Deer ParkVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3023 · Brimbank
Daily life in Deer Park involves a significant number of residents commuting by car, with 60.3% driving to work. Public transport usage is relatively low at 6.0%, and 15.6% of people work from home, which is below the Victorian average of 25.7%. The community has a mixed employment profile, with a notable presence of professionals, labourers, and machinery operators. The suburb offers a multicultural environment, with a variety of languages spoken at home, including Vietnamese, Punjabi, and Tagalog.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Deer Park
Houses · Houses in Deer Park sell for a median of $724,000 — 18.2% below the Victorian median, and up 8.1% on the year across 198 sales.
Prices cluster tightly: half of all houses sold between $676,000 and $780,000.
Houses
$724k
median of 198 sales
8.1% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 73% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $676k and $780k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$568k
median of 18 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $532k and $619k.
Last sold one to two months ago
Townhouses
$600k
median of 7 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $577k and $633k.
Last sold two to four months ago
Land
$616k
median of 8 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $565k and $640k.
Last sold one to two months ago
231 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2022, houses have climbed from $635,000 to $724,000 — 14% over the period.
- Houses
- Units
- Townhouses
- 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 | Units | Townhouses | Land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $724k | $576k | ||
| 2025 · part year | $695k | $522k | $610k | $565k |
| 2024 | $658k | |||
| 2023 | $640k | $486k | ||
| 2022 | $635k | $498k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $725k | 51 | 0% |
| 2026 Q1 | $725k | 35 | -0.7% |
| 2025 Q4 | $730k | 71 | +7.4% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | $568k | 8 |
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 Deer Park
Houses · Expect to pay around $89,000 more for a 4-bedroom house than a 3-bedroom one.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $511k | 6 · few |
| 3 | $700k | 130 |
| 4 | $789k | 57 |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $520k | 5 · few |
| 3 | $598k | 12 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $615k | 6 · 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.
3 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Deer Park
All schools · Deer Park's 3 schools teach 1,202 students, down 6.1% in ten years — and 5 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
3
3 primary
Students, all schools
1,202
2025 · −6.1% 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?”
−9.9%
1,202 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.
−8.8%
1,044 · 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 Deer Park have fallen 6.1% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
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| Year | Primary schools |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,280 |
| 2016 | 1,277 |
| 2017 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 1,356 |
| 2019 | 1,344 |
| 2020 | 1,334 |
| 2021 | 1,303 |
| 2022 | 1,266 |
| 2023 | 1,263 |
| 2024 | 1,227 |
| 2025 | 1,202 |
Which schools in Deer Park 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.
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| Year | Years 1–6 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,105 | 175 | 1,280 |
| 2016 | 1,074 | 203 | 1,277 |
| 2017 | 1,133 | 206 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 1,149 | 207 | 1,356 |
| 2019 | 1,144 | 200 | 1,344 |
| 2020 | 1,145 | 189 | 1,334 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | 200 | 1,303 |
| 2022 | 1,105 | 161 | 1,266 |
| 2023 | 1,102 | 161 | 1,263 |
| 2024 | 1,080 | 147 | 1,227 |
| 2025 | 1,044 | 158 | 1,202 |
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 3 schools in Deer Park
Ordered by size, not by results — 2 government, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter Chanel School | Catholic | Primary | 506 | −0.2% | −0.2% |
| Deer Park West Primary School | Government | Primary | 389 | −19.1% | −3.0% |
| Deer Park North Primary School | Government | Primary | 307 | −11.3% | −17.5% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Deer Park
5 government catchments cover Deer Park — 1 secondary and 4 primary — so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb. The secondary catchment is Victoria University 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 |
|---|---|
| Victoria University Secondary College | Secondary |
| Burnside Primary School | Primary |
| Deer Park North Primary School | Primary |
| Deer Park West Primary School | Primary |
| Derrimut Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Deer Park is a suburb with a population of 18,144, characterized by a median age of 35, which is slightly younger than the Victorian average of 38. The community is diverse, with 57.6% of residents born overseas, compared to the Victorian average of 35.0%. The suburb has a strong family presence, with 47.3% of households being couples with children and an average household size of 2.9 people. Housing is predominantly separate houses, making up 87.1% of the dwellings, which is higher than the state 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
Deer Park · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| First home buyers | 65 |
| Professionals | 60 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households - 76.0%
- Predominantly separate houses - 87.1%
- Average household size of 2.9 people
- Significant number of couples with children - 47.3%
Against the state
How Deer Park 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 | 0.7% |
| Separate houses | 87.1% |
| Townhouses | 12.1% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 15.6% |
| Drove a car | 60.3% |
| Public transport | 6% |
| Walked only | 0.7% |
| Car passenger | 5.3% |
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
- High overseas-born population - 57.6% (vs VIC 35.0%)
- Predominantly separate houses - 87.1% (vs VIC 73.4%)
- Significant family presence - 47.3% are couples with children
- Diverse linguistic community - 33.7% speak only English at home
- Higher percentage of residents with no health conditions - 63.5% (vs VIC 61.0%)
Things to be aware of
- Unemployment rate is higher at 8.4% (vs VIC 5.0%)
- Lower percentage of residents with bachelor's degrees - 19.0% (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Median household income is below average at $1,456 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- High percentage of low-income households - 18.9%
- Limited public transport usage at 6.0%
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.