SunshineVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3020 · Brimbank
Daily life in Sunshine involves a mix of commuting options, with 44.9% of residents driving to work and 11.8% using public transport. A notable 24.1% of the workforce works from home, reflecting a flexible work environment. The community feel is shaped by its diverse cultural composition, with a significant portion of the population speaking languages other than English at home.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Sunshine
Houses · Houses in Sunshine sell for a median of $865,000 — almost exactly the Victorian median, and up 4.4% on the year across 96 sales.
Half of all houses landed in the $752,000 to $1,035,000 range.
Houses
$865k
median of 96 sales
4.4% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 54% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $752k and $1.03m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Units
$416k
median of 37 sales
1.3% up on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 92% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $340k and $543k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$700k
median of 25 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $625k and $765k.
Last sold within the past month
158 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Houses were $857,000 in 2022 and are $865,000 today: four years of very little.
- 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 | $850k | $416k | $695k |
| 2025 · part year | $855k | $410k | $656k |
| 2024 | $820k | $470k | |
| 2023 | $800k | $631k | |
| 2022 | $857k | $414k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $850k | 27 | -3.4%low confidence27 sales this quarter, 22 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2026 Q1 | $880k | 22 | +0.6%low confidence22 sales this quarter, 33 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $875k | 33 | +1.5% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $543k | 7 | +35.4%low confidence7 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 | $401k | 10 | -5.6%low confidence10 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 | $425k | 12 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $700k | 12 | +1.4%low confidence12 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. |
| 2026 Q1 | $690k | 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 Sunshine
Houses
In Sunshine, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom house has a median of $870,000 from 61 sales, while a two-bedroom house has a median of $695,000 from 17 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $695k | 17 · few |
| 3 | $870k | 61 |
| 4 | $1.11m | 14 · few |
Units
In Sunshine, over the last 12 months, a two-bedroom unit has a median of $433,000 from 27 sales, while a one-bedroom unit has a median of $285,000 from 6 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $285k | 6 · few |
| 2 | $433k | 27 · few |
Townhouses
In Sunshine, over the last 12 months, a three-bedroom townhouse has a median of $700,000 from 13 sales, while a two-bedroom townhouse has a median of $610,000 from 8 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $610k | 8 · few |
| 3 | $700k | 13 · 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 Sunshine
All schools · Sunshine's 5 schools teach 1,418 students, down 4.8% in ten years — and 8 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
5
4 primary · 1 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
1,418
2025 · −4.8% 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?”
−9.1%
1,225 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.
−7.8%
1,049 · 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 Sunshine have fallen 4.8% over 10 years.
- Primary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Primary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,325 | 165 |
| 2016 | 1,382 | 162 |
| 2017 | 1,384 | 168 |
| 2018 | 1,375 | 167 |
| 2019 | 1,399 | 172 |
| 2020 | 1,347 | 188 |
| 2021 | 1,350 | 190 |
| 2022 | 1,291 | 182 |
| 2023 | 1,261 | 200 |
| 2024 | 1,265 | 199 |
| 2025 | 1,225 | 193 |
Which schools in Sunshine 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 | 1,109 | 381 | 1,490 |
| 2016 | 1,149 | 395 | 1,544 |
| 2017 | 1,182 | 370 | 1,552 |
| 2018 | 1,152 | 390 | 1,542 |
| 2019 | 1,181 | 390 | 1,571 |
| 2020 | 1,138 | 397 | 1,535 |
| 2021 | 1,149 | 391 | 1,540 |
| 2022 | 1,119 | 354 | 1,473 |
| 2023 | 1,066 | 395 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 1,101 | 363 | 1,464 |
| 2025 | 1,049 | 369 | 1,418 |
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 Sunshine
Ordered by size, not by results — 4 government, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Heights Primary School | Government | Primary | 360 | −6.5% | −3.2% |
| Sunshine Harvester Primary School | Government | Primary | 350 | −15.7% | −18.2% |
| Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception School | Catholic | Primary | 317 | −6.8% | −10.7% |
| Sunshine Primary School | Government | Primary | 198 | −4.3% | +16.5% |
| Sunshine Special Developmental School | Government | Prep-to-12 | 193 | +2.7% | +17.0% |
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Sunshine
8 government catchments cover Sunshine — 2 secondary and 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Braybrook College | Secondary |
| Sunshine College | Secondary |
| Dinjerra Primary School | Primary |
| Glengala Primary School | Primary |
| Sunshine Harvester Primary School | Primary |
| Sunshine Heights Primary School | Primary |
| Sunshine North Primary School | Primary |
| Sunshine Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Sunshine is a suburb with a total population of 9,438 people and a median age of 35, slightly younger than the Victorian average of 38. The gender distribution is relatively balanced with 51.6% male and 48.4% female. The suburb has a diverse cultural background, with 54.2% of residents born overseas, significantly higher than the state average of 35.0%. The area is characterized by a mix of family types, with 42.4% of households being couples with children and 20.3% being single-parent households.
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
Sunshine · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Investors | 75 |
| Families | 70 |
| Professionals | 65 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
| Retirees | 55 |
Why investors score highest
The signals doing the work
- Renter-heavy market with 40.4% of properties rented
- Median weekly rent of $340
- Diverse population with potential for varied rental demand
- Growing work-from-home trend at 24.1%
Against the state
How Sunshine 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 | 8.3% |
| Separate houses | 69.2% |
| Townhouses | 22.1% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 24.1% |
| Drove a car | 44.9% |
| Public transport | 11.8% |
| Walked only | 1.5% |
| 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 cultural diversity - 54.2% born overseas (vs VIC 35.0%)
- Significant renter population - 40.4% of households are rented
- Young median age of 35 years (vs VIC 38 years)
- 24.1% of residents work from home
- Professionals make up 23.2% of the workforce
Things to be aware of
- Unemployment rate of 7.7% is higher than average
- Below average median household income of $1,566 weekly
- High percentage of rented properties at 40.4%
- Lower percentage of English-only speakers at 40.6%
- Median weekly rent of $340 may be a consideration for affordability
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 Sunshine?
A suburb page gets you this far. For a specific block you get what homes of that size sell for here, the schools that address is zoned to, any subdivisions proposed within 500 m, plus lot dimensions, easements, planning overlays and true sun aspect — free, no account.
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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.
Base map © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap. Improve this map at openstreetmap.org/fixthemap.
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.