City profile
Banyule is a municipality in Melbourne's north-east. It runs from Ivanhoe, Eaglemont and Heidelberg in the south through Rosanna, Viewbank, Macleod and Watsonia to Greensborough, Montmorency, Briar Hill and St Helena in the north. The council's main customer service centre is in Greensborough, with a second in the Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 30 June 2025)
- 132,770ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary).
- Area
- 62.5 km²ABS. The VEC gives 62.6 km².
- Population density
- About 2,124 people per km²ABS ERP ÷ ABS area.
- Wards
- 9, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peopleAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Bellfield3081
- Briar Hill3088
- Bundoora (part)3083
- Eaglemont3084
- Eltham North (part)3095
- Greensborough (part)3088
- Heidelberg3084
- Heidelberg Heights3081
- Heidelberg West3081
- Ivanhoe3079
- Ivanhoe East3079
- Lower Plenty3093
- Macleod (part)3085
- Montmorency3094
- Rosanna3084
- St Helena3088
- Viewbank3084
- Watsonia3087
- Watsonia North3087
- Yallambie3085
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
The council doesn't publish a list of its localities, so this list comes from the official Vicmap locality boundaries, checked against the council boundary. Four localities are split with neighbouring councils: about 73% of Greensborough's area is in Banyule, 60% of Macleod's, 28% of Eltham North's and 23% of Bundoora's. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Banyule. The shaded area on the map is the council boundary from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASGS 2025) — the same boundary the ABS area and population figures are measured on.
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria) · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Banyule City Council (9 single-councillor wards, area) · Sep 2026
- Banyule City Council — Banyule facts and statistics · Sep 2026
- Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) — LGA Recorded Offences, Table 03 (suburb and postcode by LGA) · Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin locality polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Metropolitan) · 2024–25
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.