MerndaVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3754 · Whittlesea
Daily life in Mernda is family-oriented, with many residents commuting by car, as 57.6% drive to work. The suburb has a moderate level of work-from-home arrangements at 20.5%, slightly below the Victorian average. The community has a diverse cultural background, with 38.4% of residents born overseas, slightly above the state average. Mernda offers a suburban feel with a mix of cultural influences, making it a vibrant place for families.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Mernda
Houses · Across 298 sales, houses in Mernda reached a median of $763,000, 4.9% up year on year and cheaper than 66% of the suburbs we cover.
There is little spread here — the middle half of houses landed between $705,000 and $834,000.
Houses
$763k
median of 298 sales
4.9% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 66% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $705k and $834k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$398k
median of 13 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $365k and $440k.
Last sold one to two months ago
Townhouses
$580k
median of 33 sales
0.6% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 92% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $527k and $620k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Land
$297k
median of 38 sales
29.3% down on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 79% of the 42 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $273k and $445k.
Last sold two to four months ago
382 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Houses have added 12.5% since 2022, $678,000 to $763,000.
- 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 | $750k | $402k | $568k | $290k |
| 2025 · part year | $736k | $360k | $593k | $423k |
| 2024 | $700k | $518k | $417k | |
| 2023 | $670k | $475k | $392k | |
| 2022 | $678k | $445k | $376k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $780k | 77 | +2% |
| 2026 Q1 | $765k | 71 | -0.6% |
| 2025 Q4 | $770k | 101 | +4.8% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $405k | 5 | +2.3%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 | $396k | 5 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $580k | 11 | +7.8%low confidence11 sales this quarter, 10 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $538k | 10 | -13.2%low confidence10 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 | $620k | 9 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $290k | 30 |
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 Mernda
Houses · The step from 3 to 4 bedrooms is the expensive one in Mernda, worth about $81,000.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $700k | 89 |
| 4 | $781k | 192 |
| 5 | $1.06m | 13 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $397k | 12 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $463k | 10 · few |
| 3 | $598k | 22 · 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 Mernda
All schools · Mernda's 5 schools teach 3,815 students, up 233.2% in ten years — and 4 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
5
3 primary · 2 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
3,815
2025 · +233.2% 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?”
+3.6%
1,710 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.
+17.7%
2,171 · 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 Mernda have grown 233.2% over 10 years, with the movement at the secondary end.
- Primary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,145 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1,193 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1,247 | 391 |
| 2018 | 1,387 | 730 |
| 2019 | 1,549 | 981 |
| 2020 | 1,650 | 1,244 |
| 2021 | 1,708 | 1,405 |
| 2022 | 1,708 | 1,502 |
| 2023 | 1,728 | 1,626 |
| 2024 | 1,750 | 1,993 |
| 2025 | 1,710 | 2,105 |
Which schools in Mernda 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 | 917 | 0 | 228 | 1,145 |
| 2016 | 983 | 0 | 210 | 1,193 |
| 2017 | 1,246 | 102 | 290 | 1,638 |
| 2018 | 1,462 | 279 | 376 | 2,117 |
| 2019 | 1,673 | 453 | 404 | 2,530 |
| 2020 | 1,844 | 654 | 396 | 2,894 |
| 2021 | 1,950 | 807 | 356 | 3,113 |
| 2022 | 1,970 | 894 | 346 | 3,210 |
| 2023 | 2,072 | 978 | 304 | 3,354 |
| 2024 | 2,240 | 1,163 | 340 | 3,743 |
| 2025 | 2,171 | 1,298 | 346 | 3,815 |
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 Mernda
Ordered by size, not by results — 3 government, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mernda Central P-12 College | Government | Prep-to-12 | 1,746 | +40.4% | — | 27 · 195 |
| Mernda Primary School | Government | Primary | 844 | −14.2% | +1.0% | — |
| St Joseph's School | Catholic | Primary | 497 | +36.9% | +60.8% | — |
| Mernda Park Primary School | Government | Primary | 369 | +21.8% | — | — |
| Mernda Hills Christian College | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 359 | — | — | — |
One school in Mernda reported a median VCE study score of 27, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Mernda
4 government catchments cover Mernda — 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 |
|---|---|
| Hazel Glen College | Secondary |
| Mernda Central P-12 College | Secondary |
| Mernda Park Primary School | Primary |
| Mernda Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Mernda is a suburb with a population of 23,367, characterized by a relatively young median age of 33, compared to the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a strong family presence, with 57.0% of households being couples with children, significantly higher than the Victorian average. The area is predominantly made up of separate houses, accounting for 89.4% of the housing stock, which is higher than the state average of 73.4%. The median household income in Mernda is $2,011 per week, which is above the Victorian average of $1,759.
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
Mernda · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Professionals | 70 |
| First home buyers | 65 |
| Investors | 60 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of couples with children at 57.0%
- Average household size of 3.0 people
- Predominantly separate houses, ideal for families
- Above average household income supports family living
Against the state
How Mernda 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
Show data table
| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 1.5% |
| Separate houses | 89.4% |
| Townhouses | 9.1% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 20.5% |
| Drove a car | 57.6% |
| Public transport | 4.8% |
| Car passenger | 3.4% |
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
- Young population with a median age of 33 (vs VIC 38)
- High family presence with 57.0% couples with children
- Above average household income at $2,011 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- Predominantly separate houses at 89.4% (vs VIC 73.4%)
- High labour force participation at 71.0%
Things to be aware of
- Unemployment rate at 5.7%, slightly above the VIC average of 5.0%
- Lower percentage of work-from-home at 20.5% compared to VIC 25.7%
- Higher percentage of single-parent households at 16.6%
- Relatively high median monthly mortgage of $1,937
- Lower percentage of homes owned outright at 14.3%
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.