Hoppers Crossing, VIC
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Hoppers Crossing is a large residential suburb in Melbourne's outer south-west, roughly 24 kilometres from the central city and part of the City of Wyndham. The wider district lies on the Country of the Boonwurrung and Wadawurrung peoples, who belong to the Kulin nation, and whose traditional lands took in the volcanic plains around the Werribee River. The suburb takes its name from Elizabeth Hopper, who worked as a gatekeeper at the level crossing on what is now the Werribee railway line, opening and closing the heavy wooden gates whenever a train passed. She and her husband Stephen, a long-serving railway ganger, raised their large family nearby. Until the 1960s the area was mostly open farmland, but it grew quickly from the 1970s as Melbourne expanded westward, gaining its first primary school and railway station around 1970. Today it is a major suburban centre, anchored by the sprawling Pacific Werribee shopping complex.
Less advantaged than the national average
Hoppers Crossing is more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 945, 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 Hoppers Crossing 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.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 5 components we can score for Hoppers Crossing 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
27/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (27/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
34/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $340 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 34% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Amenities & access
80/100Plenty mapped nearby
About 116 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap
Green space
66/100A good amount of green space nearby
About 9% of the area within ~1.2 km of the centre is mapped as green space — parks, reserves, sportsgrounds and the like. An area estimate from a radius around the centre, not the suburb boundary. · OpenStreetMap
Transport
66/100A good number of stops nearby
About 16 public-transport stops (bus, train, tram or ferry) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. Stop coverage, not timetable frequency. · OpenStreetMap
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- 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.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Hoppers Crossing at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 37,216
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $1,580
- SEIFA score
- 945
- Local government area
- Wyndham
- Coordinates
- -37.8690, 144.7001
Map of Hoppers Crossing
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Housing & property in Hoppers Crossing
What it costs to live in Hoppers Crossing and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $340
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,600
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 71%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 26%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Hoppers Crossing demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Hoppers Crossing demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Hoppers Crossing 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 28% and 41% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 7,070 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 4,852 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 10,444 | 28% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 9,616 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 5,230 | 14% |
Share of the 37,212 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 4,264 | 34% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 4,693 | 37% |
| Rented | 3,308 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 10,664 | 85% |
| Townhouses & semis | 985 | 8% |
| Flats & apartments | 920 | 7% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 12,584 occupied private dwellings in Hoppers Crossing.
- Average household size
- 2.8 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,793
- Median weekly personal income
- $691
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 14,289 (41%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 14,020 (40%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 346 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 15,913 (55%)
- Labour-force participation
- 59.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.5%
- Employed full-time
- 9,912
- Employed part-time
- 5,596
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 Hoppers Crossing
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Hoppers Crossing is January (average daytime high around 26.6°C) and the coolest is July (around 12.9°C). The area receives roughly 658 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.6°C | 14.8°C | 57 mm |
| Feb | 25.5°C | 14.2°C | 29 mm |
| Mar | 23.8°C | 13.3°C | 42 mm |
| Apr | 19.9°C | 10.8°C | 57 mm |
| May | 16.1°C | 8.6°C | 53 mm |
| Jun | 13.4°C | 6.8°C | 58 mm |
| Jul | 12.9°C | 6.2°C | 46 mm |
| Aug | 13.6°C | 6.3°C | 52 mm |
| Sep | 16.2°C | 7.3°C | 57 mm |
| Oct | 19.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm |
| Nov | 21.5°C | 10.7°C | 70 mm |
| Dec | 24.2°C | 12.5°C | 66 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Places in and around Hoppers Crossing
Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.
Eat & drink
3 nearbySottile's Pizza & Family Restaurant · Hoppers Club · Canteen
Parks & recreation
104 nearbySymons Avenue Park · Football Oval · Hoppers Bowls Club · Central Park · Hogans Road Reserve · Fraser Street Reserve
Shops & groceries
1 nearbyEasy Shop
Schools & education
7 nearbyBaden Powell P-9 College · Mossfiel Primary School · Bellbridge Primary School · St Peter Apostle Primary School · Hoppers Crossing Secondary College · Mossfiel Children's Centre
Things to do
1 nearbyCentral Park Community Centre
Eat & drink in and around Hoppers Crossing
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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- Hoppers ClubPub180-200 Pannam Drive, Hoppers Crossinghoppersclub.com.au
- Sottile's Pizza & Family RestaurantRestaurant19 Branton Roadsottilespizza.com.au
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Common questions about Hoppers Crossing
Is Hoppers Crossing 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, amenities, green space and transport, Hoppers Crossing rates 50/100 overall (Around the national middle). Schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Hoppers Crossing?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Hoppers Crossing was $340, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Hoppers Crossing?
Hoppers Crossing is a suburb of Victoria, Australia, in the Wyndham local government area.
What is the population of Hoppers Crossing?
At the 2021 Census, Hoppers Crossing had a population of about 37,216.
Is Hoppers Crossing an advantaged area?
Hoppers Crossing has an ABS SEIFA score of 945, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 27 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Hoppers Crossing?
Hoppers Crossing has average daytime highs of about 19.4°C and overnight lows of about 10°C, with roughly 658 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Hoppers Crossing?
Hoppers Crossing is one of the most populous suburbs in Victoria — the 13th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 37,216 usual residents).
Where Hoppers Crossing ranks
Hoppers Crossing appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Victoria#13 of 25
- Largest suburbs in Australia#21 of 25
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