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Region · Melbourne, VIC

Inner East Melbourne

Inner East Melbourne is located in Melbourne, Victoria, with 27 suburbs and 222,421 properties across 4,573 streets. Explore each suburb's profile, property history, homes for sale and rent, and the agents who sell in Inner East Melbourne. Its largest suburbs include Hawthorn, Doncaster East and Doncaster.

About Inner East Melbourne

Inner East Melbourne is a region of Melbourne, Victoria. It neighbours Inner Melbourne, Inner South Melbourne, North East Melbourne and Outer East Melbourne. Its 27 suburbs and 4,573 streets hold 222,421 properties, 129,784 of them houses and 92,637 units. Hawthorn has 17,132 properties, Doncaster East 15,881, Doncaster 15,439 and Box Hill 14,834.

At the 2021 Census Inner East Melbourne had 373,472 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,059 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $441 a week. Of 139,003 dwellings, 83,097 were separate houses, 29,207 semi-detached and 26,312 flats; 53,641 were owned outright, 41,710 owned with a mortgage and 39,110 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Inner East Melbourne

  • 373,472Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $2,059Median household incomea week
  • $441Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses83,097
  • Townhouses and semis29,207
  • Flats and apartments26,312
  • Other248

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 53,641Owned with a mortgage 41,710Rented 39,110Other 4,542

Suburbs in Inner East Melbourne

  1. Ashburton4,314 properties
  2. Balwyn7,708 properties
  3. Balwyn North9,526 properties
  4. Blackburn8,810 properties
  5. Blackburn North3,403 properties
  6. Blackburn South5,240 properties
  7. Box Hill14,834 properties
  8. Box Hill North6,535 properties
  9. Box Hill South4,711 properties
  10. Bulleen5,948 properties
  11. Burwood9,202 properties
  12. Burwood East6,139 properties
  13. Camberwell12,901 properties
  14. Canterbury4,103 properties
  15. Deepdene1,217 properties
  16. Doncaster15,439 properties
  17. Doncaster East15,881 properties
  18. Glen Iris13,878 properties
  19. Hawthorn17,132 properties
  20. Hawthorn East10,248 properties
  21. Kew14,265 properties
  22. Kew East3,474 properties
  23. Mont Albert2,861 properties
  24. Mont Albert North2,792 properties
  25. Surrey Hills7,261 properties
  26. Templestowe7,730 properties
  27. Templestowe Lower6,869 properties

For sale and rent in Inner East Melbourne

Davey Hau
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Smartre Sale $950,000

2/64 Long Valley Way, Doncaster East VIC 3109

3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 206 m² land Townhouse

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Gavin LiGavin Li

Smartre Sale $588,000

201/19 Frederick Street, Doncaster VIC 3108

2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space Apartment

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Anthony NajjarAnthony Najjar

Smartre Sale $1,195,000

13 Caringal Avenue, Doncaster VIC 3108

4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space 780 m² land House

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Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.