OakleighVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3166 · Monash
Daily life in Oakleigh is influenced by its diverse population and strong community feel. The suburb has a significant number of professionals, with 31.6% of the workforce employed in professional occupations. Commuting patterns show that 39.9% of residents drive to work, while 34.2% work from home, reflecting a flexible work environment. Public transport usage is relatively low at 6.4%. The suburb offers a mix of housing options, with 61.9% of dwellings being separate houses, and a notable 25.7% being apartments.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Oakleigh
Units · The median unit in Oakleigh went for $540,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, 5.8% below the Victorian median of $573,000. That is 2.8% up on the twelve months before, on 61 sales.
Half of all units landed in the $460,000 to $655,000 range.
Houses
$1.36m
median of 36 sales
2.1% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 83% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $1.22m and $1.57m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$540k
median of 61 sales
2.8% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 64% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $460k and $655k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$1.11m
median of 20 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $1.02m and $1.28m.
Last sold one to two months ago
117 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Units · Units peaked earlier in the period: $608,000 in 2022 against $540,000 today, 11.2% down.
- 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 | $1.29m | $530k | $1.16m |
| 2025 · part year | $1.40m | $540k | $1.03m |
| 2024 | $1.31m | $570k | |
| 2023 | $1.34m | $590k | |
| 2022 | $1.42m | $608k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $1.33m | 8 | -9.3%low confidence8 sales this quarter, 16 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.46m | 16 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $540k | 13 | +5.9%low confidence13 sales this quarter, 19 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $510k | 19 | -7.1%low confidence19 sales this quarter, 18 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $549k | 18 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | $1.07m | 10 |
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 Oakleigh
Houses
In Oakleigh, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $1.29 million from 17 sales, while a four-bedroom house has a median of $1.57 million from 9 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $1.29m | 17 · few |
| 4 | $1.57m | 9 · few |
| 5 | $1.66m | 5 · few |
Units
In Oakleigh, over the last 12 months, a two-bedroom unit has a median of $547,000 from 40 sales, while a one-bedroom unit has a median of $356,000 from 12 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $356k | 12 · few |
| 2 | $547k | 40 |
| 3 | $873k | 9 · few |
Townhouses
In Oakleigh, over the last 12 months, a four-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.25 million from 10 sales, while a three-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.02 million from 7 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $1.02m | 7 · few |
| 4 | $1.25m | 10 · 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 Oakleigh
All schools · Oakleigh's 3 schools teach 1,370 students, up 15.2% in ten years — and 7 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
3
2 primary · 1 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
1,370
2025 · +15.2% 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?”
−14.2%
646 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.
−10.6%
830 · 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.
Over 10 years the suburb's primary schools have lost 2.1% of their students, while its schools running Prep to Year 12 have grown 36.9%.
- Primary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 660 | 529 |
| 2016 | 703 | 627 |
| 2017 | 741 | 674 |
| 2018 | 752 | 715 |
| 2019 | 767 | 728 |
| 2020 | 753 | 672 |
| 2021 | 749 | 589 |
| 2022 | 731 | 605 |
| 2023 | 669 | 656 |
| 2024 | 677 | 694 |
| 2025 | 646 | 724 |
Which schools in Oakleigh 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 | 800 | 242 | 147 | 1,189 |
| 2016 | 849 | 286 | 195 | 1,330 |
| 2017 | 930 | 306 | 179 | 1,415 |
| 2018 | 926 | 359 | 182 | 1,467 |
| 2019 | 951 | 372 | 172 | 1,495 |
| 2020 | 928 | 347 | 150 | 1,425 |
| 2021 | 897 | 314 | 127 | 1,338 |
| 2022 | 865 | 319 | 152 | 1,336 |
| 2023 | 868 | 340 | 117 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 857 | 367 | 147 | 1,371 |
| 2025 | 830 | 399 | 141 | 1,370 |
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 Oakleigh
Ordered by size, not by results — 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakleigh Grammar | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 724 | +7.7% | +36.9% | 31 · 107 |
| Oakleigh Primary School | Government | Primary | 451 | −4.2% | +26.7% | — |
| Sacred Heart School | Catholic | Primary | 195 | −30.9% | −35.9% | — |
One school in Oakleigh reported a median VCE study score of 31, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Oakleigh
7 government catchments cover Oakleigh — 2 secondary and 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Ashwood High School | Secondary |
| South Oakleigh Secondary College | Secondary |
| Amsleigh Park Primary School | Primary |
| Hughesdale Primary School | Primary |
| Huntingdale Primary School | Primary |
| Mount Waverley Heights Primary School | Primary |
| Oakleigh Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Oakleigh is a suburb with a population of 8,440, characterized by a median age of 38, which aligns with the Victorian average. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 49% male and 51% female residents. Families are prevalent, with 45.7% of households being couples with children, and 37.5% being couples without children. The suburb is culturally diverse, with 42.4% of residents born overseas, higher than the state average of 35%. The education level is relatively high, with 38.5% of residents holding a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to the state average of 29.2%.
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
Oakleigh · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Professionals | 80 |
| Families | 75 |
| Investors | 70 |
| Retirees | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
Why professionals score highest
The signals doing the work
- 31.6% of residents are professionals
- High percentage of residents work from home at 34.2%
- Above average educational attainment with 38.5% holding degrees
- Proximity to employment hubs and transport options
Against the state
How Oakleigh 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 | 25.7% |
| Separate houses | 61.9% |
| Townhouses | 12.3% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 34.2% |
| Drove a car | 39.9% |
| Public transport | 6.4% |
| Walked only | 2% |
| Car passenger | 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
- Above average income levels - median household income is $1,926 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- Highly educated population - 38.5% hold bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Diverse cultural community - 42.4% born overseas (vs VIC 35%)
- Significant professional workforce - 31.6% employed as professionals
- High percentage of residents work from home - 34.2%
Things to be aware of
- Higher percentage of rented properties - 34.5%
- Median monthly mortgage of $2,100 may be challenging for some buyers
- Public transport usage is relatively low at 6.4%
- Moderate unemployment rate at 5.3%
- Presence of health conditions such as mental health issues at 8.8%
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.