Suburb profile
Yan Yean VIC 3755
Yan Yean is located in the North East Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3755. It has 181 properties across 13 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Yan Yean, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Yan Yean
Yan Yean, VIC 3755, sits in North East Melbourne and neighbours Whittlesea, Arthurs Creek, Doreen and Eden Park. Its 13 streets hold 181 properties, 177 of them houses and 4 units.
Census figures are for the Whittlesea area, which covers most of the suburb. At the 2021 Census Whittlesea had 10,661 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $1,855 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $375 a week. Of 3,503 dwellings, 3,211 were separate houses, 253 semi-detached and 33 flats; 1,150 were owned outright, 1,706 owned with a mortgage and 558 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Yan Yean
- 10,661Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $1,855Median household incomea week
- $375Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,211
- Townhouses and semis253
- Flats and apartments33
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
- Household size2.8people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Yan Yean
- Arthurs Creek Road6 properties
- Cades Road6 properties
- Donnybrook Road22 properties
- Dunnetts Road12 properties
- Grants Road2 properties
- Old Plenty Road12 properties
- Plenty Road47 properties
- Recreation Road29 properties
- Reservoir Road12 properties
- Ridge Road10 properties
- Watts Road3 properties
- Wollemi Avenue16 properties
- Woods Road4 properties
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.