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Clifton Springs

Victoria · Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula, Geelong

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

The median age is 45, higher than the middle Victoria area (39, Census 2021).

Clifton Springs has 5 schools (3 government, 2 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 12 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). The median house price is $710,000, +8.8% YoY (Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025). Population is 17,912 (ABS ERP June 2025).

Clifton Springs at a glance

Median house price
$710,000
Up 8.8% in a year
Rent: $520 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
69/100
Strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
5
Area centre zoned to Drysdale Primary School
See the schools
Childcare services
12
11 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
17,912
+1.2% in a year
Median age
45
17.5% are children under 15
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How the Family-Fit score is built69/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
69 /100
Strong for families

Strong for families - strongest on childcare & early years, weakest on housing affordability.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
82/100

VIC median 75/100

5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1008

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

VIC median 100/100

12 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
78/100

VIC median 78/100

17 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 1 supermarket · 18 playgrounds

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
41/100

VIC median 46/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 12.6% of mortgage-holding households, 39.1% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
54/100

VIC median 67/100

17.5% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 37.1% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
44/100

VIC median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 5 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.

Not scored here (no published data for this area, so it is left out rather than counted as zero): Getting around. The remaining inputs were rescaled to 100.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Clifton Springs 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 82/100 × 20% → 19.2 points
5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1008
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 17.6 points
12 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 78/100 × 15% → 13.7 points
17 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 1 supermarket · 18 playgrounds
Getting around no data here - not counted
No train-time data for VIC yet, and no station mapped inside this SA2 - not counted either way
Housing affordability 41/100 × 15% → 7.3 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 12.6% of mortgage-holding households, 39.1% of renting households
Families already here 54/100 × 10% → 6.3 points
17.5% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 37.1% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 44/100 × 10% → 5.2 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 5 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 Drysdale Primary School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 8% on the year before.
  • 17 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
Good to know
  • About 39% 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 Clifton Springs: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Clifton Springs

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A mid-sized suburb. Strong United Kingdom communities here (2021 Census). Many childcare options nearby - 12 NQS-rated services. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA
Clifton Springs compared with Victoria10 measures
Clifton Springs compared with the VIC average
Measure Clifton Springs VIC average Against VIC
Children aged 0 to 4 5.3% 5.8% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 12.2% 12.2% About the same
Couple families with children 37.1% 45.2% Lower
One-parent families 15.3% 15.3% About the same
Homes owned outright 40.9% 32.5% Higher
Homes owned with a mortgage 37.0% 37.8% About the same
Homes rented 20.3% 28.0% Lower
Separate houses 95.5% 75.6% Higher
Flats and apartments 0.4% 10.5% Lower
Born overseas 15.2% 30.0% Lower

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

Clifton Springs is a locality in the Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Clifton Springs SA2.

17,912 residents - 17.5% are children under 15, median age 45, the largest overseas-born community is United Kingdom (6.6%).

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

Property market

The median house price is $710,000, up 8.8% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $520 a week across the Greater Geelong council area.

Median house price
$710,000
Q4 2025
House price, change in a year
+8.8%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$520
per week, Greater Geelong council area

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

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
41% Owned outright 37% Mortgage 20% Rented
Families
37% Couple with children 47% Couple, no children 15% One parent
Types of home
96% House 4% Townhouse 0% 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 Clifton Springs, 39.1% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 12.6% 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
12.6%

VIC avg 15.4%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 305 of 2,165 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
39.1%

VIC avg 30.9%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 522 of 1,239 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
Clifton Springs · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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44 new homes were approved in Clifton Springs in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 986 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

44

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle VIC area: 44

954

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

32

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Clifton Springs 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 Greater Geelong 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

5 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Drysdale Primary School. 12 childcare services are on the national register, 11 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Drysdale Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Clifton Springs.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 388
ICSEA 1016
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Zoned secondary school
Bellarine Secondary College Government · 7-12 · 1,147 students
ICSEA 1006 intake context

Median VCE study score (2025): 26 · 97% satisfactory VCE completions - one measure, not a ranking.

Pathways: VCE, VCE VM, VPC · 50 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 Clifton Springs (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Saint Ignatius College Geelong
Catholic 1,442 students
ICSEA 1075 intake context
St Thomas Primary School
Catholic 428 students
ICSEA 1051 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.

All school zones in the Greater Geelong council area →

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Schools in Clifton Springs

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: 2Meeting NQS: 9Not yet rated: 1

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
  • Beacon Point Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 34 places · Clifton Springs
    Rated Jul 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Clifton Springs Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 33 places · Clifton Springs
    Rated Sep 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Happy Feet Drysdale
    Centre-Based Care · 126 places · Drysdale
    Rated Jun 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Bella wiyn Birralee Family Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 124 places · Drysdale
    Rated Jul 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Great Beginnings Curlewis
    Centre-Based Care · 93 places · Curlewis
    Rated Aug 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Drysdale PS TheirCare
    Centre-Based Care · 80 places · Drysdale
    Rated Mar 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Drysdale
    Centre-Based Care · 78 places · Drysdale
    Rated Oct 2026
    Meeting NQS
  • Drysdale Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 66 places · Drysdale
    Rated Jun 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • All-Star Kids - Christian College Geelong - Bellarine Campus OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 49 places · Drysdale
    Rated Oct 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Kelly Club OSHC St Thomas Primary School
    Centre-Based Care · 45 places · Drysdale
    Rated Oct 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Camp Australia - Clifton Springs Primary School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 44 places · Clifton Springs
    Rated Oct 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Thrive Early Leaning Centre Drysdale
    Centre-Based Care · 130 places · Drysdale
    Not yet rated
Average subsidised fee - Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula area
Centre-based day care
$14.53/hr
Outside school hours care
$11.67/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 Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula 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

Fewer people born overseas than Victoria overall: 15.2% of residents, against 30.0% statewide.

Median age
45
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
17.5%
About the VIC average
Born overseas
15.2%
Below the VIC average
Density
275
people per km²

Ages of people here

Clifton Springs 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
+5,103 people
2011: 11,694 2021: 16,797
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+1 year
2011: 44 2021: 45
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
−0.7 points
2011: 18.2% 2021: 17.5%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+1.5 points
2011: 13.7% 2021: 15.2%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+1.4 points
2011: 3.5% 2021: 4.9%
Greater Geelong council area, official forecast
+96,900 people
2021: 270,770 2036: 367,670

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 Clifton Springs, counted on today's boundaries.

People counted
+5,103 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+1 year since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
−0.7 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
+1.4 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
Greater Geelong 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 Greater Geelong council area, which contains Clifton Springs along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 367,670 people by 2036: 96,900 more people than the 270,770 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Clifton Springs. Greater Geelong 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+1.20% in a year
Population
17,912
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+1.20%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+217
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+217
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+34
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
+151
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+32

Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.

Growth vs benchmarks
Clifton Springs
+1.20%
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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12.2% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the Victoria average of 12.2%, and 5.3% are under 5. The median age is 45.

0–4 years · before school
5.3%

VIC avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
12.2%

VIC avg 12.2%

15–19 years · teens
5.4%

VIC avg 5.6%

20–34 years
14.9%

VIC avg 21.3%

35–54 years
23.3%

VIC avg 26.8%

55–64 years
13.8%

VIC avg 11.5%

65 years and over
25.2%

VIC avg 16.8%

Share of all residents of Clifton Springs (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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52% of families here have children living at home - fewer than the Victoria average of 61%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (6.6%), New Zealand (1.3%) and Germany (0.6%). 20% 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
37.1%

VIC avg 45.2%

One-parent family
15.3%

VIC avg 15.3%

Couple, no children
46.5%

VIC avg 37.8%

What people live in

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

Separate house
95.5%

VIC avg 75.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
3.9%

VIC avg 13.5%

Flat or apartment
0.4%

VIC avg 10.5%

Owned or rented

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

Owned outright
40.9%

VIC avg 32.5%

Owned with a mortgage
37%

VIC avg 37.8%

Rented
20.3%

VIC avg 28%

Figures describe Clifton Springs (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 Clifton Springs

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 90.4% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
6.6%

VIC avg 3%

New Zealand · established by 2016
1.3%

VIC avg 1.2%

Germany · established by 2016
0.6%

VIC avg 0.1%

Netherlands · established by 2016
0.6%

VIC avg 0.1%

Philippines · growing since 2016
0.5%

VIC avg 0.6%

Nearby
Leopold, Ocean Grove and Portarlington also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 8.6% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (VIC avg 17.5%) and 66.2% 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, 9.8% 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 Clifton Springs (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 5 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 5 of 10
Where this sits in VIC
bottom 50% 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

1 supermarket and 17 parks are mapped in the area, and the nearest emergency department is Barwon Health - University Hospital Geelong, 18.7 km away in a straight line.

1
Supermarkets
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
GPs
Middle VIC area: 0
17
Parks
Middle VIC area: 22
18
Playgrounds
Middle VIC area: 10
None mapped
Train stations
Middle VIC area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle VIC area: 0

Mapped inside the Clifton Springs 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

Not published

No station within reach of the middle of this area appears in the Victoria timetable feed, so we show no train travel time. Buses are not covered anywhere on this site.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Barwon Health - University Hospital Geelong · 18.7 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
None mapped
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
2
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 Clifton Springs 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)

Crime & safety in Clifton Springs

Police recorded 138 incidents in Clifton Springs in the year ending June 2026, down 8% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2026
138
Change on the year before
-8%
150 in 2025
Recorded incidents, 2021
99
LGA rate, as published
6,276.5
per 100,000 people, Greater Geelong council area

LGA rate, as published: 18,893 recorded incidents and 6,276.5 per 100,000 people across the whole Greater Geelong council area, which is larger than Clifton Springs. 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 58
Crimes against the person 40
Justice procedures offences 28
Public order and security offences 9
Drug offences 3
Is Clifton Springs safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 138 criminal incidents in Clifton Springs in the year ending June 2026 (Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026). Greater Geelong council area, which includes Clifton Springs, had 6,276.5 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 Clifton Springs?

138 incidents in the year ending June 2026, against 150 the year before. The largest offence categories were Property and deception offences (58), Crimes against the person (40), Justice procedures offences (28). 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

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

Bushfire

In an official overlay

0.9% of the area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

1.3% of the area

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Drysdale Bypass · Portarlington Road · Murradoc Road · +7 more

Land contamination checks

In an official overlay

1.7% of the area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Clifton Springs 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

Not in the overlay

No Victorian planning-scheme flood overlay (inundation, floodway or overland stormwater) intersects this area. Overlays map known planning constraints, not every place water can go.

Bushfire

In an official overlay

0.9% of the area

Part of this area sits inside the Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay, which triggers extra planning requirements on affected land. The area is also inside the state’s designated Bushfire Prone Area - a separate and much wider designation that makes bushfire construction standards apply to a new home or extension.

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

1.3% 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

Main roads only

Drysdale Bypass · Portarlington Road · Murradoc Road · +7 more

No freeway or highway is mapped inside this area. 10 named main roads (arterial or connector) run through it. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment.

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

1.7% 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

138 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026, down 8% 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

0.2% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.1% 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 Clifton Springs 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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Clifton Springs · 3 gazetted suburbs

The suburbs in this area

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Everything else on this page is published for Clifton Springs as a whole - one ABS statistical area covering 3 separate gazetted suburbs. These are the figures published for each of those suburbs on its own.

Gazetted suburbs inside Clifton Springs, with each suburb's own published figures.
Suburb Residents
Census 2021
Schools Median
house price
Clifton Springs 7,646 1 $710k
Drysdale 4,976 1 $697k
Curlewis 4,175 3 $728k

Each row is that suburb's own published figure - nothing here is the wider area's number divided up. Resident counts are the Census 2021 usual-resident count for the gazetted suburb, so they will not add up to the population at the top of this page, which is the ABS's later June 2025 estimate for the whole statistical area: a different measure on a different date. Schools are ACARA-registered schools whose published address falls inside the suburb boundary, which is not the same as the school your address is zoned to. Median house prices are the Valuer-General's figure for the suburb itself, over its most recent reporting period; a suburb with too few sales to publish shows a dash. Every other figure on this page - crime & safety, overlays, commute, amenities, projections, the Family-Fit score - is published for the whole statistical area and cannot be separated by suburb.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile for Suburbs and Localities; ABS ASGS Edition 3 suburb boundaries; ACARA School Location 2025; Valuer-General Victoria median house prices.

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