Eden Park is in Whittlesea LGA, VIC, postcode 3757, with population 1,194.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
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Official vacancy is published at the Greater Melbourne level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).
94% of homes here are owner-occupied and 3% rented, with 8% of landlords negatively geared.
94% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 24% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 20% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,303/mo, while renters pay about $2,297/mo — owning runs $6/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 43% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,767/wk income).
Getting to work: 68% drive, 1% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 25% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Development screen
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13.8 pp above the state median
State median 80.5% · 693 valid suburbs
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Near the state median
State median 0.0% · 690 valid suburbs
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19.2 pp below the state median
State median 22.2% · 693 valid suburbs
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Building due diligence
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About 100.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.
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About 0.0% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.
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NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions
Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.
Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.
Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Whittlesea SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Eden Park (postcode 3757) is a close-knit residential community in Victoria within the Whittlesea local government area. The area has roughly 1,194 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $113K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.8% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, managers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.
The current median weekly rent is $530. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,303.
The crime rate in the Whittlesea LGA is moderate at 6,678 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.9% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Eden Park is in the Whittlesea Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3757. Council-level context for Whittlesea LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Eden Park is $530/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Eden Park has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Eden Park show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.