |
| 2025 | 216 |
Which schools in Baxter are filling and which are emptying. A school that covers Prep to Year 12 is counted once, in its own line — its primary-age students are not in the primary schools line.
- Years 1–6
- Prep & ungradedTwo groups that sit outside the numbered year levels: Prep — the first year of school, which the national data does not number — and ungraded students at specialist schools, who are not placed in a year level at all.
A suburb with a specialist school will have a large line here.
Show data table
| Year | Years 1–6 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 170 | 25 | 195 |
| 2016 | 147 | 23 | 170 |
| 2017 | 137 | 19 | 156 |
| 2018 | 132 | 10 | 142 |
| 2019 | 128 | 30 | 158 |
| 2020 | 136 | 36 | 172 |
| 2021 | 131 | 24 | 155 |
| 2022 | 129 | 36 | 165 |
| 2023 | 139 | 40 | 179 |
| 2024 | 160 | 37 | 197 |
| 2025 | 177 | 39 | 216 |
This counts children by the year they are in, not by the kind of school they attend — so a Prep-to-12 college contributes to every line. The three add up to every student in the suburb.
2025 · ACARA
The school in Baxter
Ordered by size, not by results — 1 government, 0 Catholic and 0 independent. Schools with more than one campus are counted once.
What these columns mean
- Type
- Prep-to-12 is one school a child can start and finish at without changing schools. Specialist schools also appear as Prep-to-12.
- 5 yr
- Change in enrolments against five years ago, not against last year. Enrolments move slowly, so a single year is mostly noise.
| School | Sector | Type | Students | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Primary School | Government | Primary | 216 | +25.6% | +10.8% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Baxter
7 government catchments cover Baxter — 3 secondary and 4 primary — so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb.
| CatchmentThe area around a government school where living there guarantees your child a place. Boundaries follow streets, not suburb lines, so an address near the edge of a suburb may be zoned elsewhere. They are redrawn each year. | Level |
|---|---|
| Mount Eliza Secondary College | Secondary |
| Mount Erin Secondary College | Secondary |
| Somerville Secondary College | Secondary |
| Baxter Primary School | Primary |
| Derinya Primary School | Primary |
| Kingsley Park Primary School | Primary |
| Mount Eliza North Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Baxter is a small suburb with a population of 2,166 people, characterized by a median age of 40, which is slightly higher than the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 48.8% males and 51.2% females. Families are a significant part of the community, with 67.3% of households being family households. The area has a relatively high percentage of couple households without children at 41.2%, compared to 39.2% of couples with children. Single-parent families make up 18.8% of the households.
Buyer fit
Who this suburb suits
One score per buyer type, out of 100, built from the demographic, housing and commute profile. Strongest first.
Buyer-fit score
Baxter · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 75 |
| First home buyers | 70 |
| Retirees | 68 |
| Investors | 65 |
| Professionals | 60 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 67.3%
- Affordable housing with a median weekly rent of $360
- Predominantly separate houses at 87.3%
- Lower unemployment rate of 2.7%
Against the state
How Baxter differs from Victoria
Every bar is this suburb. The vertical tick is the Victorian figure — the gap between them is the story.
Housing & movement
What’s built here, and how people leave in the morning
Dwelling mix
Share of occupied private dwellings
Show data table
| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Separate houses | 87.3% |
| Townhouses | 12.8% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 13.1% |
| Drove a car | 67.4% |
| Public transport | 1.5% |
| Walked only | 2.4% |
| Car passenger | 2.5% |
Costs 2021 Census
Census figures, collected in 2021. Rents and repayments have moved since — for what property is selling for now, see .
Top occupations
Share of the employed workforce
Key highlights
- Low unemployment rate of 2.7% compared to the Victorian average of 5.0%
- High percentage of separate houses at 87.3%, above the Victorian average of 73.4%
- Significant proportion of residents work as Technicians and Trades Workers at 22.1%
- Majority of households are owned with a mortgage at 46.6%
- Median weekly rent is $360, which may be attractive for renters
Things to be aware of
- Lower percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher at 13.2% compared to the Victorian average of 29.2%
- Below average median household income of $1,493 per week compared to the Victorian average of $1,759
- Limited public transport options with only 1.5% using it for commuting
- Higher percentage of single-person households at 31.1%
- Relatively low work-from-home rate at 13.1%
Coming soon to this page
Where the richer profile lands
Schools & catchments
Zoned primary and secondary, NAPLAN bands, distances.
Transport & access
Stations, tram routes, drive time to the CBD, walkability.
Development activity
Permits approved, projects underway, zoning changes.
Want to dig into one address in Baxter?
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Demographic figures from the Census of Population and Housing © Australian Bureau of Statistics, used under Creative Commons Attribution.
Cadastral and boundary data contains information © State of Victoria (Vicmap), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Narrative summaries are AI-generated from the underlying data and may contain errors.
School details, enrolments and senior secondary results from the National Schools Data Collection © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).
School catchment boundaries contain information © State of Victoria (Department of Education), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Informational only — not financial, legal or planning advice. Verify zoning, overlays and catchments with the relevant council before relying on them. Data vintage: 2021 Census.