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Altona Meadows

Victoria · Hobsons Bay, Melbourne - West

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

Altona Meadows has 3 schools (2 government, 1 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 12 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). The median house price is $835,500, +9.9% YoY (Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025). Population is 18,783 (ABS ERP June 2025); the AM-peak train journey to the CBD takes 29 min (Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026).

Altona Meadows at a glance

Median house price
$835,500
Up 9.9% in a year
Rent: $600 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
73/100
Strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
3
Area centre zoned to Altona Meadows Primary School
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Childcare services
12
12 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
18,783
+0.3% in a year
Median age
41
16.4% are children under 15
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Boundaries: ABS Suburbs & Localities 2021. School pins are ACARA's published locations. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Open the full VIC map →

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How the Family-Fit score is built73/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
73 /100
Strong for families

Strong for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on socio-economic profile.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
70/100

VIC median 75/100

3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1026

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
100/100

VIC median 100/100

12 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
100/100

VIC median 78/100

36 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 4 supermarkets · 9 playgrounds

Getting around · 15% of the score
84/100

VIC median 60/100

29 min to the CBD by train from Laverton Railway Station

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
46/100

VIC median 46/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 14.6% of mortgage-holding households, 30.7% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
61/100

VIC median 67/100

16.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 44.0% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
33/100

VIC median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 4 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 500 Victoria areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 65/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Altona Meadows SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 70/100 × 20% → 14 points
3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1026
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
12 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
36 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 4 supermarkets · 9 playgrounds
Getting around 84/100 × 15% → 12.5 points
29 min to the CBD by train from Laverton Railway Station
Housing affordability 46/100 × 15% → 6.9 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 14.6% of mortgage-holding households, 30.7% of renting households
Families already here 61/100 × 10% → 6.1 points
16.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 44.0% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 33/100 × 10% → 3.3 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 4 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Altona Meadows Primary School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 12% on the year before.
  • At least one nearby government school has an above-average ICSEA intake profile (1051 vs. 1000 national average).
Good to know
  • About 31% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
  • Property figures are from Q4 2025, the most recent Valuer-General release we have - prices may have moved since.
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Altona Meadows: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Altona Meadows

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A mid-sized suburb. Many childcare options nearby - 12 NQS-rated services. About a 29-minute train to the CBD. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA · state transit data (GTFS)
Altona Meadows compared with Victoria10 measures
Altona Meadows compared with the VIC average
Measure Altona Meadows VIC average Against VIC
Children aged 0 to 4 6.0% 5.8% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 10.4% 12.2% Lower
Couple families with children 44.0% 45.2% Lower
One-parent families 19.2% 15.3% Higher
Homes owned outright 38.0% 32.5% Higher
Homes owned with a mortgage 33.9% 37.8% Lower
Homes rented 26.9% 28.0% Lower
Separate houses 85.1% 75.6% Higher
Flats and apartments 5.1% 10.5% Lower
Born overseas 33.3% 30.0% Higher

Source: ABS Census 2021. The VIC figure is the population-weighted average of the 520 VIC areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Altona Meadows is a locality in the Hobsons Bay area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Altona Meadows SA2.

18,783 residents - 16.4% are children under 15, median age 41.

This profile uses the ABS Altona Meadows statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburb of Altona Meadows, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $835,500, up 9.9% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $600 a week across the Hobsons Bay council area.

Median house price
$835,500
Q4 2025
House price, change in a year
+9.9%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$600
per week, Hobsons Bay council area

Source: Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025 · Homes Victoria (DFFH) Rental Report, Jun 2026 quarter

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
38% Owned outright 34% Mortgage 27% Rented
Families
44% Couple with children 35% Couple, no children 19% One parent
Types of home
85% House 10% Townhouse 5% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Altona Meadows, 30.7% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 14.6% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
14.6%

VIC avg 15.4%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 348 of 2,153 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
30.7%

VIC avg 30.9%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 582 of 1,721 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: VIC average (509 for mortgage and 508 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Altona Meadows · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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25 new homes were approved in Altona Meadows in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 151 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

25

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle VIC area: 44

82

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

68

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Altona Meadows statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 491Victoria areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.
About the rent figure

Homes Victoria does not publish a rent figure for this suburb on its own, so this is the median for the whole Hobsons Bay council area: 3-bedroom houses with a lease that started in the June 2026 quarter. Rents inside the council area can sit above or below it.

Source: Homes Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), Rental Report, from Residential Tenancies Bond Authority bond lodgements. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures are as published; we have not adjusted them.

Schools and childcare

3 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Altona Meadows Primary School. 12 childcare services are on the national register, 12 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Altona Meadows Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Altona Meadows.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 235
ICSEA 1000
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Altona Meadows (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
Laverton P-12 College Government · Prep-12 · 678 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 924 intake context

Median VCE study score (2025): 23 · 97% satisfactory VCE completions - one measure, not a ranking.

Pathways: VCE, VCE VM, VPC · 30 VCE/VM/VET studies (Units 3-4)

© Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority; reproduced with permission. For current versions and related content visit http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Altona Meadows (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Queen of Peace Primary School
Catholic 485 students
ICSEA 1064 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context, catchments and, for Victorian government secondary schools, the VCE figures the VCAA publishes. We don’t publish a school ranking.

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Schools in Altona Meadows

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All VIC schools →

Victorian Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement data source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

The VCAA is not associated with SuburbRadar and does not endorse any of the views or recommendations of SuburbRadar. The VCAA's assessment data for a given year cannot be used to predict results for schools or students in subsequent years. Each year's assessment results will vary due to different assessments being used and different populations of students participating in the assessment.

Childcare: 12 services

Exceeding NQS: 3Meeting NQS: 9

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees12 services
  • Hobsons Bay Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 65 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated May 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Cooraminta Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 55 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Jun 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Russell Court Kindergarten and Childrens' Centre Inc
    Centre-Based Care · 54 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Jun 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Altona Meadows Montessori Academy
    Centre-Based Care · 124 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Aug 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Busy Bees at Altona Meadows
    Centre-Based Care · 114 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Oct 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • TeamKids - Altona Green Primary
    Centre-Based Care · 100 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Sep 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Peach & Plum Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 96 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Feb 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Playmakers Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Aug 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Camp Australia - Altona Meadows Primary School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 64 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Jun 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • One Tree Altona Meadows Children's Service
    Centre-Based Care · 58 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Aug 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Queen of Peace OSHC, Altona Meadows
    Centre-Based Care · 49 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated Sep 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Altona Meadows Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Altona Meadows
    Rated May 2026
    Meeting NQS
Average subsidised fee - Hobsons Bay area
Centre-based day care
$14.94/hr
Outside school hours care
$12.43/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Hobsons Bay and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

More people born overseas than Victoria overall: 33.3% of residents, against 30.0% statewide.

Median age
41
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
16.4%
Below the VIC average
Born overseas
33.3%
Above the VIC average
Density
1,782
people per km²

Ages of people here

Altona Meadows VIC average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
−268 people
2011: 18,747 2021: 18,479
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+4 years
2011: 37 2021: 41
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−0.6 points
2011: 17.0% 2021: 16.4%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
−1.5 points
2011: 34.8% 2021: 33.3%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
−4.8 points
2011: 38.1% 2021: 33.3%
Hobsons Bay council area, official forecast
+15,450 people
2021: 92,270 2036: 107,720

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021; Victoria in Future 2023, Victorian Department of Transport and Planning forecast, published for the council area, not the suburb.

Census trends against the middle VIC areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Altona Meadows, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Altona Meadows has grown older, with fewer residents speaking another language at home.

People counted
−268 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+4 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−0.6 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
−1.5 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
−4.8 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the Victoria areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
How many people will live around hereofficial forecast
Hobsons Bay council area · official projection

How many people will live around here

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The rest of this page looks backwards. This is the one number that looks forward - and it is the state government's own, not ours. Victoria in Future 2023 (Vic. Dept of Transport and Planning) projects the Hobsons Bay council area, which contains Altona Meadows along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 107,720 people by 2036: 15,450 more people than the 92,270 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Altona Meadows. Hobsons Bay is a whole local government area covering many suburbs, and neither state publishes a projection for a single suburb. Growth is never spread evenly across a council - a greenfield estate and an established street inside the same council will move very differently - so read this as the direction of the wider area a suburb sits in, not as a forecast for its own streets. Only the years the publisher itself lists are plotted: nothing is filled in between them, and nothing is carried past 2036. A projection is an assumption about the future, not a measurement of it, and it will be revised - this one was released September 2023. These figures sit on the projection's own series, so they are not directly comparable with the ABS resident-population and Census counts elsewhere on this page, which use different geographies and different years.

Source: Victoria in Future 2023, Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, released September 2023 (source, CC BY 4.0). Published for the council area, not the suburb; figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Where this year's population change came from+0.30% in a year
Population
18,783
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.30%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+50
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+50
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+62
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-220
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+208

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force - more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Altona Meadows
+0.30%
VIC median
+0.90%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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10.4% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - fewer than the Victoria average of 12.2%, and 6% are under 5. The median age is 41.

0–4 years · before school
6%

VIC avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
10.4%

VIC avg 12.2%

15–19 years · teens
4.7%

VIC avg 5.6%

20–34 years
19.3%

VIC avg 21.3%

35–54 years
27.7%

VIC avg 26.8%

55–64 years
13.9%

VIC avg 11.5%

65 years and over
18%

VIC avg 16.8%

Share of all residents of Altona Meadows (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Victoria average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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63% of families here have children living at home - about the Victoria average of 61%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (3.5%), India (2.7%) and Vietnam (2.3%). 27% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
44%

VIC avg 45.2%

One-parent family
19.2%

VIC avg 15.3%

Couple, no children
34.9%

VIC avg 37.8%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
85.1%

VIC avg 75.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
9.7%

VIC avg 13.5%

Flat or apartment
5.1%

VIC avg 10.5%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
38%

VIC avg 32.5%

Owned with a mortgage
33.9%

VIC avg 37.8%

Rented
26.9%

VIC avg 28%

Figures describe Altona Meadows (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the Victoria average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Altona Meadows

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 87.4% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
3.5%

VIC avg 3%

India · established by 2016
2.7%

VIC avg 3.9%

Vietnam · established by 2016
2.3%

VIC avg 1%

Philippines · established by 2016
2.1%

VIC avg 0.6%

New Zealand · established by 2016
2%

VIC avg 1.2%

Co-located communities
Altona Meadows is home to established United Kingdom, India, Vietnam, Philippines and New Zealand communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Altona, Point Cook - North East and Point Cook - East also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 9.7% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (VIC avg 17.5%) and 63.2% arrived before 2001 (VIC avg 47.4%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 16.1% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (VIC avg 14.1%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Altona Meadows (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 4 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 4 of 10
Where this sits in VIC
bottom 40% of Victoria areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

The morning-peak train from Laverton Railway Station reaches the city in 29 minutes, and the nearest emergency department is Werribee Mercy Hospital, 7.7 km away in a straight line.

4
Supermarkets
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
GPs
Middle VIC area: 0
36
Parks
Middle VIC area: 22
9
Playgrounds
Middle VIC area: 10
None mapped
Train stations
Middle VIC area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle VIC area: 0

Mapped inside the Altona Meadows boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Timetable published

29 min from Laverton Railway Station

Median scheduled weekday morning-peak travel time to the central-city terminus, from the closest station to the middle of this area (2.2 km away in a straight line). Train leg only.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Werribee Mercy Hospital · 7.7 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
2
Places of worship
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
Community centres
Middle VIC area: 0
None mapped
Swimming pools
Middle VIC area: 0
2
Sport and fitness venues
Middle VIC area: 1
Out with a baby
1
Baby-change tables
None mapped
Baby-care rooms

Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.

About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Altona Meadows boundary. “Middle VIC area”: the median of 518 Victoria areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors · baby-facility counts from the National Public Toilet Map (Continence Foundation of Australia, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, CC BY 3.0 AU) · Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026

Crime & safety in Altona Meadows

Police recorded 809 incidents in Altona Meadows in the year ending June 2026, down 12% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2026
809
Change on the year before
-12%
924 in 2025
Recorded incidents, 2021
701
LGA rate, as published
6,289.7
per 100,000 people, Hobsons Bay council area

LGA rate, as published: 6,152 recorded incidents and 6,289.7 per 100,000 people across the whole Hobsons Bay council area, which is larger than Altona Meadows. The rate is the agency's own figure - we do not calculate rates. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, year ending June 2026, released September 2026.

Largest offence categories

Property and deception offences 497
Crimes against the person 125
Justice procedures offences 105
Public order and security offences 51
Drug offences 30
Is Altona Meadows safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 809 criminal incidents in Altona Meadows in the year ending June 2026 (Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026). Hobsons Bay council area, which includes Altona Meadows, had 6,289.7 recorded incidents per 100,000 people (LGA rate, as published: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, year ending June 2026, released September 2026). Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

How much crime is recorded in Altona Meadows?

809 incidents in the year ending June 2026, against 924 the year before. The largest offence categories were Property and deception offences (497), Crimes against the person (125), Justice procedures offences (105). These are raw counts as published, not adjusted for population. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026). Raw counts, not a rate, and not a judgement about the suburb. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026. More on crime & safety →

Crime Statistics Agency Victoria data, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

Risks

5 of the 7 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: flooding, bushfire, heritage controls, traffic noise and land contamination checks.

Flooding

In an official overlay

14.3% of the area

Bushfire

Designated Bushfire Prone Area

4.3% of the area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

19.3% of the area

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Princes Freeway

Land contamination checks

In an official overlay

0.4% of the area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Altona Meadows area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

In an official overlay

14.3% of the area

Part of this area sits inside a Victorian planning-scheme flood overlay - Land Subject to Inundation, Floodway, or Special Building (overland stormwater). Whether a specific address is affected depends on the property.

Bushfire

Designated Bushfire Prone Area

4.3% of the area

This area is inside Victoria’s designated Bushfire Prone Area, the statewide designation that makes bushfire construction standards - the BAL rating a builder works to - apply to a new home or extension. It is not the Bushfire Management Overlay, the narrower planning control, and no part of this area falls in that overlay. The designation is drawn broadly around vegetation, so read it as "check the property", not as a measure of how exposed the area is.

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

19.3% of the area

Part of this area sits inside the Victorian Heritage Overlay, so changes to buildings there - extensions, demolition, sometimes even paint colours - need planning approval. It applies property by property: most homes in an area with an overlay are not in it, and being in one is a protection as much as a restriction.

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Princes Freeway

1 named road through this area carries OpenStreetMap's highest classification - a freeway, motorway or major highway, whatever the road is called locally, alongside 4 named main roads. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment. Where a home sits relative to them matters far more than the count - a street two blocks back can be quiet.

Aircraft noise

Not in the overlay

No Victorian Airport Environs Overlay (including the Melbourne Airport one) intersects this area. The overlays cover land close to an airport under a mapped noise contour - aircraft still fly over areas outside them, including on flight paths.

Land contamination checks

In an official overlay

0.4% of the area

Part of this area sits inside the Victorian Environmental Audit Overlay - land where a past use such as a service station, dry cleaner, factory or landfill means an environmental audit must be completed before it can be used for housing, childcare or a school. It flags land that must be checked, not land found to be contaminated, and it applies parcel by parcel.

Acid sulfate soils

None mapped

Victoria's coastal acid sulfate soil mapping covers coastal and estuarine land only, and none is mapped in this area. These soils form in low-lying coastal sediments, so away from the coast and the estuaries there is nothing to map - read this as outside the mapped zone rather than as a soil test.

Recorded crime

Official counts published

809 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026, down 12% on the prior year. A count, not a rate - busier areas with more shops, stations and visitors record more incidents than quiet ones of the same size. Full breakdown ↑

Social housing

Census figure

2.2% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.2% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle VIC area is 1.0% public and 0.3% community, across 513 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

About this data

Every line is an official published record for the Altona Meadows area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them. Where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear. What each line covers and does not →

Source: Vicmap Planning, © The State of Victoria, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - CC BY 4.0 · Designated Bushfire Prone Area, © State of Victoria, Department of Transport and Planning - CC BY 4.0 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026 · ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

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