CamberwellVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3124 · Boroondara
Daily life in Camberwell is characterized by a strong sense of community, with many residents working from home (43.9%), which is a notable feature. The suburb has a high rate of car ownership, with 32.6% of residents driving to work, while public transport usage is relatively low at 5.5%. The area is well-suited for families, offering a mix of housing options, predominantly separate houses (60.1%) and townhouses (21.7%).
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Camberwell
Units · The median unit in Camberwell went for $721,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, dearer than 90% of the Victorian suburbs we cover. That is 3% up on the twelve months before, on 76 sales.
This is a varied market — the middle half of units spanned $525,000 to $961,000, so the median alone will not tell a buyer much.
Houses
$2.31m
median of 64 sales
11.7% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 99% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $1.70m and $2.96m.
Last sold one to two months ago
Units
$721k
median of 76 sales
3% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 90% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $525k and $961k.
Last sold within the past month
Townhouses
$1.33m
median of 33 sales
5.8% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 96% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $1.08m and $1.62m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
173 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Units · Units peaked earlier in the period: $950,000 in 2022 against $721,000 today, 24.1% down.
- 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 | $1.95m | $683k | $1.39m |
| 2025 · part year | $2.54m | $721k | $1.40m |
| 2024 | $2.60m | $915k | |
| 2023 | $2.54m | $939k | |
| 2022 | $2.65m | $950k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $2.40m | 6 | +9.3%low confidence6 sales this quarter, 7 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $2.20m | 7 | -6.8%low confidence7 sales this quarter, 41 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $2.36m | 41 | -2.1% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $678k | 22 | +27.9%low confidence22 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. |
| 2026 Q1 | $530k | 11 | -26.5%low confidence11 sales this quarter, 34 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $721k | 34 | -4.5% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $1.27m | 5 | +1.8%low confidence5 sales this quarter, 20 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.25m | 20 |
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 Camberwell
Houses
In Camberwell, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $1.85 million from 23 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $2.38 million from 21 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $1.40m | 5 · few |
| 3 | $1.85m | 23 · few |
| 4 | $2.38m | 21 · few |
| 5 | $3.00m | 11 · few |
Units
In Camberwell, over the last 12 months, a two-bedroom unit has a median of $729,000 from 52 sales, while a one-bedroom unit has a median of $403,000 from 13 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $403k | 13 · few |
| 2 | $729k | 52 |
| 3 | $1.18m | 11 · few |
Townhouses
In Camberwell, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.49 million from 12 sales, while a two-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.04 million from 11 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $1.04m | 11 · few |
| 3 | $1.49m | 12 · few |
| 4 | $1.61m | 9 · 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.
5 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Camberwell
All schools · Camberwell's 5 schools teach 2,680 students, up 18.7% in ten years — and 12 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
5
3 primary · 2 secondary
Students, all schools
2,680
2025 · +18.7% 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?”
−21.5%
1,268 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.
−22.6%
1,091 · 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 Camberwell have grown 18.7% over 10 years, with the movement at the secondary end.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,516 | 741 |
| 2016 | 1,575 | 739 |
| 2017 | 1,650 | 1,536 |
| 2018 | 1,708 | 1,509 |
| 2019 | 1,653 | 1,514 |
| 2020 | 1,615 | 1,584 |
| 2021 | 1,519 | 1,546 |
| 2022 | 1,370 | 1,426 |
| 2023 | 1,324 | 1,453 |
| 2024 | 1,307 | 1,447 |
| 2025 | 1,268 | 1,412 |
Which schools in Camberwell 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
- Years 7–12
- 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.
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| Year | Years 1–6 | Years 7–12 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,290 | 741 | 226 | 2,257 |
| 2016 | 1,340 | 739 | 235 | 2,314 |
| 2017 | 1,412 | 1,536 | 238 | 3,186 |
| 2018 | 1,456 | 1,509 | 252 | 3,217 |
| 2019 | 1,419 | 1,514 | 234 | 3,167 |
| 2020 | 1,410 | 1,584 | 205 | 3,199 |
| 2021 | 1,324 | 1,546 | 195 | 3,065 |
| 2022 | 1,211 | 1,426 | 159 | 2,796 |
| 2023 | 1,145 | 1,453 | 179 | 2,777 |
| 2024 | 1,127 | 1,447 | 180 | 2,754 |
| 2025 | 1,091 | 1,412 | 177 | 2,680 |
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
All 5 schools in Camberwell
Ordered by size, not by results — 2 government, 2 Catholic and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEDA College (Victoria) | Independent | Secondary | 721 | −8.2% | — |
| Siena College Ltd | Catholic | Secondary | 691 | −13.5% | −6.7% |
| Hartwell Primary School | Government | Primary | 570 | −15.2% | −12.8% |
| Camberwell Primary School | Government | Primary | 552 | −18.2% | −4.8% |
| St Dominic's School | Catholic | Primary | 146 | −45.5% | −48.2% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Camberwell
12 government catchments cover Camberwell, 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 |
|---|---|
| Ashwood High School | Secondary |
| Auburn High School | Secondary |
| Camberwell High School | Secondary |
| Auburn Primary School | Primary |
| Auburn South Primary School | Primary |
| Camberwell Primary School | Primary |
| Camberwell South Primary School | Primary |
| Canterbury Primary School | Primary |
| Hartwell Primary School | Primary |
| Wattle Park Primary School | Primary |
| Canterbury Girls Secondary College | Other |
| Swinburne Senior Secondary College | Other |
The read
What living here is actually like
Camberwell is a suburb with a population of 21,965, characterized by a median age of 43, which is higher than the Victorian median of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 47% males and 53% females. Families are a significant part of the community, with 49.4% of households being couples with children and 37.3% being couples without children. The area is known for its high educational attainment, with 52.2% of residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to the state average of 29.2%. The median household income is $2,457 per week, significantly above the Victorian average of $1,759.
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
Camberwell · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Professionals | 80 |
| Retirees | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| First home buyers | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households (73.0%)
- Good educational attainment with 52.2% holding bachelor's degrees
- Predominantly separate houses (60.1%) suitable for families
- High median family income of $3,264 weekly
Against the state
How Camberwell 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
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| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 17.3% |
| Separate houses | 60.1% |
| Townhouses | 21.7% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 43.9% |
| Drove a car | 32.6% |
| Public transport | 5.5% |
| Walked only | 2.1% |
| Car passenger | 2.3% |
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
- Highly educated population - 52.2% hold bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- High median household income - $2,457 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- Owner-dominated housing - 42.5% owned outright
- Significant work-from-home culture - 43.9%
- Predominantly English-speaking - 71.1% speak only English at home
Things to be aware of
- Higher property prices may challenge first-home buyers
- Low public transport usage at 5.5%
- Median age of 43 may not appeal to younger demographics
- High percentage of high-income households (43.2%) may affect affordability
- Limited rental market with 25.4% rented properties
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.
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).
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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.