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VIC · Murrindindi Council

Flowerdale, 3717

Est. population · Jun 2025

823

Growth (1 yr)

+0.9%

Growth (5 yr)

+8.7%

Median age

48

Median income

$1,223/wk

Employment rate

47.6%

Languages at home

6.8%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Spanish, Italian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

25.1/100
Below average

1173rd in VIC

Verified 78% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Green suburb
  • National parks
  • Excellent transport
  • Education hub
  • High desirability
What Flowerdale is known for: Green suburb, National parks, Excellent transport, Education hub, High desirability

Suburb profile

Flowerdale sits up in the Murrindindi Council hills, a smaller community where elevation and tree cover define the mood. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Life here is grounded in local routine rather than big-city choice.

Pocket parks and green corners give residents room to get outside without leaving the neighbourhood. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield. Homes are relatively cheap compared with the wider market, which keeps entry costs lower.

Local crime has been trending higher of late. Active development is adding new homes and refreshed pockets throughout the suburb.

Against similar regional towns, the suburb sits below average overall, mainly because local dining and lifestyle amenities, plus community and employment lag behind, despite relative strength in growth momentum. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.

At a glance

Flowerdale snapshot

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

—

No data available

Population (ERP)

823

+0.9% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

18.3%

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

#351

among Country & regional · Mature

Safety

65th

percentile in state (higher = safer)

Pop. growth

64th

percentile in VIC

Advantage (IRSAD)

3/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

19th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

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
25.1/100 — Below average
National rank
6276th in Australia
State rank
1173rd in VIC
Peer rank
#351 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#656 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
78%

Data sources & freshness

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

Population

Estimated resident population

823(June 2025)

+0.9% annual · +8.7% over 5 years · 64th percentile in VIC

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.9%
5-year growth
+8.7%
Change in 1 year
+7
Change in 5 years
+66
Growth rank in VIC
64th 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 (~900), extrapolated at +1.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
790
Median age
48
Median household income / week
$1,223
Dwelling vacancy
18.3%
Unoccupied private dwellings
68 of 372
Median monthly mortgage
$1,300
Employment rate
47.6%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
308 / 0 / 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 increased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2026)
61
Against the person
8
Against property
25
Rate per 1,000 residents
74.1
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 99 residents
State safety percentile
64.5th (lower crime is better)
Increase (daily rate)
+79.4%

Most common offence types

  • B21 Criminal Damage9
  • B49 Other Theft7
  • D21 Riot And Affray7
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order6
  • F91 Environmental Offences7

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
933
Median ICSEA percentile
19th
School list
  • Flowerdale Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 933 · 19th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 27 students · Top SEA quarter 2% · 1.9 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)

School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA

Data sources & freshness

Public transport

6 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Flowerdale Hotel/Whittlesea-Yea Rd
  • Hazeldene Bridge/Whittlesea-Yea Rd
  • Hazeldene Bridge/Whittlesea-Yea Rd
  • Silver Creek Rd/Whittlesea-Yea Rd
  • Silver Creek Rd/Whittlesea-Yea Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Public transport stop coverage

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

No OpenStreetMap amenities mapped for this suburb yet.

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

Parks & reserves

4 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Break ODay Creek Streamside ReserveNature reserve
  • Flowerdale Bushland ReserveNature reserve
  • Junction Hill Bushland ReserveNature reserve
  • Spring Valley Recreation ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
10
Parks (OSM)
2

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
Yea and District Memorial Hospital (17.4 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)
20
Participants per 1,000 residents
24.3

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
27° / 13°
Rainfall
126 mm · ~16 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
21° / 9°
Rainfall
148 mm · ~18 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
13° / 4°
Rainfall
218 mm · ~27 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 8°
Rainfall
188 mm · ~24 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).

35 planning-related records

2021· 13 proposals

  • September 2021

  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    2323 WHITTLESEA-YEA ROAD FLOWERDALE 3717Withdrawn
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    65 LONG GULLY ROAD FLOWERDALE 3717Lapsed
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of land for a dwelling
    85 MOORES ROAD FLOWERDALE 3717Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2021

  • Single Dwelling Use and Development of Land for a Dwelling and Boundary Realignment
    117 BARINA HEIGHTS FLOWERDALE 3717Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2021

  • Garages/Carports/Outbuildings Development of land for a shed
    93 SILVER CREEK ROAD FLOWERDALE 3717Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2021

  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    60 SILVER PARROT ROAD FLOWERDALE 3717Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Farm Building Development of land for a Farm Shed
    3996 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2021

  • Farm Building Development of land for a farm shed
    8 Barina HeightsPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • April 2021

  • Warehouse Use and Development of land for a Warehouse
    12 Riverside CrescentLapsed
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    34 Long Gully RoadLapsed

  • February 2021

  • Farm Building Development of land for an agricultural shed
    184 Moores RoadNo permit required
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    13 CREEKSIDE DRIVE FLOWERDALE 3717Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • January 2021

  • Single Dwelling Development of land for a dwelling
    18 Riverside CrescentPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
2020· 22 proposals

  • December 2020

  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    76 Silver Parrot RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for a dwelling and agricultural shed
    167 Spring Valley RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    19 Riverside CrescentPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Farm Building Development of the land for an agrciultural shed
    3541 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling and creation/alteration of access
    2619 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • October 2020

  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    2587 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of land for a dwelling
    20 Collins RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • September 2020

  • Garages/Carports/Outbuildings Development of land for an agricultural shed
    439 Spring Valley RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for a dwelling
    3 Silver Parrot RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2020

  • Single Dwelling construction of a dwelling
    2649 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for a dwelling
    63 Riverside CrescentPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2020

  • Single Dwelling Use and development of land for a dwelling
    2972 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    103 Minto RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for a dwelling
    72 Messmate RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2020

  • Single Dwelling Development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    14 Silver Parrot RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Use and development of the land for the purpose of a dwelling
    65 Forest RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2020

  • Single Dwelling and Garages/Carports/Outbuildings Construction of a dwelling (Bushfire Recovery)
    2972 Whittlesea-Yea RoadWithdrawn

  • March 2020

  • Single Dwelling Use and development of land for a dwelling
    3379 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Construction of a dwelling
    1 Forest RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Single Dwelling Development of land for a dwelling and creation of access to a Road Zone Category 1
    2531 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • February 2020

  • Group Accommodation Use and development of the land for the purpose of group accommodation
    86 Moores RoadPermit issued by the RA
  • Dwelling (Alts & Adds) Extension to existing dwelling
    2761 Whittlesea-Yea RoadPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

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
Indi
Member of Parliament
Helen HAINES (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
120,774
Turnout (2025)
92.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-1.4 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 56.7%Labor 43.3%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 38.3 km away).

Coalition 48.8%Labor 51.2%

7.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -2.1 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • FlowerdaleLabor 51.7% · Coalition 48.3% TPP (2025)1.8 km away
  • GlenburnLabor 32.5% · Coalition 67.5% TPP (2025)14.8 km away
  • YeaLabor 39.3% · Coalition 60.7% TPP (2025)17.1 km away
  • Kinglake WestLabor 47.2% · Coalition 52.8% TPP (2025)17.3 km away
  • KinglakeLabor 57.1% · Coalition 42.9% TPP (2025)21.8 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)
3/10
IRSD decile (2021)
3/10

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.

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