Neil Casey
Prosperitii Property Investment Advisory - 30+ reviews (Granny Flat and Dual Occ specilaists)
Nowra, NSW+8
Melbourne · Bayside
A suburb in the City of Bayside, with Sandringham railway station. Half of its homes are separate houses.
Last reviewed 25 October 2026
Market snapshot
Official figures
Read 6 October 2026
Median house price by year1
At the 2021 Census
Sources
Sandringham 3191 · Bayside. Medians describe sales, not the value of any one home.
Before you buy
Sandringham is a Stage 1 centre in the state's Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres Program, whose Stage 1 centre plans were finalised in March 2026. The plan applied a maximum height of eight storeys across most sites in the centre, with a maximum of 12 storeys for the northern pocket. It covers the centre's core and the area within about 10 minutes' walk of it (around 800 metres), not the whole suburb. Check whether the address is inside the plan's area.
Places with Sandringham addresses in Bayside's Heritage Overlay schedule include the railway station on Station Street, Jesmond Dene at 48 Abbott Street and The Hobson Stores at 19-21 Melrose Street. Amendment C192bays, approved with changes and gazetted in October 2025, added Perkins House at 28 Gladstone Street and Armstrong House at 22 Harold Street to the Heritage Overlay. On our map reading, the Sandringham Masonic Centre is on the Victorian Heritage Register. Check the address on the planning scheme maps before you plan works.
On our map reading, parts of Sandringham are in the Special Building Overlay. Bayside introduced it in 2002 for land Melbourne Water identified as affected by natural overland flows in a 1 in 100 year storm, and Amendment C153 updated its boundaries in 2019 to reflect revised Melbourne Water flood modelling. Parts of the suburb are also in Design and Development Overlay schedules DDO1, DDO2, DDO3 and DDO14. Check the address against the overlays before you make an offer.
Bayside's Coastal and Marine Management Plan covers the coastal areas of Brighton, Hampton, Sandringham, Black Rock and Beaumaris. Council endorsed it on 17 June 2025, and the council's page lists state endorsement as anticipated in 2026.
Metro Trains lists Sandringham Railway Station at Waltham Street and Station Street, Sandringham, in Zone 2.
The Department of Education's 2026 list gives Sandringham Primary School (31 Bamfield Street), Sandringham East Primary School (9 Holloway Road) and Sandringham College (11 Holloway Road) Sandringham addresses. Check the school zone for the address if you are counting on a place.
We found no Homes Victoria rent figure for Sandringham. At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Sandringham was $460.
At the 2021 Census, 50.0% of Sandringham homes were separate houses, 26.8% were flats or apartments and 22.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses.
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Why a buyers agent
In Sandringham, a finalised activity centre plan sets heights of up to eight storeys across most sites in the centre, and parts of the suburb are in the Heritage Overlay and the Special Building Overlay. A buyers agent who works Bayside checks the planning scheme for each home on your shortlist, prices it against the sales closest to it, and negotiates or bids at auction for you.
The Sandringham plan, finalised in March 2026, sets a maximum of eight storeys across most sites in the centre and 12 in the northern pocket. An agent checks whether the address is inside it.
Bayside's Heritage Overlay lists Sandringham places such as the railway station and The Hobson Stores, and two houses were added in October 2025. An agent checks the address before you bid.
On our map reading, parts of Sandringham are in the Special Building Overlay, which Bayside applies to land affected by overland flows in a 1 in 100 year storm. An agent checks the address against it.
The State Revenue Office charges no duty on a first home with a dutiable value up to $600,000, and a reduced amount from $600,001 to $750,000. An agent with your conveyancer checks whether the home you choose qualifies before you sign.
Compare
| Metric | This suburbSandringham | NearbyBeaumaris | NearbyHampton |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median house | $2,162,500 | $2,100,000 | $2,300,000 |
| Median unit | $735,500 | $1,095,000 | $975,000 |
| Year-on-year growth | +2.5% | +1.6% | -7.9% |
| 5-year growth | +16.9% | +21.7% | +15.0% |
| Rental yield | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| Postcode | 3191 | 3193 | 3188 |
Official medians for 2025 from the state Valuer-General, and our calculations from them. Sources are on each suburb page.
The place
Sandringham had 10,926 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47. It is in the City of Bayside.
At the 2021 Census, 39.6% of Sandringham homes were owned outright and 32.3% with a mortgage. The median weekly rent at that Census was $460 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,708.
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