Vermont SouthVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3133 · Whitehorse
Daily life in Vermont South is characterized by a strong community feel, with many residents working from home (32.5%). The suburb has a high rate of car usage for commuting, with 46.6% of residents driving to work. Public transport usage is relatively low at 4.4%. The suburb's residents are highly educated, with 38.3% holding a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to the state average of 29.2%.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Vermont South
Houses · 92 houses sold in Vermont South at a median of $1,524,000, well clear of the Victorian median of $885,000.
Prices cluster tightly: half of all houses sold between $1,395,000 and $1,649,000.
Houses
$1.52m
median of 92 sales
0.1% down on the previous twelve months.
Dearer than 88% of the 426 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $1.40m and $1.65m.
Last sold within the past two weeks
Townhouses
$1.34m
median of 9 sales
Too few sales to be reliable — treat as a rough guide
Half sold between $1.05m and $1.44m.
Last sold two to four months ago
101 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Houses · Since 2025, houses have eased from $1,556,000 to $1,524,000 — 2.1% lower.
- 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 | $1.49m | $1.25m | |
| 2025 · part year | $1.56m | $808k | $1.10m |
| 2024 | $970k | ||
| 2023 | $728k | ||
| 2022 | $935k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $1.50m | 16 | -4.3%low confidence16 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. |
| 2026 Q1 | $1.57m | 14 | -0.3%low confidence14 sales this quarter, 44 the quarter before. Under 30 either side, the movement is mostly which homes happened to sell rather than the market moving. |
| 2025 Q4 | $1.57m | 44 | -0.9% |
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q1 | $1.08m | 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 Vermont South
Houses
In Vermont South, over the last 12 months, a four-bedroom house has a median of $1.50 million from 54 sales, while a five-bedroom house has a median of $1.61 million from 25 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $1.31m | 10 · few |
| 4 | $1.50m | 54 |
| 5 | $1.61m | 25 · few |
Townhouses
In Vermont South, over the last 12 months, a four-bedroom townhouse has a median of $1.44 million from 6 sales.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | $1.44m | 6 · 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 Vermont South
All schools · Vermont South's 5 schools teach 2,518 students, up 2.3% in ten years — and 10 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
5
3 primary · 2 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
2,518
2025 · +2.3% 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?”
−18.6%
899 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.
−14.7%
791 · 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 Vermont South have grown 2.3% 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 | 1,030 | 1,432 |
| 2016 | 1,072 | 1,435 |
| 2017 | 1,125 | 1,447 |
| 2018 | 1,141 | 1,463 |
| 2019 | 1,079 | 1,465 |
| 2020 | 1,105 | 1,467 |
| 2021 | 1,023 | 1,523 |
| 2022 | 957 | 1,541 |
| 2023 | 931 | 1,594 |
| 2024 | 864 | 1,591 |
| 2025 | 899 | 1,619 |
Which schools in Vermont South 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 | 904 | 1,251 | 307 | 2,462 |
| 2016 | 919 | 1,263 | 325 | 2,507 |
| 2017 | 965 | 1,269 | 338 | 2,572 |
| 2018 | 961 | 1,296 | 347 | 2,604 |
| 2019 | 966 | 1,313 | 265 | 2,544 |
| 2020 | 927 | 1,326 | 319 | 2,572 |
| 2021 | 909 | 1,380 | 257 | 2,546 |
| 2022 | 840 | 1,392 | 266 | 2,498 |
| 2023 | 830 | 1,443 | 252 | 2,525 |
| 2024 | 777 | 1,444 | 234 | 2,455 |
| 2025 | 791 | 1,479 | 248 | 2,518 |
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 Vermont South
Ordered by size, not by results — 3 government, 2 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmaus College | Catholic | Prep-to-12 | 1,479 | +11.5% | +18.2% | 32 · 330 |
| Livingstone Primary School | Government | Primary | 612 | −25.7% | −5.1% | — |
| Weeden Heights Primary School | Government | Primary | 154 | −6.7% | −4.3% | — |
| Vermont South Special School | Government | Prep-to-12 | 140 | −0.7% | −22.7% | — |
| Holy Saviour Parish School | Catholic | Primary | 133 | +14.7% | −40.6% | — |
One school in Vermont South reported a median VCE study score of 32, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Vermont South
10 government catchments cover Vermont South — 3 secondary and 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Forest Hill College | Secondary |
| Highvale Secondary College | Secondary |
| Vermont Secondary College | Secondary |
| Burwood Heights Primary School | Primary |
| Camelot Rise Primary School | Primary |
| Livingstone Primary School | Primary |
| Parkmore Primary School | Primary |
| Vermont Primary School | Primary |
| Wantirna Primary School | Primary |
| Weeden Heights Primary School | Primary |
The read
What living here is actually like
Vermont South is a suburb with a population of 11,954, characterized by a higher median age of 46 compared to the Victorian average of 38. The suburb has a balanced gender distribution with 48.1% males and 51.9% females. Families are predominant, with 48.5% being couples with children and 38.7% couples without children. The area is predominantly owner-occupied, with 48.2% of homes owned outright and 32.8% owned with a mortgage. The median weekly household income is $1,944, 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
Vermont South · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Families | 85 |
| Retirees | 80 |
| Professionals | 78 |
| Investors | 60 |
| First home buyers | 55 |
Why families score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of family households at 81.2%
- Good educational attainment with 38.3% holding a bachelor's degree or higher
- Predominantly owner-occupied housing suitable for long-term living
- Above average household income supports family living
Against the state
How Vermont South 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 | 2.4% |
| Separate houses | 88.1% |
| Townhouses | 9.3% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 32.5% |
| Drove a car | 46.6% |
| Public transport | 4.4% |
| Walked only | 0.6% |
| Car passenger | 3.2% |
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
- Highly educated population - 38.3% hold bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Above average household income - $1,944 weekly (vs VIC $1,759)
- Predominantly owner-occupied housing - 81% owned
- High work-from-home rate - 32.5%
- Diverse cultural background - 14.2% born in China
Things to be aware of
- Higher median age may not appeal to younger demographics
- Low public transport usage at 4.4%
- Higher median weekly rent of $496
- Limited rental market with only 13.8% rented
- Potential language barriers with 50.6% speaking only English at home
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.
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.