Suburb Overview
Glen Park is a regional centre in Victoria, Australia, with a population of approximately 110, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 98 km from the Melbourne CBD, Glen Park is a regional area in Victoria. The median household income is $95,316 per year.
Location
Key Indicators
Postcode
3352
Postcode for Glen Park, from a community postcode dataset cross-checked against Australia Post. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
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Population
110
Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Median weekly rent
N/A
A current median rent has not been published for this suburb.
Median household income
$95,316
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Distance to CBD
98 km
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Housing
Median monthly mortgage
$1,818/mo
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Home type
82% houses
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Investment Insight
Glen Park is a smaller community of 110 — about 1% of the Victoria suburb median (7,416) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $95,316/year, household income in Glen Park is within 0% of the Victoria median ($95,160), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Glen Park is 98 km from Melbourne, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
Glen Park vs Victoria Median
How Glen Park stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Glen Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Glen Park | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 110 | 7,416 | -99% |
| Median household income | $95,316/yr | $95,160/yr | 0% |
| Median mortgage (monthly, 2021 Census) | $1,818 | $1,950 | -7% |
| Distance to CBD | 98 km | 32 km | +206% |
| Separate houses | 82% | 78% | +4pp |
Investor Checklist
Pre-inspection briefing for Glen Park — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
- Market depth: 110 residents — 1% of the VIC suburb median (7,416).
- Purchasing power: median household income $95,316/year (+0% vs Victoria suburb median of $95,160).
- Gross rental income: verify via realestate.com.au — median rent data was not captured for this suburb.
- CBD access: 98 km straight-line from Melbourne (state suburb median 32 km).
- Dwelling mix: 82% separate houses — house-dominant market (vs 78% state median).
- Rate stress-test: budget ~$182/month extra for a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise on top of the $1,818/month median repayment.
- Tenant rent burden: rent-to-income data not available — verify against state rental tribunal dashboards.
Investment Strategy
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 110 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Glen Park. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
With 82% houses in a 110-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Risk Factors
- Interest-rate sensitivity: the $1,818/month median mortgage in Glen Park means a 1-percentage-point RBA rate rise could add roughly $182/month to repayments, reducing buyer borrowing capacity and cooling prices.
- Liquidity risk: with 110 residents, Glen Park has a thinner pool of buyers and tenants than larger suburbs. Expect longer days-on-market on resale and budget for potential vacancy gaps between tenancies.
- Commute distance: at 98 km from the nearest CBD, Glen Park depends on local employment rather than city-driven commuter demand, which amplifies the market's sensitivity to regional industry slowdowns.
- Regulatory risk: changes to Australian tax settings (negative gearing, CGT discount, foreign-buyer surcharges, land-tax thresholds) could reshape after-tax returns in Glen Park regardless of local market conditions.
- Market cycle risk: property markets are cyclical, so stress-test your projections in Glen Park with a 10–15% price pullback scenario before committing capital — returns to date are not a guarantee of future performance.
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Capital-growth expectations for Glen Park are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the VIC median of $95,160 and a population of 110 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Glen Park. Overall investor sentiment for Glen Park is cautious heading into the second half of 2026, based on its income, rent and mortgage profile relative to the Victoria median.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Glen Park a good suburb for investment?
Whether Glen Park suits you depends on your strategy, but the fundamentals are concrete: a population of 110, a median household income of $95,316/year. Weigh those against your goal — cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — each of which we break down with suburb-specific ABS numbers elsewhere on this page.
What drives property demand in Glen Park?
The main demand drivers in Glen Park are an above-state-median household income of $95,316/year, a dwelling mix that is 82% separate houses. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand.
What is the population of Glen Park?
Glen Park has a usual resident population of approximately 110, 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.
How far is Glen Park from the Melbourne CBD?
Glen Park sits 98 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
What is the median rent in Glen Park?
A reliable median rent was not captured for Glen Park. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
What is the typical mortgage repayment in Glen Park?
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Glen Park is $1,818, or approximately $21,816/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.
Is Glen Park cash-flow positive for investors?
Census data was not complete enough in Glen Park to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
What are the main risks of investing in Glen Park?
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (110 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,818 median mortgage, the broader Victoria market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
How we built this Glen Park profile
The population, postcode, median household income, and dwelling mix on this page are real figures from the ABS 2021 Census (income is the ABS median weekly household income annualised) and Australia Post. Distance to the CBD is calculated from the suburb's ABS centroid. The Census median rent and mortgage repayment are 2021 figures and are clearly labelled as such wherever they appear — they are five years old and have moved substantially since. We do not publish an investment score or school/park counts for this suburb. See our methodology and data sources for exactly what's measured and what's estimated.