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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Glen Huntly is an outer-metropolitan suburb of Melbourne, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,905, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 11 km from the Melbourne CBD, Glen Huntly is a outer metro area in Victoria. The median household income is $97,604 per year.
Strong household incomes in Glen Huntly underpin solid property demand. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Glen Huntly. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Glen Huntly on My School →Estimated 2 parks and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Glen Huntly is a smaller community of 4,905 — about 66% of the Victoria suburb median (7,416) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $97,604/year, household income in Glen Huntly is within 3% of the Victoria median ($95,160), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Rent of $391/week (85% coverage of the $2,000/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $306/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. 11 km from Melbourne places Glen Huntly in the middle commuter belt, close enough for daily trips by car or rail but at a materially lower price point than inner suburbs. Only 13% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 78% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
Outer-metro suburbs reward careful property selection — aim for homes near infrastructure rather than generic house-and-land packages. Local rents consume roughly 21% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Glen Huntly stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Glen Huntly sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Glen Huntly | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,905 | 7,416 | -34% |
| Median household income | $97,604/yr | $95,160/yr | +3% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $391 | $380 | +3% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,000 | $1,950 | +3% |
| Distance to CBD | 11 km | 32 km | -66% |
| Separate houses | 13% | 78% | -65pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Glen Huntly — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Glen Huntly's 4,905-person market and $97,604 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Strong rental coverage: $391/week (~$1,694/month) covers 85% of the $2,000/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $306/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
Only 13% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 78% VIC median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Glen Huntly are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the VIC median of $95,160 and a population of 4,905 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~85% of the typical mortgage ($1,694/month rent vs $2,000/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 66/100 places Glen Huntly in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Glen Huntly scores 66/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 4,905, median household income of $97,604/year and median weekly rent of $391. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Glen Huntly are proximity to Melbourne (11 km), an above-state-median household income of $97,604/year, a dwelling mix that is 13% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 2 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Glen Huntly has a usual resident population of approximately 4,905, compared with a Victoria suburb median of 7,416 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Glen Huntly sits 11 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is comfortable commuter territory, with reasonable rail and road access to the city.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $391 in Glen Huntly, equating to approximately $20,332/year in gross rental income (state median $380/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Glen Huntly is $2,000, or approximately $24,000/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $391 works out to $1,694/month, covering 85% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,000/month. That leaves a $306/month shortfall (around $3,672/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (4,905 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,000 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (13% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Victoria market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.