CoburgVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3058 · Merri-bek
Daily life in Coburg reflects a blend of urban convenience and community engagement. With 38% of the workforce working from home, significantly higher than the Victorian average of 25.7%, residents enjoy flexibility in their work arrangements. Commuting patterns show that 31.2% drive to work, while 8.1% use public transport, indicating a moderate reliance on cars. The community feel is enhanced by a mix of housing types, with 65.1% living in separate houses, 24.3% in townhouses, and 10.4% in apartments.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Coburg
Houses · The median house in Coburg went for $1,280,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, dearer than 78% of the suburbs we cover. That is 3.6% up on the twelve months before, on 232 sales.
Half of all houses landed in the $1,073,000 to $1,518,000 range.
Houses
$1.28m
median of 232 sales
3.6% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 78% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $1.07m and $1.52m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$540k
median of 148 sales
2.5% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 64% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $426k and $640k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$817k
median of 56 sales
1.2% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 56% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $687k and $923k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
436 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Houses have added 5.5% since 2022, $1,213,000 to $1,280,000.
- 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 | $1.27m | $568k | $810k |
| 2025 · part year | $1.25m | $520k | $810k |
| 2024 | $1.15m | ||
| 2023 | $1.18m | $591k | |
| 2022 | $1.21m | $605k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $1.24m | 54 | -11.1% |
| 2026 Q1 | $1.39m | 46 | +8.1% |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.29m | 91 | +2.8% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $577k | 43 | +5.3% |
| 2026 Q1 | $548k | 33 | +15.9% |
| 2025 Q4 | $473k | 41 | -8.3% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $805k | 16 | -7.3%low confidence16 sales this quarter, 12 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $868k | 12 | +3.1%low confidence12 sales this quarter, 16 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $842k | 16 |
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 Coburg
Houses · The step from 3 to 4 bedrooms is the expensive one in Coburg, worth about $315,000.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $1.00m | 41 |
| 3 | $1.22m | 105 |
| 4 | $1.53m | 72 |
| 5 | $1.50m | 12 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $398k | 44 |
| 2 | $599k | 92 |
| 3 | $688k | 10 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $743k | 34 |
| 3 | $930k | 15 · few |
| 4 | $1.15m | 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.
11 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Coburg
All schools · Coburg's 11 schools teach 5,949 students, up 51.9% in ten years — and 11 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
11
6 primary · 3 secondary · 2 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
5,949
2025 · +51.9% 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?”
−11.2%
1,927 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.
+4.6%
2,752 · Years 1–6, anywhere
2,752 children in Coburg are in Years 1–6, and 1,927 students attend a primary school here. At least 30% of Coburg's primary-age children go to a school that also runs secondary years.
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 Coburg have grown 51.9% over 10 years, with the movement at the secondary end.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,835 | 723 | 1,358 |
| 2016 | 1,904 | 886 | 1,333 |
| 2017 | 1,998 | 984 | 1,342 |
| 2018 | 2,023 | 1,124 | 1,410 |
| 2019 | 2,119 | 1,299 | 1,490 |
| 2020 | 2,171 | 1,499 | 1,592 |
| 2021 | 2,111 | 1,559 | 1,637 |
| 2022 | 2,101 | 1,601 | 1,835 |
| 2023 | 2,074 | 1,627 | 2,036 |
| 2024 | 2,028 | 1,712 | 2,193 |
| 2025 | 1,927 | 1,740 | 2,282 |
Which schools in Coburg 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 | 2,163 | 1,213 | 540 | 3,916 |
| 2016 | 2,235 | 1,354 | 534 | 4,123 |
| 2017 | 2,326 | 1,439 | 559 | 4,324 |
| 2018 | 2,390 | 1,602 | 565 | 4,557 |
| 2019 | 2,552 | 1,815 | 541 | 4,908 |
| 2020 | 2,632 | 2,084 | 546 | 5,262 |
| 2021 | 2,629 | 2,189 | 489 | 5,307 |
| 2022 | 2,696 | 2,318 | 523 | 5,537 |
| 2023 | 2,788 | 2,448 | 501 | 5,737 |
| 2024 | 2,791 | 2,630 | 512 | 5,933 |
| 2025 | 2,752 | 2,698 | 499 | 5,949 |
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 11 schools in Coburg
Ordered by size, not by results — 6 government, 3 Catholic and 2 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.
- VCE median
- The middle study score of that school’s Year 12 students, on a scale of 0–50. The state median in 2025 was 29.0, so a school above that sits above the middle and one below it sits below. The smaller number after it is how many students the figure rests on. Under 30 students we show nothing at all — a small cohort’s result swings from year to year on who happened to sit the exams, which is easily mistaken for the school changing.
| School | Sector | Type | Students | 5 yr | 10 yr | VCE median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian International Academy of Education | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 2,215 | +44.2% | +73.2% | — |
| Coburg High School | Government | Secondary | 1,265 | +20.7% | +394.1% | 30 · 270 |
| Coburg North Primary School | Government | Primary | 509 | −8.1% | +98.1% | — |
| Mercy College | Catholic | Secondary | 403 | −10.6% | −13.7% | 29 · 110 |
| Coburg West Primary School | Government | Primary | 370 | −28.7% | −25.6% | — |
| Merri-bek Primary School | Government | Primary | 350 | −2.0% | +18.2% | — |
| Coburg Primary School | Government | Primary | 346 | +11.6% | +37.3% | — |
| St Paul's School | Catholic | Primary | 200 | −18.4% | −28.1% | — |
| St Bernard's School | Catholic | Primary | 152 | −18.3% | −40.4% | — |
| Islamic College of Sport | Independent | Secondary | 72 | — | — | — |
| Coburg Special Developmental School | Government | Prep-to-12 | 67 | +19.6% | −15.2% | — |
2 schools in Coburg reported median VCE study scores of 29 to 30, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Coburg
11 government catchments cover Coburg, 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 |
|---|---|
| Brunswick Secondary College | Secondary |
| Coburg High School | Secondary |
| Strathmore Secondary College | Secondary |
| Bell Primary School | Primary |
| Brunswick North Primary School | Primary |
| Coburg North Primary School | Primary |
| Coburg Primary School | Primary |
| Coburg West Primary School | Primary |
| Merri-bek Primary School | Primary |
| Newlands Primary School | Primary |
| Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College | Other |
The read
What living here is actually like
Coburg is a suburb with a population of 26,569, characterized by a median age of 37, which is slightly younger than the Victorian average of 38. The gender distribution is fairly balanced with 48.4% males and 51.6% females. The suburb has a diverse age distribution, with 5.3% of the population aged 0-4 years and 5.1% aged 5-9 years. Coburg is a culturally diverse area, with 32.9% of residents born overseas, slightly below the Victorian average of 35%. The most common countries of birth outside Australia include Italy, Greece, and England.
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
Coburg · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Professionals | 85 |
| Families | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| Retirees | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
Why professionals score highest
The signals doing the work
- 36.1% employed as professionals
- High work-from-home rate of 38%
- Above average personal weekly income of $894
- Proximity to major employment hubs
Against the state
How Coburg 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 | 10.4% |
| Separate houses | 65.1% |
| Townhouses | 24.3% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 38% |
| Drove a car | 31.2% |
| Public transport | 8.1% |
| 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
- Highly educated population - 41.7% hold bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Above average household income - $2,065 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- Significant work-from-home culture - 38% (vs VIC 25.7%)
- Diverse cultural background - 32.9% born overseas
- Mixed housing market with 33.2% renting
Things to be aware of
- Higher median monthly mortgage of $2,167 may affect affordability
- Rented properties at 33.2%, higher than VIC average of 28.5%
- Lower percentage of separate houses compared to VIC average
- Potential for congestion with 31.2% commuting by car
- Mental health conditions reported by 12.7% 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.
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.