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Suburb profile ·Maribyrnong LGA · VIC ·3012

Tottenham VIC 3012

Tottenham is in Maribyrnong LGA, VIC, postcode 3012, with population 3.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$550/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
94,672
95K via Maribyrnong LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,108
128 added 12mo · 16MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk$150

Rental vacancy rate

Rental vacancy rate · Greater Melbourne
2.5%
Balanced market

Official vacancy is published at the Greater Melbourne level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).

Source: Homes Victoria Rental Report (DFFH) · Latest: Sep 2025

Affordability

122%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress
Household income · yr
$23K
Median rent · wk
$550

Household income

$23K household · yr-71.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$18K
Household
$23K
Crime Year ending Mar 2026
12,350
12,887 per 100k
D9 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k12,887
Total incidents12,350· Year ending Mar 2026
  • Assault79438%
  • Sexual Offences27613%
  • Robbery1145%
  • Break And Enter90043%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone designation

No mapped bushfire exposure

About 0.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

Flood and moisture context

Low broad-area context

About 3.5% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.

May affect: Floor levels and drainage · Water-resistant assemblies · Material durability

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire-prone area

Not designated ~0.0%
~0.0% of the suburb is within Victoria's designated Bushfire Prone Area

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.

Flood exposure

Low exposure ~3.5%
~3.5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood-hazard area

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.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Industrial 1 (IN1Z)
Industrial 94% Public / Open space 7%

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.

Growth outlook · Maribyrnong LGA

Dwellings
+47.1%
40,500 → 59,580
+19,080 dwellings
Population
+44.5%
86,400 → 124,810
Households
+48.1%
36,210 → 53,640

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Population outlook

11,986 people · 202213,831 by 2032 (+15.4%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the West Footscray - Tottenham SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Tottenham VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Tottenham is a small, quiet locality in Victoria within the Maribyrnong local government area (postcode 3012). The area has roughly 3 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 30. Households earn a median income of $23K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 current median weekly rent is $550.

The crime rate in the Maribyrnong LGA is higher than average at 12,887 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$550
Population growth · Maribyrnong LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)94,672
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · Maribyrnong LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)660
Houses 17%Units 83%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Maribyrnong LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.5%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3012ATO
Negatively geared8.4%
1,524 of filers
Avg rental loss$9,305/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,425
Reported capital gains1,524
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population3
Median age30
Household size1.5
HH income · wk$449
Personal income · wk$350
Persons / bedroom0.7
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining1
Hospitals · Maribyrnong LGAAIHW
Public4
Private2
Orygen Inpatient Unitpublic
Tweddle Child & Family Health Centre [Footscray]public
Ursula Frayne Centrepublic
Western Hospital [Footscray]public
Vision Day Surgery Footscrayprivate
Western Private Hospitalprivate
Aged care · Maribyrnong LGAGEN
Facilities8
Residential places604
Baptcare - Westhaven Community127 places
James Barker House120 places
Arcare Maidstone89 places
Doutta Galla Footscray Aged Care Facility88 places
Uniting AgeWell Kingsville72 places
Royal Freemasons Footscray60 places
+2 more in Maribyrnong LGA
Childcare · Maribyrnong LGAACECQA
Services56
Approved places4,127
Exceeding NQS16
TeamKids - Yarraville West Primary195 places
Gowrie Victoria Clare Court165 places
Wembley PS TheirCare165 places
Guardian Childcare & Education Maidstone160 places
Kelly Club OSHC Kingsville Primary School150 places
Eden Academy Footscray145 places
+50 more in Maribyrnong LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Tottenham is usable as a read, though it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · mixed acquisition · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria · Sep 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Mar 2026 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Tottenham is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Tottenham feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Braybrook better covered
better market coverage

pop +9700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$238/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

West Footscray better covered
better market coverage

pop +11700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$199/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Footscray better covered
better market coverage

pop +17100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$195/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Tottenham FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Tottenham in?

    Tottenham is in the Maribyrnong Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3012. Council-level context for Maribyrnong LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Tottenham?

    The median weekly rent in Tottenham is $550/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Tottenham?

    Rent context available: Tottenham 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.

  4. Is Tottenham a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Tottenham show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Tottenham?

    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.

  6. How often is the Tottenham data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.