GrovedaleVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3216 · Greater Geelong
Daily life in Grovedale is centered around family and community activities. With 62.4% of residents driving to work, the suburb has a car-centric commuting pattern, although 15.1% work from home, which is lower than the Victorian average of 25.7%. The community has a balanced mix of professionals and trades workers, with the top occupations being professionals (19.9%) and technicians and trades workers (16.1%).
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Grovedale
Houses · Houses in Grovedale sell for a median of $750,000 — a little under the Victorian median, and up 10.3% on the year across 207 sales.
There is little spread here — the middle half of houses landed between $695,000 and $812,000.
Houses
$750k
median of 207 sales
10.3% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 68% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $695k and $812k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$535k
median of 25 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $480k and $580k.
Last sold within the past month
Townhouses
$620k
median of 10 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $602k and $648k.
Last sold one to two months ago
242 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2022, houses have climbed from $700,000 to $750,000 — 7.1% over the period.
- 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 | $750k | $528k | $635k |
| 2025 · part year | $699k | $511k | $578k |
| 2024 | $665k | $498k | |
| 2023 | $660k | $497k | |
| 2022 | $700k | $525k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $750k | 56 | 0% |
| 2026 Q1 | $750k | 48 | 0% |
| 2025 Q4 | $750k | 69 | +7.9% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $506k | 7 | -5.4%low confidence7 sales this quarter, 13 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $535k | 13 |
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 Grovedale
Houses · 3-bedroom houses, the most common sale here, run about $740,000; moving from 3 to 4 bedrooms adds roughly $70,000.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $577k | 12 · few |
| 3 | $740k | 111 |
| 4 | $810k | 74 |
| 5 | $870k | 7 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $528k | 22 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $645k | 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.
5 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Grovedale
All schools · Grovedale's 5 schools teach 2,079 students, little changed in ten years — and 7 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
5
4 primary · 1 secondary
Students, all schools
2,079
2025 · +0.3% 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?”
+1.9%
1,386 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.
+2.6%
1,183 · 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 Grovedale have changed little over 10 years.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,250 | 823 |
| 2016 | 1,306 | 846 |
| 2017 | 1,381 | 887 |
| 2018 | 1,355 | 936 |
| 2019 | 1,359 | 911 |
| 2020 | 1,360 | 851 |
| 2021 | 1,360 | 801 |
| 2022 | 1,314 | 724 |
| 2023 | 1,319 | 702 |
| 2024 | 1,359 | 693 |
| 2025 | 1,386 | 693 |
Which schools in Grovedale 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 | 1,048 | 823 | 202 | 2,073 |
| 2016 | 1,120 | 846 | 186 | 2,152 |
| 2017 | 1,174 | 887 | 207 | 2,268 |
| 2018 | 1,142 | 936 | 213 | 2,291 |
| 2019 | 1,159 | 911 | 200 | 2,270 |
| 2020 | 1,153 | 851 | 207 | 2,211 |
| 2021 | 1,157 | 801 | 203 | 2,161 |
| 2022 | 1,136 | 724 | 178 | 2,038 |
| 2023 | 1,146 | 702 | 173 | 2,021 |
| 2024 | 1,170 | 693 | 189 | 2,052 |
| 2025 | 1,183 | 693 | 203 | 2,079 |
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 Grovedale
Ordered by size, not by results — 4 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grovedale College | Government | Secondary | 693 | −18.6% | −15.8% | 24 · 111 |
| Nazareth School | Catholic | Primary | 367 | +6.7% | +30.1% | — |
| Mandama Primary School | Government | Primary | 352 | −8.8% | −23.0% | — |
| Grovedale Primary School | Government | Primary | 343 | +35.6% | +45.3% | — |
| Grovedale West Primary School | Government | Primary | 324 | −14.1% | +17.8% | — |
One school in Grovedale reported a median VCE study score of 24, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Grovedale
7 government catchments cover Grovedale, 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 |
|---|---|
| Belmont High School | Secondary |
| Grovedale College | Secondary |
| Grovedale Primary School | Primary |
| Grovedale West Primary School | Primary |
| Mandama Primary School | Primary |
| Wangala Primary School | Primary |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College | Other |
The read
What living here is actually like
Grovedale is a suburb with a population of 14,874, characterized by a slightly older median age of 41 compared to the Victorian average of 38. The community is predominantly composed of families, with 67.8% of households being family households. The housing market is largely owner-dominated, with 34.8% of properties owned outright and 34.1% owned with a mortgage. The suburb has a significant proportion of separate houses at 85.9%, which is higher than 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
Grovedale · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| Retirees | 68 |
| Professionals | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 67.8%
- Large proportion of separate houses at 85.9%
- Good mix of schools and family services
- Community-oriented environment
Against the state
How Grovedale 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 | 0.6% |
| Separate houses | 85.9% |
| Townhouses | 13.5% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 15.1% |
| Drove a car | 62.4% |
| Public transport | 1.8% |
| Walked only | 1.2% |
| Car passenger | 4.2% |
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 proportion of family households at 67.8%
- Owner-dominated housing with 68.9% ownership
- Predominantly English-speaking, with 86.6% speaking only English at home
- Low unemployment rate of 4.4%, below the Victorian average of 5.0%
- High percentage of separate houses at 85.9%
Things to be aware of
- Lower educational attainment with 21.5% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 29.2% in Victoria
- Below average median household income of $1,477 per week, compared to $1,759 in Victoria
- Limited public transport usage at 1.8%
- Higher percentage of residents with health conditions compared to the Victorian average
- Lower percentage of residents working from home at 15.1%
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.