ColdstreamVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3770 · Yarra Ranges
Daily life in Coldstream is characterized by a strong sense of community, with a high percentage of residents working full-time (57.8%) and a notable 18.5% working from home. The suburb has a high car dependency with 59.0% of residents driving to work, while public transport usage is low at 1.6%. The community is predominantly English-speaking, with 91.5% speaking only English at home.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Coldstream
Houses · With only 20 houses sold in the 12 months to August 2026, Coldstream's median of $887,000 rests on a thin base.
Houses
$887k
median of 20 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $828k and $927k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
20 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
- Houses
- Land
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 | Land |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $880k | |
| 2025 · part year | $850k | |
| 2024 | $826k | $475k |
| 2023 | $805k | $460k |
| 2022 | $780k | $470k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $935k | 6 | +1.1%low confidence6 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 | $925k | 5 | +3.4%low confidence5 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. |
| 2025 Q4 | $895k | 5 |
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 Coldstream
In Coldstream, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $840,000 from 10 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $925,000 from 7 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $840k | 10 · few |
| 4 | $925k | 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.
2 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Coldstream
All schools · Coldstream's 2 schools teach 105 students, down 2.8% in ten years — and 5 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
2
1 primary · 1 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
105
2025 · −2.8% 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?”
no change
85 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.
−4.1%
70 · 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 Coldstream have fallen 2.8% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 108 | 0 |
| 2016 | 94 | 0 |
| 2017 | 81 | 0 |
| 2018 | 85 | 0 |
| 2019 | 86 | 0 |
| 2020 | 85 | 0 |
| 2021 | 82 | 10 |
| 2022 | 77 | 12 |
| 2023 | 87 | 16 |
| 2024 | 91 | 18 |
| 2025 | 85 | 20 |
Which schools in Coldstream 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 | 93 | 15 | 108 |
| 2016 | 88 | 6 | 94 |
| 2017 | 73 | 8 | 81 |
| 2018 | 71 | 14 | 85 |
| 2019 | 75 | 11 | 86 |
| 2020 | 73 | 12 | 85 |
| 2021 | 74 | 18 | 92 |
| 2022 | 60 | 29 | 89 |
| 2023 | 72 | 31 | 103 |
| 2024 | 72 | 37 | 109 |
| 2025 | 70 | 35 | 105 |
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 2 schools in Coldstream
Ordered by size, not by results — 1 government, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream Primary School | Government | Primary | 85 | no change | −21.3% |
| Lyrebird College | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 20 | — | — |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Coldstream
5 government catchments cover Coldstream — 2 secondary and 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Lilydale Heights College | Secondary |
| Yarra Hills Secondary College | Secondary |
| Coldstream Primary School | Primary |
| Gruyere Primary School | Primary |
| Yering Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Coldstream is a family-oriented suburb with a total population of 2,206 people and a median age of 37, slightly below the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 51.3% male and 48.7% female residents. Family households are predominant, making up 80.6% of all households, with couples with children accounting for 46.1% and couples without children at 39.8%. The suburb has a high percentage of separate houses at 98.9%, significantly above the Victorian average of 73.4%.
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
Coldstream · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Retirees | 75 |
| Professionals | 70 |
| First home buyers | 65 |
| Investors | 60 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 80.6%
- Majority of housing are separate houses (98.9%)
- Above average median household income of $1,913 per week
- Good availability of schools for young children
Against the state
How Coldstream 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 | 0.5% |
| Separate houses | 98.9% |
| Townhouses | 0.4% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 18.5% |
| Drove a car | 59% |
| Public transport | 1.6% |
| Walked only | 2.2% |
| Car passenger | 3.8% |
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 3.0% compared to the Victorian average of 5.0%
- High labour force participation at 67.0%
- Above average median household income of $1,913 per week (vs VIC $1,759)
- Predominantly Australian-born population at 83.3%
- High percentage of separate houses at 98.9%
Things to be aware of
- Lower percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher at 13.9% (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Limited public transport options with only 1.6% usage
- Lower percentage of residents born overseas compared to the state average
- Higher median monthly mortgage of $1,809
- Relatively lower work-from-home rate at 18.5% (vs VIC 25.7%)
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 Coldstream?
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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.