Pakenham South suburb profile
Pakenham South is a semi-rural suburb on the fringe of Pakenham that feels like the country while remaining within reach of town services. The area is characterised by open paddocks, hobby farms and horse properties along quiet, tree-lined roads, with a mix of farmhouse-style residences and newer rural-residential blocks. It attracts people looking for space for animals, home-based trades or a gentler pace of life away from denser suburbs. Residents rely on nearby Pakenham for shopping, schools and sporting clubs, while local creeks and pockets of bush give plenty of scope for weekend rides and walks.
Pakenham South property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Pakenham South has relatively few recent property sales, so there isn't enough data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Sales counts, median days on market and average rents for both houses and units are also not available from the recent data.
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Pakenham South demographics
Pakenham South is a small community of 229 people with a median age of 46. The typical household earns $1,728 a week, roughly $90,000 a year.
Families are dominated by couples: 49.2% are couple families with children and 42.9% are couple families without children, so together they make up just over nine in ten families. One-parent families make up 7.9% of families.
Homes in Pakenham South are mostly owner-occupied, at about three in four when combining 45.7% owned outright and 28.6% owned with a mortgage. Around one in four households rent, at 25.7%.
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