SunburyVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3429 · Hume
Daily life in Sunbury is family-centric, with a strong emphasis on community living. The suburb has a high rate of car usage for commuting, with 55.8% of residents driving to work. Public transport usage is low at 3.0%, but a significant portion, 21.7%, work from home. The area offers a suburban feel with a mix of professionals and trades workers.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Sunbury
Houses · The median house in Sunbury went for $735,000 over the 12 months to August 2026, 16.9% below the Victorian median of $885,000. That is 6% up on the twelve months before, on 822 sales.
Prices cluster tightly: half of all houses sold between $665,000 and $818,000.
Houses
$735k
median of 822 sales
6% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 70% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $665k and $818k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$530k
median of 67 sales
12.8% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 67% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $463k and $566k.
Last sold within the past month
Townhouses
$571k
median of 44 sales
0.8% down on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 94% of the 113 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $540k and $636k.
Last sold within the past month
Land
$395k
median of 119 sales
4.9% up on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 55% of the 42 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $364k and $461k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
1,052 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2022, houses have climbed from $670,000 to $735,000 — 9.7% over the period.
- 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 | $735k | $530k | $580k | $400k |
| 2025 · part year | $710k | $479k | $570k | $378k |
| 2024 | $665k | $510k | $348k | |
| 2023 | $660k | $472k | $361k | |
| 2022 | $670k | $484k | $353k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $740k | 196 | +1.2% |
| 2026 Q1 | $731k | 201 | -1.2% |
| 2025 Q4 | $740k | 269 | +7.2% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $545k | 13 | +2.8%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 | $530k | 19 | +1.3%low confidence19 sales this quarter, 28 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $523k | 28 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $590k | 6 | +7.5%low confidence6 sales this quarter, 15 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $549k | 15 | -2.5%low confidence15 sales this quarter, 14 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $563k | 14 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $414k | 24 | +4.3%low confidence24 sales this quarter, 28 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $397k | 28 | +5%low confidence28 sales this quarter, 54 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $378k | 54 | +2.2% |
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 Sunbury
Houses · Expect to pay around $171,000 more for a 5-bedroom house than a 4-bedroom one.
Houses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $533k | 30 |
| 3 | $662k | 302 |
| 4 | $779k | 437 |
| 5 | $950k | 45 |
| 6 | $1.50m | 6 · few |
Units
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $510k | 46 |
| 3 | $570k | 18 · few |
Townhouses
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $555k | 26 · few |
| 4 | $637k | 12 · 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.
14 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Sunbury
All schools · Sunbury's 14 schools teach 7,447 students, up 17.1% in ten years — and 11 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
14
9 primary · 3 secondary · 2 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
7,447
2025 · +17.1% 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?”
+2.4%
3,480 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.
+0.2%
3,001 · 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 Sunbury have grown 17.1% over 10 years, with the movement at the secondary end.
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Secondary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,174 | 2,924 | 260 |
| 2016 | 3,241 | 2,940 | 274 |
| 2017 | 3,290 | 2,935 | 286 |
| 2018 | 3,346 | 2,968 | 329 |
| 2019 | 3,448 | 2,961 | 349 |
| 2020 | 3,400 | 3,089 | 398 |
| 2021 | 3,367 | 3,100 | 438 |
| 2022 | 3,321 | 3,128 | 442 |
| 2023 | 3,340 | 3,260 | 453 |
| 2024 | 3,362 | 3,340 | 468 |
| 2025 | 3,480 | 3,489 | 478 |
Which schools in Sunbury 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 | 2,746 | 2,924 | 688 | 6,358 |
| 2016 | 2,814 | 2,940 | 701 | 6,455 |
| 2017 | 2,865 | 2,935 | 711 | 6,511 |
| 2018 | 2,928 | 2,986 | 729 | 6,643 |
| 2019 | 2,999 | 2,994 | 765 | 6,758 |
| 2020 | 2,994 | 3,144 | 749 | 6,887 |
| 2021 | 2,966 | 3,184 | 755 | 6,905 |
| 2022 | 2,931 | 3,211 | 749 | 6,891 |
| 2023 | 2,951 | 3,355 | 747 | 7,053 |
| 2024 | 2,963 | 3,448 | 759 | 7,170 |
| 2025 | 3,001 | 3,599 | 847 | 7,447 |
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 14 schools in Sunbury
Ordered by size, not by results — 9 government, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesian College Sunbury | Catholic | Secondary | 1,720 | +29.1% | +42.3% | 28 · 333 |
| Sunbury College | Government | Secondary | 980 | −11.0% | +0.5% | 26 · 214 |
| Sunbury Downs Secondary College | Government | Secondary | 789 | +20.3% | +6.6% | 27 · 115 |
| St Anne's School | Catholic | Primary | 599 | −6.1% | +5.3% | — |
| Sunbury Heights Primary School | Government | Primary | 495 | +17.6% | +70.1% | — |
| Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School | Catholic | Primary | 431 | +214.6% | — | — |
| Sunbury Primary School | Government | Primary | 400 | +3.1% | +5.3% | — |
| Kismet Park Primary School | Government | Primary | 358 | −26.8% | −17.3% | — |
| Goonawarra Primary School | Government | Primary | 351 | −18.8% | +6.4% | — |
| Killara Primary School | Government | Primary | 317 | −21.7% | −48.6% | — |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel School | Catholic | Primary | 299 | +6.8% | +7.6% | — |
| Sunbury And Macedon Ranges Specialist School | Government | Prep-to-12 | 283 | +7.6% | +51.3% | — |
| Sunbury West Primary School | Government | Primary | 230 | +9.5% | −16.7% | — |
| Red Rock Christian College | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 195 | +44.4% | +167.1% | — |
3 schools in Sunbury reported median VCE study scores of 26 to 28, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Sunbury
11 government catchments cover Sunbury — 3 secondary and 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Gisborne Secondary College | Secondary |
| Sunbury College | Secondary |
| Sunbury Downs Secondary College | Secondary |
| Diggers Rest Primary School | Primary |
| Goonawarra Primary School | Primary |
| Killara Primary School | Primary |
| Kismet Park Primary School | Primary |
| Riddells Creek Primary School | Primary |
| Sunbury Heights Primary School | Primary |
| Sunbury Primary School | Primary |
| Sunbury West Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Sunbury is a suburb with a population of 38,848, characterized by a median age of 38, aligning with the Victorian average. The community is slightly more female-dominated, with 51.2% females compared to 48.8% males. Families form a significant part of the population, with 47.2% being couples with children and 34.5% couples without children. The suburb has a notable proportion of single-parent households at 17.0%. Housing is predominantly owner-occupied, with 30.8% owned outright and 46.8% owned with a mortgage.
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
Sunbury · 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 family households at 75.8%
- Good availability of separate houses at 88.5%
- Above average median family income of $2,239 weekly
- Strong community feel with a high percentage of couples with children at 47.2%
Against the state
How Sunbury 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 | 7.3% |
| Separate houses | 88.5% |
| Townhouses | 4.1% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 21.7% |
| Drove a car | 55.8% |
| Public transport | 3% |
| Walked only | 0.9% |
| Car passenger | 3.6% |
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 labour force participation at 66.4%
- Above average median household income of $1,925 weekly
- Predominantly English-speaking with 86.6% speaking only English at home
- High percentage of separate houses at 88.5%
- Significant work-from-home population at 21.7%
Things to be aware of
- Lower percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher at 19.0% compared to VIC's 29.2%
- Higher percentage of single-parent households at 17.0%
- Low public transport usage at 3.0%
- Below average percentage of residents born overseas at 20.8%
- Higher percentage of residents with health conditions like mental health issues at 11.6%
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.