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Glen Eira

Victoria · Melbourne - Inner South · 144,274 people · 23 suburbs · 8 postcodes

Glen Eira at a glance

Map shows the Glen Eira LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Glen Eira is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 23 suburbs across 8 postcodes and an area of 38 km². Glen Eira has a population of 144,274 , ranking #19 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Bentleigh East (30,159 residents).About 37.3% of residents were born overseas and 31.2% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Glen Eira

30 schools across Glen Eira: 56.7% Government, 20.0% Catholic, 23.3% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1135 (range 932 to 1182). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 30 schools in Glen Eira, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Mckinnon Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mckinnon	3,052	1118
Bentleigh Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Bentleigh East	936	1082
Glen Eira College	Government	Secondary	Caulfield East	883	1117
Coatesville Primary School	Government	Primary	Bentleigh East	795	1136
Mckinnon Primary School	Government	Primary	Ormond	794	1156
Bentleigh West Primary School	Government	Primary	Bentleigh	788	1146
Kilvington Grammar School	Independent	Combined	Ormond	758	1182
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College	Catholic	Secondary	Bentleigh	732	1093
Valkstone Primary School	Government	Primary	Bentleigh East	668	1156
St Peter's School	Catholic	Primary	Bentleigh East	625	1121
Oakwood School	Government	Secondary	Caulfield North	622	968
Carnegie Primary School	Government	Primary	Carnegie	566	1146
Leibler Yavneh College	Independent	Combined	Elsternwick	559	1123
Murrumbeena Primary School	Government	Primary	Murrumbeena	555	1161
Caulfield Junior College	Government	Primary	Caulfield North	536	1160
Caulfield South Primary School	Government	Primary	Caulfield South	472	1164
Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School	Government	Primary	Bentleigh	393	1120
Adass Israel School	Independent	Combined	Elsternwick	382	932
St Joseph's School	Catholic	Primary	Elsternwick	347	1164
St Paul's School	Catholic	Primary	Bentleigh	341	1134
East Bentleigh Primary School	Government	Primary	Bentleigh East	324	1100
Ormond Primary School	Government	Primary	Ormond	318	1158
Caulfield Primary School	Government	Primary	Caulfield South	312	1133
Melbourne Montessori College	Independent	Combined	Caulfield South	311	1137
Glen Huntly Primary School	Government	Primary	Glen Huntly	308	1151
St Patrick's School	Catholic	Primary	Murrumbeena	263	1141
Divrei Emineh	Independent	Combined	Ormond	189	932
Sholem Aleichem College	Independent	Primary	Elsternwick	96	1168
St Anthony's School	Catholic	Primary	Glen Huntly	75	1098
Japanese School of Melbourne	Independent	Secondary	Caulfield South	28	1091

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Glen Eira. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Glen Eira

Glen Eira contains 23 suburbs and 8 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Bentleigh East	3165	30,159	$2,215/wk	40
Bentleigh	3204	17,921	$2,263/wk	39
Carnegie	3163	17,909	$1,878/wk	36
Caulfield North	3161	16,903	$2,205/wk	37
Caulfield South	3162	12,328	$2,365/wk	41
Elsternwick	3185	10,887	$2,209/wk	38
Murrumbeena	3163	9,996	$2,057/wk	37
Ormond	3204	8,328	$2,062/wk	37
Mckinnon	3204	6,878	$2,410/wk	40
Caulfield	3162	5,748	$2,143/wk	42
Glen Huntly	3163	4,905	$1,877/wk	35
Caulfield East	3145	1,293	$1,682/wk	32
Gardenvale	3185	1,019	$1,708/wk	39
Booran Road Po	3163
Caulfield Junction	3161
Central Park	3145
Coatesville	3165
Darling	3145
Darling South	3145
Hopetoun Gardens	3162
North Road	3187
Patterson	3204
Wattletree Road Po	3145

Postcodes covered

3145, 3161, 3162, 3163, 3165, 3185, 3187, 3204

Compare Glen Eira with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Glen Eira and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Glen Eira (VIC)	144,274	38.4	1103	34.7%	37.3%
Stonnington	99,756	37.8	1131	47.3%	31.6%
Bayside (Vic.)	101,874	45.7	1124	23.0%	27.4%
Monash	191,721	38.8	1065	31.0%	50.5%
Kingston (Vic.)	153,901	41.0	1050	26.0%	31.3%
Port Phillip	96,314	38.5	1106	51.6%	31.3%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Glen Eira

What is the population of Glen Eira?

The 2021 Census recorded 144,274 people living in Glen Eira, across 23 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Glen Eira?

Glen Eira contains 23 suburbs. The most populous are Bentleigh East, Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caulfield North, Caulfield South.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Glen Eira?

Glen Eira covers 8 postcodes: 3145, 3161, 3162, 3163, 3165, 3185, 3187, 3204.

How many schools are in Glen Eira?

Glen Eira has 30 schools, including 17 government, 6 Catholic, and 7 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Glen Eira?

Glen Eira has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1103, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.