Suburb profile

Spotswood VIC 3015

Spotswood is located in the Western Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3015. It has 2,469 properties across 52 streets. Explore every street in Spotswood, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Spotswood

Spotswood, VIC 3015, sits in Western Melbourne and neighbours Newport, Yarraville, Altona North and Port Melbourne. Its 52 streets hold 2,469 properties, 1,471 of them houses and 998 units.

Census figures are for the Newport area. It had 18,753 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,555 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $460 a week. Of 6,945 dwellings, 4,400 were separate houses, 2,053 semi-detached, 459 flats and 30 other; 1,903 were owned outright, 2,818 owned with a mortgage and 2,101 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Spotswood

  • 18,753Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $2,555Median household incomea week
  • $460Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,400
  • Townhouses and semis2,053
  • Flats and apartments459
  • Other30

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,903Owned with a mortgage 2,818Rented 2,101Other 123

Schools in Spotswood

  • Spotswood Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Margaret Mary's School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Spotswood

Neighbouring suburbs

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