Glen Waverley - West
Monash council · default-weight liveability
Also known as: Glen Waverley
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In brief
Glen Waverley - West, in Monash, is an established middle-suburban area. Among Greater Melbourne areas it ranks strongly for health access, low hazard exposure and public transport. It rates lower for the local economy and affordability. Housing is mostly owner-occupied (about 32% of homes rented). This describes the wider area, not any single property, and is context - not advice.
Score breakdown · default weights
Well below average · Lower rent burden than 9% of Greater Melbourne
Excellent · Better public transport access than 83% of Greater Melbourne
Above average · Safer than 60% of Greater Melbourne
Excellent · Better health access than 93% of Greater Melbourne
Excellent · Lower bushfire & flood exposure than 84% of Greater Melbourne
Around average · Around the Greater Melbourne average for schools
Below average · Stronger local economy than 27% of Greater Melbourne
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Key facts
Trends over time - context only, never in the score
Resident population
Source: ABS ERP by SA2 — full annual series (2001–2023) · context only - not in the score.
Affordability trend (medians)
Source: ABS Census 2021 Time Series Profile (C21_T02_SA2) · ratio of medians (cost / income), not a 30%-stress share · context only - not in the score.
Sources & licences (12)
- Rent-to-income ratio — ABS Census 2021 median weekly rent ÷ ABS Data by Region equivalised household income
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: 2021Fetched: 2026-05-29
- PTV GTFS Schedule — metropolitan train, tram, bus (DTP)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: rolling schedule exportFetched: 2026-06-11
- VCSA Recorded offences — suburb (Table 03) + LGA fallback (Table 02)
- Licence: CC BY 3.0 AUPeriod: 2025 (latest year in export)Fetched: 2026-06-11
- Vicmap / MapShare — general hospitals (Emergency Services FOI)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Victoria)Period: currentFetched: 2026-05-29
- OpenStreetMap — GP/clinic points (Overpass; hospital fallback only)
- Licence: ODbL — attribute OSMPeriod: currentFetched: 2026-06-15
- Modified Monash Model 2023 - health-access remoteness (MM1-7) by SA1, rolled up to SA2 (Dept of Health and Aged Care)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: 2023 (published Mar 2025)Fetched: 2026-06-13
- Vicmap Planning — Bushfire Prone Area (regulatory overlay)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Victoria)Period: currentFetched: 2026-05-29
- Vicplan — Land Subject to Inundation overlay (LSIO; SBO unavailable from API)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Victoria)Period: currentFetched: 2026-06-14
- OpenStreetMap — schools within 2 km (Overpass)
- Licence: ODbL — attribute OSMPeriod: currentFetched: 2026-06-15
- ABS Census 2021 — children enrolled in preschool (SA2)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: 2021Fetched: 2026-06-01
- ABS Data by Region — median equivalised household income (weekly)
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: 2021Fetched: 2026-05-29
- ABS Census 2016 — labour force (employed, participation) by SA2
- Licence: CC BY 4.0Period: 2016Fetched: 2026-06-01
Areas like Glen Waverley - West
Closest peers by how their domain percentiles line up - not by price or a single score.
- Melbourne CBD - NorthMelbourneBoth strong in Health, Transport, Hazards92%alike
- Burwood EastWhitehorseBoth strong in Hazards, Transport90%alike
- Clayton - CentralMonashBoth strong in Health, Hazards, Transport89%alike
- Brighton EastBayside (Vic.)Both strong in Hazards, Transport, Safety87%alike
- BalwynBoroondaraBoth strong in Hazards, Transport, Safety86%alike
- Mount Waverley - NorthMonashBoth strong in Hazards, Safety86%alike
Not relocation or financial advice. The composite score is a percentile rank within Greater Melbourne presented as an optional lens - a data-access tool, not a definitive ranking of places. Context metrics are never folded into the locked seven-domain composite.