Suburb profile

Alberton VIC 3971

Alberton is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, postcode 3971. It has 249 properties across 31 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Alberton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Alberton

Alberton, VIC 3971, sits in the Gippsland region and neighbours Alberton West, Gelliondale, Hedley and Port Albert. Its 31 streets hold 249 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Yarram area, which covers the whole of Alberton. Yarram had 5,605 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,012 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,192 a month and the median rent $240 a week. Of 2,321 dwellings, 2,134 were separate houses, 98 semi-detached, 49 flats and 38 other; 1,214 were owned outright, 630 owned with a mortgage and 354 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Alberton

  • 5,605Peoplelive in the area
  • 53Median ageyears
  • $1,012Median household incomea week
  • $240Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,134
  • Townhouses and semis98
  • Flats and apartments49
  • Other38

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,192a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,214Owned with a mortgage 630Rented 354Other 123

Schools in Alberton

  • Alberton Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Alberton

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.

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