Lovely BanksVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3213 · Greater Geelong
Residents of Lovely Banks primarily commute by car, with 67.6% driving to work, while only 1.7% use public transport. The suburb has a relatively low work-from-home rate of 11.8%, compared to the Victorian average of 25.7%. This suggests a community that is more reliant on traditional commuting patterns. The community feel is family-oriented, with a strong presence of family households and a high percentage of home ownership.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Lovely Banks
Houses · 27 houses changed hands in Lovely Banks over the 12 months to August 2026, at a median of $785,000 — too few for that figure to be more than a rough guide.
Houses
$785k
median of 27 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $685k and $838k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$375k
median of 5 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $350k and $420k.
Last sold within the past month
32 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
- Houses
- Units
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $773k | |
| 2025 · part year | $760k | $372k |
| 2024 | $759k | |
| 2023 | $690k | |
| 2022 | $768k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $680k | 5 | -12.1%low confidence5 sales this quarter, 8 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $774k | 8 | -2%low confidence8 sales this quarter, 9 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $790k | 9 |
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 Lovely Banks
In Lovely Banks, over the last 12 months, a four-bedroom house has a median of $825,000 from 15 sales, while a three-bedroom house has a median of $685,000 from 10 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $685k | 10 · few |
| 4 | $825k | 15 · 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 Lovely Banks
All schools · Lovely Banks has a single school, with 255 students.
Schools here
1
1 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
255
2025 · −9.3% 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?”
—
no primary school in Lovely Banks
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.
−14.9%
103 · 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 Lovely Banks have fallen 9.3% over 10 years.
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
Show data table
| Year | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 281 |
| 2016 | 278 |
| 2017 | 273 |
| 2018 | 313 |
| 2019 | 331 |
| 2020 | 338 |
| 2021 | 352 |
| 2022 | 349 |
| 2023 | 356 |
| 2024 | 310 |
| 2025 | 255 |
Which schools in Lovely Banks 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.
Show data table
| Year | Years 1–6 | Years 7–12 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 90 | 168 | 23 | 281 |
| 2016 | 90 | 177 | 11 | 278 |
| 2017 | 79 | 180 | 14 | 273 |
| 2018 | 105 | 187 | 21 | 313 |
| 2019 | 121 | 196 | 14 | 331 |
| 2020 | 121 | 193 | 24 | 338 |
| 2021 | 129 | 208 | 15 | 352 |
| 2022 | 122 | 210 | 17 | 349 |
| 2023 | 120 | 206 | 30 | 356 |
| 2024 | 113 | 174 | 23 | 310 |
| 2025 | 103 | 136 | 16 | 255 |
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 Lovely Banks
Ordered by size, not by results — 0 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong Baptist College | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 255 | −24.6% | −9.3% | 26 · 40 |
One school in Lovely Banks reported a median VCE study score of 26, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Lovely Banks
2 government catchments cover Lovely Banks, so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb. The secondary catchment is Northern Bay P-12 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 |
|---|---|
| Northern Bay P-12 College | Secondary |
| Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College | Other |
The read
What living here is actually like
Lovely Banks is a suburb with a population of 2,785, characterized by a median age of 37, which is slightly younger than the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 50.1% males and 49.9% females. The family structure is predominantly couples with children, making up 50.3% of households, while couples without children account for 33.8%. The area has a high percentage of separate houses at 91.6%, indicating a preference for traditional housing styles.
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
Lovely Banks · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| First home buyers | 70 |
| Investors | 65 |
| Professionals | 60 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households - 80.6%
- Predominantly separate houses - 91.6%
- Above average household income - $1,991 weekly
- Good balance of age groups for children
Against the state
How Lovely Banks 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 | 4.6% |
| Separate houses | 91.6% |
| Townhouses | 4% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 11.8% |
| Drove a car | 67.6% |
| Public transport | 1.7% |
| Car passenger | 6.4% |
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
- Above average household income - $1,991 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- High home ownership - 84.4% owned outright or with mortgage
- Low unemployment rate - 4.4% (vs VIC 5.0%)
- Predominantly separate houses - 91.6% (vs VIC 73.4%)
- High percentage of families with children - 50.3%
Things to be aware of
- Lower percentage of residents with higher education - 14.5% with bachelor's or higher (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Limited public transport usage - 1.7%
- Lower cultural diversity - 27.4% born overseas (vs VIC 35.0%)
- Relatively low work-from-home rate - 11.8% (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.
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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.
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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.