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Epping (Vic.) (West area)

Victoria · Whittlesea - Wallan, Melbourne - North East

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Children under 15 are 26.4% of residents, against 17.5% in the middle Victoria area (Census 2021). The median age is 32, lower than the middle Victoria area (39, Census 2021). A 3-bedroom house rents for $540 a week in the Mill Park-Epping rental area, against $625 in the middle Victoria area.

Epping (Vic.) (West area) has 3 schools (2 government, 1 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 30 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). The median house price is $760,000, +10.1% YoY (Valuer-General VIC Q4 2025). Population is 12,895 (ABS ERP June 2025); the AM-peak train journey to the CBD takes 42 min (Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026).

Epping (Vic.) (West area) at a glance

Median house price
$760,000
Up 10.1% in a year
Rent: $540 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
72/100
Strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
3
Area centre zoned to Harvest Home Primary School
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Childcare services
30
24 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
12,895
+0.3% in a year
Median age
32
26.4% are children under 15
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How the Family-Fit score is built72/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
72 /100
Strong for families

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

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
72/100

VIC median 75/100

3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1036

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

VIC median 100/100

30 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
100/100

VIC median 78/100

113 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 3 supermarkets · 17 playgrounds

Getting around · 15% of the score
60/100

VIC median 60/100

42 min to the CBD by train from Epping Railway Station

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
30/100

VIC median 46/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 20.1% of mortgage-holding households, 33.7% of renting households

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

VIC median 67/100

26.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 60.3% 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.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Epping (Vic.) - West 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 72/100 × 20% → 14.4 points
3 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1036
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
30 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
113 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 3 supermarkets · 17 playgrounds
Getting around 60/100 × 15% → 9 points
42 min to the CBD by train from Epping Railway Station
Housing affordability 30/100 × 15% → 4.5 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 20.1% of mortgage-holding households, 33.7% of renting households
Families already here 100/100 × 10% → 10 points
26.4% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 60.3% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 44/100 × 10% → 4.4 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 Harvest Home Primary School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 6% on the year before.
  • 113 parks mapped inside this SA2 (OpenStreetMap).
Good to know
  • About 34% 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 Epping (Vic.) - West: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Epping (Vic.) - West

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A mid-sized suburb particularly popular with young families. Strong India communities here (2021 Census). Many childcare options nearby - 30 NQS-rated services. About a 42-minute train to the CBD. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA · state transit data (GTFS)
Epping (Vic.) (West area) compared with Victoria10 measures
Epping (Vic.) - West compared with the VIC average
Measure Epping (Vic.) - West VIC average Against VIC
Children aged 0 to 4 8.3% 5.8% Higher
Children aged 5 to 14 18.1% 12.2% Higher
Couple families with children 60.3% 45.2% Higher
One-parent families 16.3% 15.3% Higher
Homes owned outright 17.0% 32.5% Lower
Homes owned with a mortgage 50.9% 37.8% Higher
Homes rented 31.2% 28.0% Higher
Separate houses 84.1% 75.6% Higher
Flats and apartments 1.4% 10.5% Lower
Born overseas 45.2% 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

Epping (Vic.) - West is a locality in the Whittlesea - Wallan area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Epping (Vic.) - West SA2.

12,895 residents - 26.4% are children under 15, median age 32, the largest overseas-born community is India (11.5%).

Why “Epping (Vic.) - West”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Epping into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburb of Epping, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $760,000, up 10.1% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $540 a week in the Mill Park-Epping rental area.

Median house price
$760,000
Q4 2025
House price, change in a year
+10.1%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$540
per week, Mill Park-Epping rental area

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

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
17% Owned outright 51% Mortgage 31% Rented
Families
60% Couple with children 22% Couple, no children 16% One parent
Types of home
84% House 15% Townhouse 1% 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 Epping (Vic.) - West, 33.7% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 20.1% 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
20.1%

VIC avg 15.4%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 371 of 1,664 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
33.7%

VIC avg 30.9%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 382 of 1,052 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
Epping (Vic.) - West · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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2 new homes were approved in Epping (Vic.) - West in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 265 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

2

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle VIC area: 44

212

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

53

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Epping (Vic.) - West 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 publishes rent for rental areas, not single suburbs. This is the median for the Mill Park-Epping rental area: 3-bedroom houses with a lease that started in the year ending June 2026.

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 Harvest Home Primary School. 30 childcare services are on the national register, 24 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Harvest Home Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Epping (Vic.) - West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 885
ICSEA 1043
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Zoned secondary school
Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 7-12 · 1,330 students · just outside the suburb boundary
ICSEA 999 intake context

Median VCE study score (2025): 26 · 98% 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 Epping (Vic.) - West (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Catholic Parish Primary School
Catholic 595 students
ICSEA 1060 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 Whittlesea council area →

To look beyond Epping (Vic.) - West, every Victoria school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

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Schools in Epping (Vic.) - West

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: 30 services

Exceeding NQS: 3Meeting NQS: 21Working Towards NQS: 3Not yet rated: 3

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 fees30 services
  • Wallaby Childcare Epping
    Centre-Based Care · 159 places · Epping
    Rated Dec 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Epping Views Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 69 places · Epping
    Rated Jun 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Greenbrook Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Epping
    Rated May 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten Wollert
    Centre-Based Care · 140 places · Epping
    Rated Jul 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Story House Early Learning Epping
    Centre-Based Care · 130 places · Epping
    Rated Feb 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Epping
    Centre-Based Care · 122 places · Epping
    Rated Feb 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • First Grammar Epping
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Epping
    Rated May 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Rose Garden Epping Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Epping
    Rated Oct 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Goodstart Early Learning Epping - High Street
    Centre-Based Care · 110 places · Epping
    Rated Sep 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Epping North YMCA Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 104 places · Epping
    Rated Nov 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Great Beginnings Epping
    Centre-Based Care · 97 places · Epping
    Rated Jan 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Epping Views Primary School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 80 places · Epping
    Rated Feb 2026
    Meeting NQS

+ 18 more services in this area.

Average subsidised fee - Whittlesea - Wallan area
Centre-based day care
$13.89/hr
Outside school hours care
$11.48/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 Whittlesea - Wallan 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: 45.2% of residents, against 30.0% statewide.

Median age
32
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
26.4%
Above the VIC average
Born overseas
45.2%
Above the VIC average
Density
1,753
people per km²

Ages of people here

Epping (Vic.) - West 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
+6,038 people
2011: 6,105 2021: 12,143
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+3 years
2011: 29 2021: 32
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
+1.5 points
2011: 24.9% 2021: 26.4%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+2.9 points
2011: 42.3% 2021: 45.2%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+2.7 points
2011: 59.5% 2021: 62.2%
Whittlesea council area, official forecast
+103,570 people
2021: 231,800 2036: 335,370

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 Epping (Vic.) - West, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Epping (Vic.) - West has grown older, with more residents born overseas and more residents speaking another language at home.

People counted
+6,038 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+3 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
+1.5 pts since 2011

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

Born overseas
+2.9 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+2.7 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
Whittlesea 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 Whittlesea council area, which contains Epping (Vic.) - West along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 335,370 people by 2036: 103,570 more people than the 231,800 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Epping (Vic.) - West. Whittlesea 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
12,895
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+0.30%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+43
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+43
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+156
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-316
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+203

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

Growth vs benchmarks
Epping (Vic.) - West
+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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18.1% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - more than the Victoria average of 12.2%, and 8.3% are under 5. The median age is 32.

0–4 years · before school
8.3%

VIC avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
18.1%

VIC avg 12.2%

15–19 years · teens
5.5%

VIC avg 5.6%

20–34 years
22.4%

VIC avg 21.3%

35–54 years
31.8%

VIC avg 26.8%

55–64 years
7.7%

VIC avg 11.5%

65 years and over
6.2%

VIC avg 16.8%

Share of all residents of Epping (Vic.) - West (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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77% of families here have children living at home - more than the Victoria average of 61%. The largest overseas-born communities are India (11.5%), Sri Lanka (3%) and Iraq (2.8%). 31% 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
60.3%

VIC avg 45.2%

One-parent family
16.3%

VIC avg 15.3%

Couple, no children
22%

VIC avg 37.8%

What people live in

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

Separate house
84.1%

VIC avg 75.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
14.5%

VIC avg 13.5%

Flat or apartment
1.4%

VIC avg 10.5%

Owned or rented

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

Owned outright
17%

VIC avg 32.5%

Owned with a mortgage
50.9%

VIC avg 37.8%

Rented
31.2%

VIC avg 28%

Figures describe Epping (Vic.) - West (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 Epping (Vic.) - West

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 78% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

India · established by 2016
11.5%

VIC avg 3.9%

Sri Lanka · established by 2016
3%

VIC avg 0.7%

Iraq · established by 2016
2.8%

VIC avg 0.3%

North Macedonia
2.8%

VIC avg 0.1%

Philippines · established by 2016
1.9%

VIC avg 0.6%

Co-located communities
Epping (Vic.) - West is home to established India, Sri Lanka, Iraq and North Macedonia communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Wollert, Epping - East and Epping - South also have an established India community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 18% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (VIC avg 17.5%) and 30.2% 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, 11.6% 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 Epping (Vic.) - West (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)

Community guides that include Epping (Vic.) - West: Iraqi community in Melbourne

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

The morning-peak train from Epping Railway Station reaches the city in 42 minutes, and the nearest emergency department is The Northern Hospital, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

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Supermarkets
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
GPs
Middle VIC area: 0
113
Parks
Middle VIC area: 22
17
Playgrounds
Middle VIC area: 10
None mapped
Train stations
Middle VIC area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle VIC area: 0

Mapped inside the Epping (Vic.) - West 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

42 min from Epping Railway Station

Median scheduled weekday morning-peak travel time to the central-city terminus, from the closest station to the middle of this area (2.9 km away in a straight line). Train leg only.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

The Northern Hospital · 2.4 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
None mapped
Sport and fitness venues
Middle VIC area: 1
Out with a baby
5
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 Epping (Vic.) - West 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 Epping (Vic.) - West

Police recorded 3,201 incidents in Epping (Vic.) - West in the year ending June 2026, down 6% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2026
3,201
Change on the year before
-6%
3,403 in 2025
Recorded incidents, 2021
2,556
LGA rate, as published
4,935.7
per 100,000 people, Whittlesea council area

LGA rate, as published: 13,286 recorded incidents and 4,935.7 per 100,000 people across the whole Whittlesea council area, which is larger than Epping (Vic.) - West. 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 2,218
Crimes against the person 470
Justice procedures offences 325
Drug offences 100
Public order and security offences 83
Is Epping (Vic.) - West safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 3,201 criminal incidents in Epping (Vic.) - West in the year ending June 2026 (Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, released September 2026). Whittlesea council area, which includes Epping (Vic.) - West, had 4,935.7 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 Epping (Vic.) - West?

3,201 incidents in the year ending June 2026, against 3,403 the year before. The largest offence categories were Property and deception offences (2,218), Crimes against the person (470), Justice procedures offences (325). 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: flooding, bushfire, heritage controls and traffic noise.

Flooding

In an official overlay

0.7% of the area

Bushfire

Designated Bushfire Prone Area

19.0% of the area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

1.1% of the area

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Hume Freeway

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

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Flooding

In an official overlay

0.7% 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

19.0% 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

1.1% 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

Hume 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 5 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

Not in the overlay

No part of this area sits inside the Victorian Environmental Audit Overlay. The overlay records past land uses councils know about - it is not a test result, so absence means nothing has been flagged here, not that the ground has been cleared.

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

3,201 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026, down 6% 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

0.7% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.5% 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 Epping (Vic.) - West 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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