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Highett (East) (Cheltenham area)

Victoria · Kingston, Melbourne - Inner South

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The median house price in Highett (East) (Cheltenham area) is $1.39M, about 64% above the middle Victoria area ($842k). A 3-bedroom house rents for $750 a week in the Cheltenham rental area, against $625 in the middle Victoria area.

Highett (East) (Cheltenham area) has 5 schools (4 government, 1 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 21 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 26,320 (ABS ERP June 2025); the AM-peak train journey to the CBD takes 48 min (Transport Victoria (PTV) incl. V/Line, static GTFS, timetable from 22 Oct 2026).

Highett (East) (Cheltenham area) at a glance

Median house price
$1,385,000
Up 6.0% in a year
Rent: $750 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
76/100
Strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
5
Area centre zoned to Le Page Primary School
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Childcare services
21
21 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
26,320
+2.0% in a year
Median age
40
17.1% 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 built76/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
76 /100
Strong for families

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

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
97/100

VIC median 75/100

5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1083

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

VIC median 100/100

21 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
94/100

VIC median 78/100

26 parks · 3 GPs · 6 supermarkets · 17 playgrounds

Getting around · 15% of the score
49/100

VIC median 60/100

48 min to the CBD by train from Cheltenham Railway Station

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
42/100

VIC median 46/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 15.4% of mortgage-holding households, 31.8% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
66/100

VIC median 67/100

17.1% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 45.4% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
78/100

VIC median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 8 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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 97/100 × 20% → 19.3 points
5 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1083
Childcare & early years 100/100 × 15% → 15 points
21 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 94/100 × 15% → 14.1 points
26 parks · 3 GPs · 6 supermarkets · 17 playgrounds
Getting around 49/100 × 15% → 7.4 points
48 min to the CBD by train from Cheltenham Railway Station
Housing affordability 42/100 × 15% → 6.3 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 15.4% of mortgage-holding households, 31.8% of renting households
Families already here 66/100 × 10% → 6.6 points
17.1% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 45.4% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 78/100 × 10% → 7.8 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 8 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 Le Page Primary School (government, no fees).
  • Recorded incidents are down 19% on the year before.
  • Ranks in the top 30% for socio-economic advantage in VIC (ABS SEIFA - not a safety or school-quality measure).
Good to know
  • About 32% 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Highett (East) - Cheltenham

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A large suburb. Many childcare options nearby - 21 NQS-rated services. About a 48-minute train to the CBD.

Source: ABS population estimates · ACARA · ACECQA · state transit data (GTFS)
Highett (East) (Cheltenham area) compared with Victoria10 measures
Highett (East) - Cheltenham compared with the VIC average
Measure Highett (East) - Cheltenham VIC average Against VIC
Children aged 0 to 4 5.8% 5.8% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 11.3% 12.2% About the same
Couple families with children 45.4% 45.2% About the same
One-parent families 15.7% 15.3% About the same
Homes owned outright 33.3% 32.5% About the same
Homes owned with a mortgage 37.3% 37.8% About the same
Homes rented 27.8% 28.0% About the same
Separate houses 54.2% 75.6% Lower
Flats and apartments 20.4% 10.5% Higher
Born overseas 31.6% 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

Highett (East) - Cheltenham is a locality in the Kingston area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Highett (East) - Cheltenham SA2.

26,320 residents - 17.1% are children under 15, median age 40.

Why “Highett (East) - Cheltenham”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Highett 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 Cheltenham, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $1,385,000, up 6.0% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $750 a week in the Cheltenham rental area.

Median house price
$1,385,000
Q4 2025
House price, change in a year
+6.0%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$750
per week, Cheltenham rental area

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

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
33% Owned outright 37% Mortgage 28% Rented
Families
45% Couple with children 37% Couple, no children 16% One parent
Types of home
54% House 25% Townhouse 20% 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham, 31.8% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 15.4% 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
15.4%

VIC avg 15.4%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 555 of 3,298 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
31.8%

VIC avg 30.9%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 855 of 2,500 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
Highett (East) - Cheltenham · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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67 new homes were approved in Highett (East) - Cheltenham in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 1,166 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

67

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle VIC area: 44

185

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

979

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham 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

5 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Le Page Primary School. 21 childcare services are on the national register, 21 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Le Page Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highett (East) - Cheltenham.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 215
ICSEA 1080
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Zoned secondary school
Cheltenham Secondary College Government · 7-12 · 759 students
ICSEA 1054 intake context

Median VCE study score (2025): 28 · 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Our Lady of the Assumption School
Catholic 257 students
ICSEA 1107 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 Kingston council area →

To look beyond Highett (East) - Cheltenham, every Victoria school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

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Schools in Highett (East) - Cheltenham

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: 21 services

Exceeding NQS: 8Meeting NQS: 13

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 fees21 services
  • BiraBira Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 119 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Jan 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Glen Education North Cheltenham Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 66 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Dec 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Evesham Road Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Sep 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Exceeding NQS
  • Tulip Street Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Aug 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Olympic Avenue Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 52 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Oct 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Friendship Square Child Care & Kindergarten Co-op
    Centre-Based Care · 47 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Jul 2026
    Exceeding NQS
  • Tulip Street Private Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 23 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Sep 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • City of Kingston Family Day Care
    Family Day Care · Cheltenham
    Rated Oct 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Elles Belles Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 124 places · Cheltenham
    Rated May 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • The Fern Cheltenham
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Oct 2025
    Meeting NQS
  • Creative Garden Early Learning Cheltenham
    Centre-Based Care · 118 places · Cheltenham
    Rated Dec 2023
    Meeting NQS
  • Story House Early Learning Cheltenham
    Centre-Based Care · 108 places · Cheltenham
    Rated May 2024
    Meeting NQS

+ 9 more services in this area.

Average subsidised fee - Kingston area
Centre-based day care
$15.12/hr
Outside school hours care
$11.55/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 Kingston 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 aged 65 or over than Victoria overall: 19.1% of residents, against 16.8% statewide.

Median age
40
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
17.1%
About the VIC average
Born overseas
31.6%
Above the VIC average
Density
3,012
people per km²

Ages of people here

Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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
+3,718 people
2011: 20,367 2021: 24,085
Median age, 2011 to 2021
No change
2011: 40 2021: 40
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
+0.1 points
2011: 17.0% 2021: 17.1%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+3.9 points
2011: 27.7% 2021: 31.6%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+3.6 points
2011: 23.2% 2021: 26.8%
Kingston council area, official forecast
+24,020 people
2021: 159,560 2036: 183,580

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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Highett (East) - Cheltenham has seen more residents born overseas and more residents speaking another language at home.

People counted
+3,718 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
no change since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
+0.1 pts since 2011

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

Born overseas
+3.9 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+3.6 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
Kingston 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 Kingston council area, which contains Highett (East) - Cheltenham along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 183,580 people by 2036: 24,020 more people than the 159,560 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Highett (East) - Cheltenham. Kingston 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+2.00% in a year
Population
26,320
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+2.00%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+521
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+521
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+104
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
+85
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+332

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

Growth vs benchmarks
Highett (East) - Cheltenham
+2.00%
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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11.3% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the Victoria average of 12.2%, and 5.8% are under 5. The median age is 40.

0–4 years · before school
5.8%

VIC avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
11.3%

VIC avg 12.2%

15–19 years · teens
4.8%

VIC avg 5.6%

20–34 years
18.7%

VIC avg 21.3%

35–54 years
29.3%

VIC avg 26.8%

55–64 years
11%

VIC avg 11.5%

65 years and over
19.1%

VIC avg 16.8%

Share of all residents of Highett (East) - Cheltenham (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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61% of families here have children living at home - about the Victoria average of 61%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (4.7%), China (3.4%) and India (3%). 28% 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
45.4%

VIC avg 45.2%

One-parent family
15.7%

VIC avg 15.3%

Couple, no children
37.1%

VIC avg 37.8%

What people live in

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

Separate house
54.2%

VIC avg 75.6%

Semi-detached / townhouse
25%

VIC avg 13.5%

Flat or apartment
20.4%

VIC avg 10.5%

Owned or rented

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

Owned outright
33.3%

VIC avg 32.5%

Owned with a mortgage
37.3%

VIC avg 37.8%

Rented
27.8%

VIC avg 28%

Figures describe Highett (East) - Cheltenham (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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 85.3% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
4.7%

VIC avg 3%

China · established by 2016
3.4%

VIC avg 2.3%

India · established by 2016
3%

VIC avg 3.9%

Greece · established by 2016
2%

VIC avg 0.4%

New Zealand · established by 2016
1.6%

VIC avg 1.2%

Co-located communities
Highett (East) - Cheltenham is home to established United Kingdom, China, India and Greece communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
Nearby
Moorabbin - Heatherton, Highett (West) - Cheltenham and Mentone also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 13.9% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (VIC avg 17.5%) and 47.7% 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, 14.1% 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham (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 8 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 8 of 10
Where this sits in VIC
top 30% 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 Cheltenham Railway Station reaches the city in 48 minutes, and the nearest emergency department is Holmesglen Private Hospital, 3.1 km away in a straight line.

6
Supermarkets
Middle VIC area: 1
3
GPs
Middle VIC area: 0
26
Parks
Middle VIC area: 22
17
Playgrounds
Middle VIC area: 10
1
Train stations
Middle VIC area: 0
2
Libraries
Middle VIC area: 0

Mapped inside the Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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

48 min from Cheltenham Railway Station

Median scheduled weekday morning-peak travel time to the central-city terminus, from the closest station to the middle of this area (1.2 km away in a straight line). Train leg only.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Holmesglen Private Hospital · 3.1 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
1
Places of worship
Middle VIC area: 1
None mapped
Community centres
Middle VIC area: 0
1
Swimming pools
Middle VIC area: 0
5
Sport and fitness venues
Middle VIC area: 1
Out with a baby
4
Baby-change tables
1
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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham

Police recorded 758 incidents in Highett (East) - Cheltenham in the year ending June 2026, down 19% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2026
758
Change on the year before
-19%
941 in 2025
Recorded incidents, 2021
667

Largest offence categories

Property and deception offences 439
Justice procedures offences 186
Crimes against the person 75
Public order and security offences 29
Drug offences 28
Is Highett (East) - Cheltenham safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 758 criminal incidents in Highett (East) - Cheltenham in the year ending June 2026 (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.

How much crime is recorded in Highett (East) - Cheltenham?

758 incidents in the year ending June 2026, against 941 the year before. The largest offence categories were Property and deception offences (439), Justice procedures offences (186), Crimes against the person (75). 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, heritage controls, traffic noise, aircraft noise and land contamination checks.

Flooding

In an official overlay

8.1% of the area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

1.1% of the area

Traffic noise

Freeway or highway present

Nepean Highway · Warrigal Road · Nepean Hwy Service Road

Aircraft noise

In an official overlay

2.2% of the area

Land contamination checks

In an official overlay

1.7% of the area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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

8.1% 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

Not designated

Neither the Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay nor the state’s wider designated Bushfire Prone Area covers any part of this area. Both are reviewed and can change, so check the current maps before building.

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

Nepean Highway · Warrigal Road · Nepean Hwy Service Road

3 named roads through this area carry OpenStreetMap's highest classification - a freeway, motorway or major highway, whatever the road is called locally, alongside 9 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

In an official overlay

2.2% of the area

Part of this area sits inside a Victorian Airport Environs Overlay - land where forecast aircraft noise around an airport adds building and subdivision requirements. It marks where the planning scheme applies those controls, not how loud a specific home is.

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

758 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Years ending June; latest = year ending June 2026, down 19% 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

1.2% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.6% 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham 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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