Clayton
Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne’s south-east, in the City of Monash. Clayton station is on the Pakenham line and the Cranbourne line. Suburban Rail Loop East includes two new underground stations in this suburb: one at Clayton, and one called Monash, at Monash University. Monash is the station name, not a suburb. Neither underground station is the station in the photograph, and neither is open. The southern stations package had not been signed when the Auditor-General’s report was tabled on 26 August 2026. The photograph is platform 1 of the existing station on 20 September 2025.
At the 2021 Census the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 18,988 people usually living in Clayton. The median age was 28. The Victorian median on the same release was 38. There were 7,846 private dwellings, with 2.5 people per household on average, the same as the Victorian figure. The median weekly household income was $1,494.
2021 Census
| People usually resident | 18,988 |
| Median age | 28 |
| Private dwellings | 7,846 |
| People per household | 2.5 |
| Median weekly household income | $1,494 |
These figures are for the suburb, not for the City of Monash.
References
- 2021 Census QuickStats: Clayton (SAL20569), Australian Bureau of Statistics. People, median age, dwellings, people per household, and median weekly household income. The geography is Suburbs and Localities. The Victorian median age on that page is 38, and the Victorian average household is 2.5 people.
- SRL East, Victoria’s Big Build. The six underground stations include Clayton and Monash.
- Delivering the Suburban Rail Loop, Victorian Auditor-General’s Office, tabled 26 August 2026. The stations contracts were unsigned.
- Photograph: Clayton station platform 1, 20 September 2025, PEPSI697, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.