Coburg, VIC

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 1 June 2026

Coburg is an inner suburb on the northern side of Melbourne, about 8 kilometres from the central business district, in the City of Merri-bek. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the traditional owners of the land along Merri Creek. Surveyed by Robert Hoddle in the late 1830s, the village was first named Pentridge, after a place in Dorset, England, and was renamed Coburg in 1870, after the royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, around the time the Duke of Edinburgh visited the colony. Bluestone was quarried here, and Coburg Lake Reserve, formed by a weir on Merri Creek, became a popular picnic spot. The suburb is famously diverse, and its stretch of Sydney Road, lined with kebab shops, patisseries and grocers from many cultures, has earned it the nickname 'Kebaburg'.

88/100

Suburb Score

Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs

Coburg is more socio-economically advantaged than about 88% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1065, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Is Coburg a good place to live?

There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.

70/100

Livability

Strong on the data we score

A weighted blend of the 3 components we can score for Coburg from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.

Socio-economic advantage

88/100

Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs

Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (88/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021

Housing affordability

13/100

Among the more expensive suburbs

Median weekly rent was $430 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 13% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021

Amenities & access

92/100

Plenty mapped nearby

About 292 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap

Not yet scored

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SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.

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Coburg at a glance

Population (2021): 26,574
Median age: 37
Median weekly household income: $2,065
SEIFA score: 1065
Local government area: Moreland
Coordinates: -37.7449, 144.9640

Map of Coburg

Housing & property in Coburg

What it costs to live in Coburg and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.

Median rent: $430; per week
Median mortgage: $2,167; per month
Owner-occupied: 64%; of dwellings
Rented: 33%; of dwellings

The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Coburg demographics section below.

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Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.

Coburg demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Coburg using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 36% and 31% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	4,049	15%
Youth (15–24)	2,982	11%
Young adults (25–44)	9,449	36%
Mid-life (45–64)	6,346	24%
Seniors (65+)	3,737	14%

Share of the 26,563 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	3,296	32%
Owned with a mortgage	3,281	32%
Rented	3,395	33%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	6,660	65%
Townhouses & semis	2,488	24%
Flats & apartments	1,060	10%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 10,237 occupied private dwellings in Coburg.

Average household size: 2.5 people
Median weekly family income: $2,532
Median weekly personal income: $894

Community and culture

Born overseas: 7,886 (31%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 8,399 (33%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 147 (1%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 15,806 (73%)
Labour-force participation: 68.1%
Unemployment rate: 5%
Employed full-time: 8,385
Employed part-time: 5,184

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Weather and climate in Coburg

Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Coburg is January (average daytime high around 27°C) and the coolest is July (around 12.9°C). The area receives roughly 724 mm of rain across the year.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Rain
Jan	27°C	14.9°C	62 mm
Feb	25.8°C	14.1°C	32 mm
Mar	24°C	13.3°C	47 mm
Apr	20°C	10.5°C	62 mm
May	16°C	8.4°C	63 mm
Jun	13.4°C	6.5°C	63 mm
Jul	12.9°C	6.1°C	50 mm
Aug	13.7°C	6.2°C	59 mm
Sep	16.3°C	7.3°C	65 mm
Oct	19.6°C	8.8°C	76 mm
Nov	21.6°C	10.8°C	79 mm
Dec	24.5°C	12.6°C	66 mm

Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).

Places in and around Coburg

Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.

Eat & drink

92+ nearby

Post Office Hotel · Drums Hotel · San Marco · Half Moon Cafe · Chorba · Eastern Bloc Cafe

Parks & recreation

112+ nearby

F45 Training · Jetts Fitness · Club Lime Coburg · Hiit Republic · Anderson Reserve · Mailer Reserve

Shops & groceries

28+ nearby

Coles · KFL Supermarkets · Lebanese Groceries · Brunswick Market · JJ Brothers Quality Meats · Crystal Bakery

Healthcare

30+ nearby

Pharmacy 4 Less · Coburg Central Medical Centre · The Chiropractic Clinic · Harding Street Medical Centre · Bupa Dental · Medicare Urgent Care Clinic

Schools & education

17+ nearby

Shirley Robertson Children s Centre · Barrow Street Montessori Centre · Coburg Children's Centre · The Learning Space · Imagine Childcare & Kindergarten · Australian International Academy King Khalid Coburg Campus

Things to do

13+ nearby

Coburg Library · Holy Trinity Church Hall · Bluestone Cottage Museum · Melita Social Club · Pentridge Cinema · Pentridge Prison Main Gate

Eat & drink in and around Coburg

Cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaway mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre. Listings are drawn from OpenStreetMap and shown as plain data — we don't rank or rate them.

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9 meals cafeCafé
Achillion CakesCafé
424 Sydney Road
AntalyaRestaurant
233 Sydney Roadantalya.com.au
Astro CafeCafé
435-437 Sydney Road, Coburg
Baan ThaiRestaurant
247 Sydney Road
Blue Nile CafeCafé
433 Sydney Roadbluenile.cafe
Blue StoolTakeaway
20 Sydney Roadbluestool.com.au
BrewDog PentridgePub
1 Champ Street, Coburgbrewdog.com
Bridges CafeCafé
Browns Corner HotelPub
502 Sydney Roadbrownscornerhotel.com.au
ChorbaCafé
11 Victoria Street, Coburg
Coburg Kebab StationTakeaway
451-453 Sydney Road
Coburg RSLBar
Coffee & Kitchen centreCafé
Cornerstone PizzeriaRestaurant
105-107 Harding Streetcornerstonepizzeria.com.au
Crossroads Diner CoburgCafé
1-3 Sydney Roadcrossroadsdinercoburg.com.au
Domino'sTakeaway
441-449 Sydney Road, Coburg
Dosa DarbarRestaurant
Drums HotelPub
Eastern Bloc CafeCafé
Espresso 600Café
600 Sydney Road
Four Sisters CafeCafé
421 Sydney Road
Giant Little KitchenCafé
170B Moreland Road, Brunswick
Grounds of EdenCafé
Half Moon CafeCafé
13 Victoria Street, Coburg
Hoi An Old CityRestaurant
Hotel LombardoRestaurant
11-13 Sydney Roadhotellombardo.com.au
Jacky Jones Fish Chips ChickenTakeaway
Joe's Pizza PlaceTakeaway
Knafeh NabulseyehRestaurant
442 Sydney Road
Lazzat KadahRestaurant
61 Sydney Roadlazzatkadah.com.au
Lucky Little DumplingsRestaurant
Middle Eastern RestaurantRestaurant
141 Sydney Road
Muzzy's Kebab & GrillTakeaway
Nando'sRestaurant
97-121 Bell Street, Coburgnandos.com.au
Nāng MaiRestaurant
12 Victoria Street
O'Hey CafeCafé
44 O'Hea Streetoheycafe.com.au
Officer CoffeeCafé
41-43 Stockade Avenue
Pelicana ChickenRestaurant
Post Office HotelPub
229-231 Sydney Road, Coburg
Rasa CornerTakeaway
114 Bell Street
Rexy Afghan KebabTakeaway
489 Sydney Road
Reynard Street CafeCafé
104A Reynard Street, Coburg
Roza RestaurantRestaurant
131 Sydney Road
SaleemRestaurant
114 Bell Street
San MarcoRestaurant
Smokin HutCafé
StuckeysTakeaway
2 Munro Street, Coburg
Swagath spice kitchenRestaurant
The Boot FactoryCafé
19 Pentridge Boulevard
The Faculty CafeCafé
The Glass DenCafé
15 Urquhart Street, Coburg
True NorthCafé
2A Munro Street, Coburgtruenorth3058.com
Twins CafeCafé
441-449 Sydney Road, Coburg
Two FranksCafé
202 Reynard Street, Coburgtwofranks.com.au
Wang Wang DumplingRestaurant
51 Waterfield Street
Wild Timor CafeCafé
282 Sydney Roadwildtimorcoffeecoburg.com
Yiannis Pantheon CakesCafé
425 Sydney Road
ZaatarRestaurant
365 Sydney Road, Coburg
Zauq ShauqRestaurant
873 Sydney Road, Brunswick

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Common questions about Coburg

Is Coburg a good place to live?

There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage, housing affordability and amenities, Coburg rates 70/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.

What is the median rent in Coburg?

At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Coburg was $430, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.

Where is Coburg?

Coburg is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Moreland local government area.

What is the population of Coburg?

At the 2021 Census, Coburg had a population of about 26,574.

Is Coburg an advantaged area?

Coburg has an ABS SEIFA score of 1065, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 88 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 88% of Australian suburbs.

What is the weather like in Coburg?

Coburg has average daytime highs of about 19.6°C and overnight lows of about 10°C, with roughly 724 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).

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