KinglakeVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3763 · Murrindindi
Daily life in Kinglake is likely to be quiet and community-focused, with a significant portion of residents working from home (18.5%). The majority of residents commute by car (60.1%), reflecting the rural setting and limited public transport options (0.8%). The suburb has a strong sense of community, with many residents involved in trades and service occupations.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Kinglake
Houses · With only 25 houses sold in the 12 months to August 2026, Kinglake's median of $735,000 rests on a thin base.
Houses
$735k
median of 25 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $655k and $890k.
Last sold within the past month
Land
$310k
median of 10 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $123k and $345k.
Last sold one to two months ago
35 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 | $770k | $320k |
| 2025 · part year | $763k | $300k |
| 2024 | $775k | |
| 2023 | $663k | |
| 2022 | $770k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $793k | 8 | +10%low confidence8 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. |
| 2025 Q4 | $721k | 12 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $265k | 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 Kinglake
In Kinglake, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $715,000 from 11 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $890,000 from 11 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $715k | 11 · few |
| 4 | $890k | 11 · 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.
1 school · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Kinglake
All schools · Kinglake has a single school, with 70 students.
Schools here
1
1 primary
Students, all schools
70
2025 · −12.5% 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?”
+1.4%
70 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.
−6.8%
55 · 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 Kinglake have fallen 12.5% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
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| Year | Primary schools |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 80 |
| 2016 | 80 |
| 2017 | 86 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2019 | 74 |
| 2020 | 69 |
| 2021 | 63 |
| 2022 | 70 |
| 2023 | 70 |
| 2024 | 76 |
| 2025 | 70 |
Which schools in Kinglake 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 | 65 | 15 | 80 |
| 2016 | 64 | 16 | 80 |
| 2017 | 75 | 11 | 86 |
| 2018 | 65 | 13 | 78 |
| 2019 | 64 | 10 | 74 |
| 2020 | 59 | 10 | 69 |
| 2021 | 57 | 6 | 63 |
| 2022 | 57 | 13 | 70 |
| 2023 | 62 | 8 | 70 |
| 2024 | 61 | 15 | 76 |
| 2025 | 55 | 15 | 70 |
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
The school in Kinglake
Ordered by size, not by results — 1 government, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinglake Primary School | Government | Primary | 70 | +1.4% | −12.5% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Kinglake
4 government catchments cover Kinglake — 2 secondary and 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Healesville High School | Secondary |
| Whittlesea Secondary College | Secondary |
| Kinglake Primary School | Primary |
| Middle Kinglake Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Kinglake is a small rural community with a population of 1,669 people, characterized by a median age of 43, which is higher than the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 52.2% male and 47.8% female residents. Families in Kinglake are predominantly couples with children (43.5%) and couples without children (43.3%), with a smaller proportion of single-parent households (12.5%). The area is predominantly Australian-born, with 82.9% of residents born in Australia and 90% speaking only English at home.
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
Kinglake · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 75 |
| Retirees | 70 |
| First home buyers | 65 |
| Professionals | 60 |
| Investors | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 73.7%
- Affordable median weekly rent at $300
- Predominantly separate houses (98.8%) suitable for families
- Above average median family income of $2,085 per week
Against the state
How Kinglake 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 |
|---|---|
| Separate houses | 98.8% |
| Townhouses | 0.8% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 18.5% |
| Drove a car | 60.1% |
| Public transport | 0.8% |
| Car passenger | 2.7% |
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 3.4% compared to the Victorian average of 5.0%
- High percentage of separate houses at 98.8% (vs VIC 73.4%)
- Above average median household income of $1,737 per week
- High ownership rates with 57.6% owned with a mortgage
- Significant work-from-home culture at 18.5%
Things to be aware of
- Lower educational attainment with only 15.5% holding a bachelor's degree or higher
- Limited public transport usage at 0.8%
- Higher median age of 43 compared to the Victorian average of 38
- Limited diversity with 82.9% born in Australia
- Potential health concerns with 11.6% reporting mental health conditions
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 Kinglake?
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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.