Eaglemont, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Eaglemont is a leafy, prestigious residential suburb about ten kilometres north-east of central Melbourne, in the City of Banyule between Ivanhoe East and Heidelberg. It takes its name from Mount Eagle, a Crown grant of 1838, and is celebrated for its place in Australian art and town planning. In the late eighteen-eighties the painters of the Heidelberg School, among them Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts and Charles Conder, camped on the Mount Eagle hillside; Streeton painted his luminous Golden Summer, Eaglemont here in 1889. A generation later, in 1915 and 1916, the architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin laid out the Mount Eagle and Glenard estates as garden suburbs, with curving streets, native gardens and shared parkland. Their elegant plan survives largely intact, protected by heritage controls, and gives the suburb its distinctive leafy character.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Eaglemont is more socio-economically advantaged than about 99% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1144, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Eaglemont at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,960
- Median age
- 46
- Median weekly household income
- $2,866
- SEIFA score
- 1144
- Coordinates
- -37.7631, 145.0660
Eaglemont demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Eaglemont using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 29%, 20% of homes are rented, and 23% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 611 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 532 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 787 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,162 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 873 | 22% |
Share of the 3,965 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 694 | 49% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 413 | 29% |
| Rented | 282 | 20% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,113 | 79% |
| Townhouses & semis | 81 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 223 | 16% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,417 occupied private dwellings in Eaglemont.
- Median weekly rent
- $453
- Median monthly mortgage
- $3,073
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,473
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,153
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 869 (23%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 772 (20%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 12 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 2,559 (81%)
- Labour-force participation
- 64.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Employed full-time
- 1,232
- Employed part-time
- 753
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Eaglemont
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Eaglemont is January (average daytime high around 27°C) and the coolest is July (around 12.9°C). The area receives roughly 724 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°C | 14.9°C | 62 mm |
| Feb | 25.8°C | 14.1°C | 32 mm |
| Mar | 24°C | 13.3°C | 47 mm |
| Apr | 20°C | 10.5°C | 62 mm |
| May | 16°C | 8.4°C | 63 mm |
| Jun | 13.4°C | 6.5°C | 63 mm |
| Jul | 12.9°C | 6.1°C | 50 mm |
| Aug | 13.7°C | 6.2°C | 59 mm |
| Sep | 16.3°C | 7.3°C | 65 mm |
| Oct | 19.6°C | 8.8°C | 76 mm |
| Nov | 21.6°C | 10.8°C | 79 mm |
| Dec | 24.5°C | 12.6°C | 66 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Common questions about Eaglemont
Where is Eaglemont?
Eaglemont is a suburb of Victoria, Australia.
What is the population of Eaglemont?
At the 2021 Census, Eaglemont had a population of about 3,960.
Is Eaglemont an advantaged area?
Eaglemont has an ABS SEIFA score of 1144, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 99 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 99% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Eaglemont?
Eaglemont has average daytime highs of about 19.6°C and overnight lows of about 10°C, with roughly 724 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Does Eaglemont have high household incomes?
Eaglemont has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Victoria — the 9th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($2,866 per week).
Where Eaglemont ranks
Eaglemont appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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