Suburb profile

Silvan VIC 3795

Silvan is located in the Outer East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3795. It has 645 properties across 43 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Silvan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Silvan

Silvan, VIC 3795, sits in Outer East Melbourne and neighbours Macclesfield, Kalorama, Mount Evelyn and Olinda. Its 43 streets hold 645 properties, 637 of them houses and 8 units.

Census figures are for the Monbulk - Silvan area. That area had 5,816 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $1,872 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 2,005 dwellings, 1,948 were separate houses, 42 semi-detached and 8 other; 806 were owned outright, 884 owned with a mortgage and 247 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Silvan

  • 5,816Peoplelive in the area
  • 43Median ageyears
  • $1,872Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,948
  • Townhouses and semis42
  • Other8

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 806Owned with a mortgage 884Rented 247Other 68

Schools in Silvan

  • Silvan Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Silvan

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.

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.