suburb.guide

VIC · Mornington Peninsula Council

Fingal, 3939

Est. population · Jun 2025

665

Growth (1 yr)

+1.7%

Growth (5 yr)

+4.7%

Median age

56

Median income

$1,928/wk

Employment rate

52.9%

Median house price · 4th Quarter 2025

$1,780,000

Languages at home

3.6%non-English

Most common: Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

33.9/100
Below average

946th in VIC

Verified 73% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Coastal
  • Green suburb
  • High desirability
What Fingal is known for: Coastal, Green suburb, High desirability

Suburb profile

Fingal wears its coastal identity openly, a smaller community built around sand, sea and an easy outdoor rhythm. An older demographic makes it especially popular with retirees, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Local amenities are on the light side, so many everyday needs are met by travelling to a neighbouring suburb or town.

Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Day-to-day life is more car-oriented here than in denser, more walkable pockets. Housing is expensive relative to much of the state.

Reported crime has been falling recently. Infill and new builds are slowly updating the area without overwhelming its existing character.

Versus similar coastal suburbs, the suburb reads below average on desirability, chiefly because local dining and lifestyle amenities trail behind. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.

At a glance

Fingal snapshot

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

$1.78M

+3.2% change

Median rent

$595/wk

Population (ERP)

665

+1.7% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

30.4%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#59

among Coastal & beach · Mature

Safety

41st

percentile in state (higher = safer)

Pop. growth

84th

percentile in VIC

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
33.9/100 — Below average
National rank
4893rd in Australia
State rank
946th in VIC
Peer rank
#59 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#100 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
73%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (Sep 2025 (council median))
$595
Median house price (4th Quarter 2025)
$1,780,000
Median price change
+3.2%

Median weekly rent from Victorian government rent reports. Council median fallback may apply where suburb rent is unavailable.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)

Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum

Data sources & freshness

Population

Estimated resident population

665(June 2025)

+1.7% annual · +4.7% over 5 years · 84th percentile in VIC

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.7%
5-year growth
+4.7%
Change in 1 year
+11
Change in 5 years
+30
Growth rank in VIC
84th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~700), extrapolated at +1.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
637
Median age
56
Median household income / week
$1,928
Dwelling vacancy
30.4%
Unoccupied private dwellings
102 of 336
Median monthly mortgage
$2,167
Employment rate
52.9%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
228 / 5 / 0

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2026)
29
Against the person
7
Against property
13
Rate per 1,000 residents
43.6
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 91 residents
State safety percentile
41.4th (lower crime is better)
Decrease (daily rate)
-35.6%

Most common offence types

  • A211 Fv Serious Assault3
  • B322 Non-Residential Non-Aggravated Burglary4
  • B49 Other Theft4
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order5
  • Other Crimes Against The Person2

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

16 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km

1 pubs

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
  • Great for outdoor family life — 3 parks mapped in suburb
Walkability proxy
2/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
1.57
Parks per 1,000 residents
4.71
Food & drink(1)
  • St Andrews Beach BreweryPub

    160 Sandy Road, Fingal

Sport & outdoors(6)
  • Moonah Links Golf ClubGolf course
  • Saint Andrews Beach Golf ClubGolf course
  • Park (3)
  • Sports field
Other(4)
  • Gunnamatta Trail RidesAttraction
  • Parking (6)
  • Female Change RoomsPublic toilets
  • Male Change RoomsPublic toilets

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
11
Parks (OSM)
3

OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)

Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Rosebud Hospital (6.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Hospitals and GP clinics

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
15
Participants per 1,000 residents
22.6

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
24° / 13°
Rainfall
155 mm · ~19 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
20° / 11°
Rainfall
186 mm · ~23 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
14° / 6°
Rainfall
203 mm · ~25 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
18° / 9°
Rainfall
207 mm · ~26 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).

27 planning-related records

2021· 14 proposals

  • August 2021

  • DEVELOP DWELLING EXTENSION/ALTERATIONS AND VEGETATION REMOVAL WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS, GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS
    141 MAXWELL ROAD FINGAL 3939Permit issued by a delegate
  • CONSTRUCTION OF A TENNIS COURT
    KENYAN FINGAL 3939No permit required
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF DWELLING ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    203 DEVONPORT DRIVE FINGAL 3939Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • DWELLING ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS
    203 DEVONPORT DRIVE FINGAL 3939Withdrawn
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF DWELLING ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    60 SANDY ROAD FINGAL 3939Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2021

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A DECK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    233 Maxwell RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2021

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A CARPORT AND ALTERATIONS TO DWELLING
    KENYAN FINGAL 3939Lapsed
  • DEVELOP DWELLING EXTENSION, GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS.
    17 PLACADENA ROAD FINGAL 3939Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2021

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTBUILDING AND WATER TANK, REMOVAL OF VEGETATION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    141 Maxwell RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • April 2021

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTBUILDING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    203 Devonport DrivePermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • March 2021

  • THE USE OF THE LAND FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY (WELLNESS EVENT) AND PROVISION OF CAR PARKING SPACES ON ANOTHER SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS AND DOCUMENTATION
    140 Springs LanePermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • SHED
    775 Limestone RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • February 2021

  • TEST POOL - ASSOCIATED WITH A HOT SPRINGS FACILITY
    209 Sandy RoadLapsed
  • DEVELOP DWELLING ADDITIONS & ALTERATIONS, OUTBUILDINGS, REMOVE VEGETATION AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS AND WORKS GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS
    111 SANDY ROAD FINGAL 3939Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 13 proposals

  • November 2020

  • USE AND DEVELOP THE LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF A WINERY INCLUDING THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR (CELLAR DOOR & TASTINGS), NATIVE VEGETATION REMOVAL, SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED WORKS GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS.
    185 MAXWELL ROAD FINGAL 3939In progress

  • October 2020

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    1 Nagles ViewPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Replacement Dwelling
    280 Sandy RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • September 2020

  • BUILDINGS AND WORKS TO CONSTRUCT SEVENTY (70) HOTEL ACCOMMODATION UNITS, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF NATIVE VEGETATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    35 PETER THOMSON DRIVE FINGAL 3939No permit required
  • DEVELOPMENT OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    ErinaceaPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2020

  • USE AND DEVELOP THE LAND FOR HOT SPRINGS (LEISURE AND RECREATION), ANCILLARY RESTAURANT, VEGETATION REMOVAL AND ASSOCIATED WORKS GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS
    HilltoniaPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2020

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING, NATIVE VEGETATION REMOVAL AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    KenyanPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2020

  • REMOVAL OF VEGETATION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    201 Sandy RoadNOD issued by a delegate

  • April 2020

  • DEVELOPMENT OF A SHED AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    47 Maxwell RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • DEVELOP DWELLING EXTENSION AND ASSOCIATED WORKS GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS
    540 Truemans RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • March 2020

  • DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENCLOSED OUTDOOR SEATING AREA FOR THE KIOSK
    140 Springs LanePermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • February 2020

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHED (ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE) AND ASSOCIATED WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENDORSED PLANS
    35 Placadena RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • January 2020

  • DWELLING ADDITIONS (VERANDAH) GENERALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED PLANS
    35 Placadena RoadWithdrawn

Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)

Development and planning activity

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Bushfire hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Flinders
Member of Parliament
Zoe McKENZIE (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
127,540
Turnout (2025)
93.4%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.4 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 54.8%Labor 45.2%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 9.0 km away).

Coalition 47.3%Labor 52.7%

7.5 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -0.8 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • St Andrews BeachLabor 54.5% · Coalition 45.5% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • BoneoLabor 48.1% · Coalition 51.9% TPP (2025)2.5 km away
  • TootgarookLabor 58.6% · Coalition 41.4% TPP (2025)5.5 km away
  • Rosebud WestLabor 56.1% · Coalition 43.9% TPP (2025)6.2 km away
  • RyeLabor 55.7% · Coalition 44.3% TPP (2025)6.2 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)

Data sources & freshness

Compare with

Similar suburbs to weigh up side by side — scores, safety, schools, and lifestyle.

More in Mornington Peninsula Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Victoria.