Suburb profile
Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156
Upper Ferntree Gully is located in the Outer East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3156. It has 1,609 properties across 69 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Upper Ferntree Gully, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Upper Ferntree Gully
Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC 3156, sits in Outer East Melbourne and neighbours Lysterfield, Tremont, Upwey and Ferntree Gully. Its 69 streets hold 1,609 properties, 1,401 of them houses and 208 units.
Census figures are for Ferntree Gully (South) - Upper Ferntree Gully, an area that covers part of the suburb. It had 15,334 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,960 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $405 a week. Of 5,497 dwellings, 5,076 were separate houses, 342 semi-detached and 69 flats, with 9 other; 1,906 were owned outright, 2,513 owned with a mortgage and 988 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Upper Ferntree Gully
- 15,334Peoplelive in the area
- 39Median ageyears
- $1,960Median household incomea week
- $405Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,076
- Townhouses and semis342
- Flats and apartments69
- Other9
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Upper Ferntree Gully
Upper Ferntree Gully Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Upper Ferntree Gully.
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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.