Suburb profile
Powelltown VIC 3797
Powelltown is located in the Outer East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3797. It has 147 properties across 11 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Powelltown, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Powelltown
Powelltown, VIC 3797, sits in Outer East Melbourne and neighbours Gentle Annie, Ada, East Warburton and Gembrook. Its 11 streets hold 147 properties, 146 of them houses and 1 a unit.
Census figures are for the Yarra Valley area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 16,799 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,439 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,690 a month and the median rent $315 a week. Of 6,144 dwellings, 5,873 were separate houses, 135 semi-detached, 59 flats and 78 other; 2,237 were owned outright, 2,971 owned with a mortgage and 738 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Powelltown
- 16,799Peoplelive in the area
- 43Median ageyears
- $1,439Median household incomea week
- $315Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,873
- Townhouses and semis135
- Flats and apartments59
- Other78
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,690a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Powelltown
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.