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Whitehorse

Victoria · Melbourne - Inner East · 167,539 people · 22 suburbs · 10 postcodes

Whitehorse at a glance

Map shows the Whitehorse 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.

Whitehorse is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 22 suburbs across 10 postcodes and an area of 64 km². Whitehorse has a population of 167,539 , ranking #12 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Mitcham (16,795 residents).About 41.9% of residents were born overseas and 41.0% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Whitehorse

47 schools across Whitehorse: 68.1% Government, 19.1% Catholic, 12.8% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1122 (range 998 to 1207). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 47 schools in Whitehorse, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Vermont Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Vermont	1,650	1122
Box Hill High School	Government	Secondary	Box Hill	1,547	1123
Presbyterian Ladies' College	Independent	Combined	Burwood	1,530	1207
Emmaus College	Catholic	Combined	Vermont South	1,479	1086
Blackburn High School	Government	Secondary	Blackburn	1,289	1094
Koonung Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mont Albert North	1,232	1108
Mount Scopus Memorial College	Independent	Combined	Burwood	1,170	1159
Our Lady of Sion College	Catholic	Secondary	Box Hill	930	1111
Vermont Primary School	Government	Primary	Vermont	752	1161
Rangeview Primary School	Government	Primary	Mitcham	689	1155
Mullauna Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mitcham	625	1058
Laburnum Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn	619	1159
Livingstone Primary School	Government	Primary	Vermont South	612	1142
Mont Albert Primary School	Government	Primary	Mont Albert	605	1149
Orchard Grove Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn South	592	1130
Kingswood College	Independent	Combined	Box Hill	575	1162
Kerrimuir Primary School	Government	Primary	Box Hill North	572	1137
Blackburn Lake Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn	542	1170
Antonio Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Mitcham	529	1137
Burwood East Primary School	Government	Primary	Burwood East	520	1147
Mitcham Primary School	Government	Primary	Mitcham	490	1127
Burwood Heights Primary School	Government	Primary	Burwood East	442	1107
Old Orchard Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn North	441	1127
Blackburn Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn	440	1141
Mount Pleasant Road Nunawading Primary School	Government	Primary	Nunawading	388	1133
Forest Hill College	Government	Secondary	Burwood East	356	1045
St James' School	Catholic	Primary	Vermont	351	1139
Blackburn English Language School	Government	Special	Burwood East	344	1022
Nunawading Christian College - Primary	Independent	Primary	Nunawading	343	1101
Roberts McCubbin Primary School	Government	Primary	Box Hill South	303	1120
Whitehorse Primary School	Government	Primary	Blackburn North	302	1123
Box Hill Senior Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mont Albert North	281	1055
Aurora School	Government	Special	Blackburn South	270	1038
Nunawading Christian College - Secondary	Independent	Secondary	Nunawading	261	1067
St Francis Xavier's School	Catholic	Primary	Box Hill	257	1105
Wattle Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Burwood	251	1122
Box Hill North Primary School	Government	Primary	Box Hill North	232	1084
St Thomas the Apostle School	Catholic	Primary	Blackburn	185	1130
Weeden Heights Primary School	Government	Primary	Vermont South	154	1141
St John's School	Catholic	Primary	Mitcham	142	1095
Vermont South Special School	Government	Special	Vermont South	140	998
St Luke the Evangelist School	Catholic	Primary	Blackburn South	137	1108
Holy Saviour Parish School	Catholic	Primary	Vermont South	133
Parkmore Primary School	Government	Primary	Forest Hill	121	1095
Burwood East Special Developmental School	Government	Special	Burwood East	79	1073
Berengarra School	Independent	Special	Box Hill North	61	1084
St Philip's School	Catholic	Primary	Blackburn North	40	1137

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 Whitehorse. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Whitehorse

Whitehorse contains 22 suburbs and 10 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Mitcham	3132	16,795	$2,030/wk	39
Burwood	3125	15,147	$1,684/wk	34
Blackburn	3130	14,478	$2,065/wk	41
Box Hill	3128	14,353	$1,267/wk	33
Nunawading	3131	12,413	$1,938/wk	39
Box Hill North	3129	12,337	$1,820/wk	37
Vermont South	3133	11,954	$1,944/wk	46
Vermont	3133	10,993	$2,042/wk	40
Blackburn South	3130	10,939	$1,861/wk	42
Forest Hill	3131	10,780	$1,658/wk	42
Burwood East	3151	10,675	$1,610/wk	41
Box Hill South	3128	8,491	$1,928/wk	39
Blackburn North	3130	7,627	$2,021/wk	39
Mont Albert North	3129	5,609	$2,184/wk	43
Mont Albert	3127	4,948	$2,324/wk	42
Box Hill Central	3128
Greythorn	3104
Houston	3128
Kerrimuir	3129
Laburnum	3130
Mitcham North	3132
Rangeview	3132

Postcodes covered

3104, 3125, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3132, 3133, 3151

Compare Whitehorse with neighbouring LGAs

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

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Whitehorse (VIC)	167,539	39.4	1066	30.2%	41.9%
Manningham	124,763	43.1	1075	21.0%	43.5%
Boroondara	182,676	40.4	1131	29.9%	32.2%
Monash	191,721	38.8	1065	31.0%	50.5%
Maroondah	112,799	39.5	1035	24.9%	25.3%
Surf Coast	37,037	42.9	1076	18.9%	11.9%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Whitehorse

What is the population of Whitehorse?

The 2021 Census recorded 167,539 people living in Whitehorse, across 22 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Whitehorse?

Whitehorse contains 22 suburbs. The most populous are Mitcham, Burwood, Blackburn, Box Hill, Nunawading.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Whitehorse?

Whitehorse covers 10 postcodes: 3104, 3125, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3132, 3133, 3151.

How many schools are in Whitehorse?

Whitehorse has 47 schools, including 32 government, 9 Catholic, and 6 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Whitehorse?

Whitehorse has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1066, 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.