Suburb profile
Canterbury VIC 3126
Canterbury is located in the Inner East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3126. It has 4,103 properties across 101 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Canterbury, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Canterbury
Canterbury, VIC 3126, sits in Inner East Melbourne and neighbours Balwyn, Hawthorn East, Kew and Camberwell. Its 101 streets hold 4,103 properties, 2,859 of them houses and 1,244 units.
Census figures are for Surrey Hills (West) - Canterbury, which has 15,944 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income is $2,709 a week, the median mortgage repayment $3,150 a month and the median rent $475 a week. Of 5,754 dwellings, 3,782 were separate houses, 1,305 semi-detached and 641 flats, with 26 other. Of the same 5,754, 2,604 were owned outright, 1,877 owned with a mortgage and 1,140 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Canterbury
- 15,944Peoplelive in the area
- 45Median ageyears
- $2,709Median household incomea week
- $475Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,782
- Townhouses and semis1,305
- Flats and apartments641
- Other26
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$3,150a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Canterbury
Camberwell Girls Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell Girls Grammar School - Junior Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Canterbury Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar - Primary Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell Girls Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell Girls Grammar School - Junior Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Camberwell High School
GovernmentSecondary
Canterbury Girls Secondary College
GovernmentSecondary
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar - Primary Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Canterbury
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- Maling Road227 properties
- Mangarra Road47 properties
- Marden Street17 properties
- Margaret Street33 properties
- Marlowe Street16 properties
- Matlock Street26 properties
- Maysia Street44 properties
- Mcgregor Street29 properties
- Milton Street48 properties
- Molesworth Street6 properties
- Monomeath Avenue53 properties
- Monomeath Place5 properties
- Mont Albert Road200 properties
- Moresby Street8 properties
- Mountfield Street3 properties
- Myrtle Road44 properties
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Neighbouring suburbs
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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.