--- title: Median unit prices by suburb, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/ publisher: Department of Transport and Planning licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-09-29 rows: 5093 fields: 3 source: https://www.land.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/excel_doc/0034/775618/units-by-suburb-2015-2025.xlsx source_sha256: 94bfff96f5845d3a811d0ac03fe638dae4c170a347d4b365b3652cc287b576ee language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Median unit prices by suburb, Victoria The median sale price of units in each Victorian suburb and town for each of the last eleven calendar years, from the Valuer-General's sales record. About 460 localities, updated yearly. Published by Department of Transport and Planning under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Transport and Planning has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian Property Sales Report median unit prices, Melbourne median unit price by suburb, Apartment prices by suburb Victoria time series, Valuer-General Victoria median unit prices. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.csv (128 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.xlsx (87 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.json (314 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.parquet (20 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.sqlite (266 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.ndjson (308 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.arrow (35 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.csv.gz (26 KB) Pinned version 2026-09-29: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/rows?year=eq.2025&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/aggregate?group=locality&metric=avg.median_price&year=eq.2025 Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `locality` | string | (row header 1) | The suburb or town, in the publisher's capitals. | | `year` | integer | (column header 1) | The calendar year the units were sold in. | | `median_price` | integer | (cell) | The median sale price of units sold in the year, in dollars. Null where the publisher recorded too few sales. | Key: `locality, year`. ## Versions - 2026-09-29: 5093 rows, 3 fields, sha256 94bfff96f584. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Median house sale prices by suburb, metropolitan Adelaide](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-metro-median-house-prices/) (SA) - [Median weekly rents and bonds lodged by suburb, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-rents-by-suburb/) (SA) - [Median weekly rents by suburb and property type, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-rents-by-suburb/) (Vic) - [Social housing maintenance and modification spending, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-social-housing-maintenance/) (Qld) - [Median weekly rents and bonds lodged by postcode, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-rents-by-postcode/) (SA) - [Median weekly rents by suburb and dwelling type, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-median-rents-by-suburb/) (Qld) - [Public housing dwellings, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-housing-dwellings/) (Qld) - [Change in land values by council area, Queensland, 2010 onwards](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-land-valuation-trends/) (Qld) - [Land valuation objection rates by council area, Queensland, 2019](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-valuation-objection-rates/) (Qld) - [Average age of public housing dwellings by suburb and bedrooms, Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-public-housing-dwelling-age-by-suburb/) (WA) - [Building approvals by Local Government Area, monthly, 2025-26, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-building-approvals-by-lga-2025-26/) (Cth) - [Dwelling completions per 1,000 people, New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-dwelling-completions/) (NSW) ## Attribution and citation Department of Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Victorian Property Sales Report, Median Unit by Suburb Time Series, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-property-sales-report-median-unit-by-suburb-time-series, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Victorian Property Sales Report, Median Unit by Suburb Time Series, sourced 3 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-property-sales-report-median-unit-by-suburb-time-series, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/ Harvard: Department of Transport and Planning (2026) Median unit prices by suburb, Victoria, version 2026-09-29 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/ Markdown: Data: [Median unit prices by suburb, Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-property-sales-report-median-unit-by-suburb-time-series), Department of Transport and Planning, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Median unit prices by suburb as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Median unit prices by suburb in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 5,093 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb/v/2026-09-29/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Median unit prices by suburb cover? The current version covers 2015 to 2025. Each release from Transport and Planning becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Median unit prices by suburb updated? Transport and Planning releases it yearly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Median unit prices by suburb commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Median unit prices by suburb? No. The publisher is Department of Transport and Planning, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-property-sales-report-median-unit-by-suburb-time-series. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What is the median for? The median sale price of units sold in a suburb or town in a calendar year, from the Valuer-General's record of sales, as published in the Victorian Property Sales Report. Each row is one locality and year. Houses and vacant land have their own reports and are not here. A locality is listed only where the publisher gives a unit median. ### Why does the latest year change? The publisher releases its time series each year, and each version covers the eleven calendar years to the last full year. The report also shows a preliminary median for the current year and the change over one and ten years; those columns are derived or not final and are not republished. Earlier versions here keep the earlier windows. ### What do the null medians mean? The publisher writes NA or a dash where too few sales were recorded in a locality to give a median. Both are kept as null. ### What are the marks beside some medians? The publisher's sheet has an unheaded column beside each year that holds a ^ or * against some medians. The file does not say what the marks mean, so they are not republished. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.xlsx`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-median-unit-prices-by-suburb.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.