Suburb profile
Essendon VIC 3040
Essendon is located in the Inner Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3040. It has 13,055 properties across 147 streets. Explore every street in Essendon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Essendon
Essendon, VIC 3040, sits in Inner Melbourne and neighbours Aberfeldie, Essendon North, Essendon West and Moonee Ponds. Its 147 streets hold 13,055 properties, 6,769 of them houses and 6,286 units.
Census figures are for Essendon - East, which covers part of the suburb. It had 12,191 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $2,055 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $371 a week. Of 5,198 dwellings, 2,073 were separate houses, 1,085 semi-detached and 2,016 flats; 15 were other types. Tenure was 1,436 owned outright, 1,483 owned with a mortgage and 2,156 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Essendon
- 12,191Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,055Median household incomea week
- $371Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses2,073
- Townhouses and semis1,085
- Flats and apartments2,016
- Other15
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
For sale and rent in Essendon
Auction $1,080,000 - $1,150,000
2/12 Butler Street, Essendon VIC 3040
Inspect Wed, 28 Oct 5:00pm
Auction Sat, 21 Nov 10:00am
Private Sale - $519,000
105/11 Glass Street, Essendon VIC 3040
Inspect Thu, 29 Oct 6:00pm
Reserve $960,000
305/1032-1036 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon VIC 3040
$350 per week
2/21 Grice Crescent, Essendon VIC 3040
Available now
$540 per week
70A Hoffmans Road, Essendon VIC 3040
Available now
$950 per week
81A Deakin Street, Essendon VIC 3040
Available now
Properties in Essendon

4/5 Winifred Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $620,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

5 Peterleigh Grove
Sold Oct 2026 · $1,560,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space

2/12 Butler Street
For sale since Oct 2026 · Auction $1,080,000 - $1,150,000
3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces 145 m² land

105/11 Glass Street
For sale since Oct 2026 · Private Sale - $519,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 75 m² land

218/24 Leake Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $370,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space

2/60 Mary Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $773,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

305/1032-1036 Mt Alexander Road
For sale since Oct 2026 · Reserve $960,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 2 car spaces

6/91 Lincoln Road
Sold Oct 2026 · $367,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space 57 m² land

4/5 Winifred Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $620,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

5 Peterleigh Grove
Sold Oct 2026 · $1,560,000
4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space

218/24 Leake Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $370,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space

2/60 Mary Street
Sold Oct 2026 · $773,000
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space

6/91 Lincoln Road
Sold Oct 2026 · $367,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space 57 m² land

311/1005 Mt Alexander Road
Sold Sept 2026 · $399,000
1 bedroom 1 bathroom 1 car space

2/1 Ardoch Street
Sold Sept 2026 · Contact agent
2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 86 m² land

315/1050 Mt Alexander Road
Sold Aug 2026 · $530,000
2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms 1 car space
Schools in Essendon
Aberfeldie Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Essendon Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School - Essendon Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
St Therese's School
CatholicPrimary
Buckley Park College
GovernmentSecondary
Essendon Keilor College
GovernmentSecondary
Islamic College of Sport - North Campus
IndependentSecondary
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School - Essendon Campus
IndependentPrimary and secondary
St Bernard's College
CatholicSecondary
St Columba's College
CatholicSecondary
Local agents in Essendon


Bruce Warburton
Director Woodards Essendon
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 114
- Median sold price
- $1.31m
- Median days on market
- 51


Scott Latham
Licensed Estate Agent & Auctioneer Woodards Essendon
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 71
- Median sold price
- $773k
- Median days on market
- 47


Isaak Warburton
Property Consultant Woodards Essendon
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 54
- Median sold price
- $960k
- Median days on market
- 59
Agencies that specialise in Essendon




Reliance Real Estate
Shop B00-04 Craigieburn Central, 340 Craigieburn Road, Craigieburn, VIC 3064
Streets in Essendon
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- Cameron Road54 properties
- Carnarvon Road15 properties
- Clarinda Road76 properties
- Cliff Street19 properties
- Cochrane Court16 properties
- Coleman Mews5 properties
- Collins Street252 properties
- Cooke Street24 properties
- Cooper Street361 properties
- Crisp Street26 properties
- Croft Street8 properties
- Cudmore Street23 properties
- Curtis Street10 properties
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- Laluma Street39 properties
- Lawson Street68 properties
- Leake Street94 properties
- Leila Street14 properties
- Leslie Road59 properties
- Levien Street36 properties
- Lincoln Road210 properties
- Locke Street33 properties
- Loeman Street19 properties
- Lorraine Street19 properties
- Lyon Street54 properties
- Lyttle Avenue16 properties
M
- Mackay Street64 properties
- Marco Polo Street53 properties
- Market Street170 properties
- Mary Street82 properties
- Mccarron Parade43 properties
- Mccracken Street121 properties
- Mchale Court7 properties
- Mcphail Street44 properties
- Mcpherson Street86 properties
- Melfort Avenue2 properties
- Miller Street55 properties
- Monica Street22 properties
- Moreland Road124 properties
- Morton Street35 properties
- Mountain Street21 properties
- Mt Alexander Road1,030 properties
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- Warner Street67 properties
- Washington Street86 properties
- Waverley Street31 properties
- Wentworth Avenue8 properties
- Westgreen Court4 properties
- Wheeler Place16 properties
- William Street83 properties
- Willow Street34 properties
- Winifred Street144 properties
- Wiseman Court13 properties
- Woodland Street152 properties
- Woodvale Close25 properties
- Woodvale Grove28 properties
- Woolley Street54 properties
- Wright Street49 properties
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.







