Suburb profile
Upwey VIC 3158
Upwey is located in the Outer East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3158. It has 2,958 properties across 101 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Upwey, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Upwey
Upwey, VIC 3158, sits in Outer East Melbourne and neighbours Tremont, Lysterfield, Tecoma and Upper Ferntree Gully. Its 101 streets hold 2,958 properties, 2,809 of them houses and 149 units.
Census figures are for Upwey - Tecoma, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 9,777 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $2,148 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $375 a week. Of 3,527 dwellings, 3,446 were separate houses, 54 semi-detached, 22 flats and 3 other. Of the same 3,527, 1,200 were owned outright, 1,887 owned with a mortgage and 380 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Upwey
- 9,777Peoplelive in the area
- 41Median ageyears
- $2,148Median household incomea week
- $375Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,446
- Townhouses and semis54
- Flats and apartments22
- Other3
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
- Household size2.7people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Upwey
Upwey Primary School
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Upwey South Primary School
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Upwey High School
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Streets in Upwey
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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.