Hillside is in Melton LGA, VIC, postcode 3037, with population 17,331.
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Population scale is large enough to avoid reading this as a tiny locality only. Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,900/mo, while renters pay about $2,080/mo — renting runs $180/mo higher on these medians.
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Hillside is an established suburb in Victoria within the Melton local government area (postcode 3037). The area has roughly 17,331 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 36. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +5.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count.
The current median weekly rent is $480. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,900.
Hillside is served by 2 schools, including 2 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1026, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 51 bus stops. The crime rate in the Melton LGA is moderate at 7,219 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +5.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Hillside is in the Melton Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3037. Council-level context for Melton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Hillside is $480/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Hillside has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Hillside show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.