BonbeachVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3196 · Kingston
Residents of Bonbeach enjoy a suburban lifestyle with a significant portion of the population working from home (28.6%), which is above the Victorian average of 25.7%. Commuting is primarily done by car, with 50.4% of residents driving to work. The community has a strong professional presence, with 25.4% employed as professionals. The suburb's proximity to the coast offers recreational opportunities and a relaxed lifestyle.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Bonbeach
Units · 52 units sold in Bonbeach at a median of $657,000, above the Victorian median of $573,000.
There is little spread here — the middle half of units landed between $600,000 and $727,000.
Houses
$1.24m
median of 30 sales
10.5% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 74% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $963k and $1.32m.
Last sold within the past month
Units
$657k
median of 52 sales
1.9% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 77% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $600k and $727k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$990k
median of 45 sales
2% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 74% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $840k and $1.10m.
Last sold within the past month
127 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Units · Since 2022 this has been a flat market for units, $651,000 moving to $657,000.
- Houses
- Units
- Townhouses
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 | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $1.25m | $649k | $920k |
| 2025 · part year | $1.15m | $675k | $1.04m |
| 2024 | $1.02m | $699k | |
| 2023 | $1.12m | $680k | |
| 2022 | $1.18m | $651k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $1.24m | 9 | -2.4%low confidence9 sales this quarter, 11 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.27m | 11 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $648k | 11 | -1.8%low confidence11 sales this quarter, 15 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $660k | 15 | -8.7%low confidence15 sales this quarter, 15 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $723k | 15 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $903k | 11 | +2.6%low confidence11 sales this quarter, 10 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $880k | 10 | -16.3%low confidence10 sales this quarter, 18 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.05m | 18 |
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 Bonbeach
Houses
In Bonbeach, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $1.02 million from 13 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $1.31 million from 10 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $1.02m | 13 · few |
| 4 | $1.31m | 10 · few |
Units
In Bonbeach, over the last 12 months, a two-bedroom unit has a median of $649,000 from 42 sales, while a three-bedroom unit has a median of $832,000 from 7 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $649k | 42 |
| 3 | $832k | 7 · few |
Townhouses
In Bonbeach, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.02 million from 28 sales, while a two-bedroom townhouse has a median of $756,000 from 11 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $756k | 11 · few |
| 3 | $1.02m | 28 · few |
| 4 | $1.12m | 5 · 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 Bonbeach
All schools · Bonbeach has a single school, with 367 students.
Schools here
1
1 primary
Students, all schools
367
2025 · +38.0% 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?”
+8.6%
367 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.
+12.3%
311 · 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 Bonbeach have grown 38% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
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| Year | Primary schools |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 266 |
| 2016 | 298 |
| 2017 | 302 |
| 2018 | 317 |
| 2019 | 337 |
| 2020 | 338 |
| 2021 | 354 |
| 2022 | 373 |
| 2023 | 381 |
| 2024 | 369 |
| 2025 | 367 |
Which schools in Bonbeach 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 | 219 | 47 | 266 |
| 2016 | 252 | 46 | 298 |
| 2017 | 246 | 56 | 302 |
| 2018 | 252 | 65 | 317 |
| 2019 | 282 | 55 | 337 |
| 2020 | 277 | 61 | 338 |
| 2021 | 299 | 55 | 354 |
| 2022 | 312 | 61 | 373 |
| 2023 | 327 | 54 | 381 |
| 2024 | 314 | 55 | 369 |
| 2025 | 311 | 56 | 367 |
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 Bonbeach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonbeach Primary School | Government | Primary | 367 | +8.6% | +38.0% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Bonbeach
3 government catchments cover Bonbeach — 1 secondary and 2 primary — so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb. The secondary catchment is Patterson River Secondary College.
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Patterson River Secondary College | Secondary |
| Bonbeach Primary School | Primary |
| Chelsea Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Bonbeach is a coastal suburb with a population of 6,854, characterized by a slightly older median age of 42 compared to the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 47.4% male and 52.6% female residents. Families are a significant part of the community, with 41.2% of households being couples with children and 42.5% being couples without children. Single-person households make up 33.3% of the area. The suburb has a diverse housing mix, with 38.8% separate houses and 47.6% townhouses.
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
Bonbeach · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Professionals | 80 |
| Families | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| Retirees | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
Why professionals score highest
The signals doing the work
- 25.4% of residents are professionals
- High work-from-home rate of 28.6%
- Above average median personal income of $975
- Proximity to Melbourne for commuting
Against the state
How Bonbeach 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 |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 8.7% |
| Separate houses | 38.8% |
| Townhouses | 47.6% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 28.6% |
| Drove a car | 50.4% |
| Public transport | 3.5% |
| Walked only | 1.1% |
| Car passenger | 2.1% |
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
- Above average median personal weekly income of $975
- Low unemployment rate of 3.7% compared to VIC 5.0%
- High percentage of townhouses at 47.6%
- Significant work-from-home population at 28.6%
- Diverse cultural background with 27.8% born overseas
Things to be aware of
- Higher median age of 42 may not appeal to younger demographics
- Lower percentage of separate houses at 38.8% compared to VIC 73.4%
- Slightly lower percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees at 27.5% vs VIC 29.2%
- Higher percentage of single-person households at 33.3%
- Mental health conditions reported by 10.6% of residents
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.
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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.
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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.