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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Tottenham is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Australia, with a population of approximately 3, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 10 km from the Melbourne CBD, Tottenham is a inner city area in Victoria. The median household income is $23,348 per year.
Lower income levels in Tottenham typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Tottenham. 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 Tottenham on My School →Estimated 1 park 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.
Tottenham is a smaller community of 3 — about 0% of the Victoria suburb median (7,416) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Tottenham's median household income of $23,348/year is 75% below the Victoria suburb median ($95,160) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. The median weekly rent of $150 translates to approximately $7,800/year in gross rental income, setting the upper bound on yield before vacancy, rates, insurance and maintenance. At 10 km from the Melbourne CBD, Tottenham sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
How Tottenham stacks up against the median of all Victoria suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Tottenham sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Tottenham | VIC median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3 | 7,416 | -100% |
| Median household income | $23,348/yr | $95,160/yr | -75% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $150 | $380 | -61% |
| Distance to CBD | 10 km | 32 km | -69% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Tottenham — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 3 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Victoria market over full cycles.
Gross rent of $150/week (~$7,800/year) sets the yield ceiling. Cross-check against your purchase price to confirm whether this suburb hits the 4–5% gross yield most Australian investors target.
With a population of 3, the resale market in Tottenham may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Tottenham are modest for 2026 — incomes 75% below the VIC median of $95,160 and a population of 3 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rents sit around $150/week, setting the baseline gross rental income at roughly $7,800/year — refine this against current listings before running your numbers. The EquitySight investment score of 48/100 places Tottenham in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Tottenham scores 48/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 3, median household income of $23,348/year and median weekly rent of $150. 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 Tottenham are proximity to Melbourne (10 km), a median household income of $23,348/year, roughly 1 schools and 1 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.
Tottenham has a usual resident population of approximately 3, 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.
Tottenham sits 10 km straight-line from the Melbourne CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Melbourne employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $150 in Tottenham, equating to approximately $7,800/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.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Tottenham. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Tottenham 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.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($23,348 vs $95,160 state median), 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.