Telstra passes major new milestone as 5G rollout continues in Victoria

Media Release, 26 August 2020

Telstra has reached an important new milestone with the 450th Victorian 5G site on-air and around 240 suburbs across the state now with more than 50 per cent geographic coverage from Telstra 5G.

Around 150 suburbs in Melbourne and 90 regional suburbs across Albury-Wodonga, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Horsham, Mildura and Warrnambool now enjoy more than 50 per cent coverage from Telstra 5G.

Telstra Regional General Manager Steve Tinker said the rollout would continue into more Melbourne suburbs and more regional areas of Victoria over the coming months

“We’ve reached a milestone with our 450th Telstra 5G site on-air in Victoria and we’re reaching more and more people with the next generation of mobile technology,” Mr Tinker said.

“Every week we’re expanding Telstra 5G to more Melbourne suburbs and into Victoria’s regional areas so that as more 5G devices go on sale, our customers can have the latest devices on Australia’s best network.”

There are now more than 1,500 Telstra 5G sites on-air across selected areas of 53 Australian cities and towns. More than 1000 suburbs nationally are more than half covered by Telstra 5G and more than 10 million people live, work or pass through Telstra’s 5G footprint every day.

New figures reveal Melbourne CBD was the third highest suburb for 5G data consumption in Telstra’s 5G coverage footprint across the entire country. Rounding out the other most 5G data-hungry suburbs in Victoria were Point Cook, Docklands, Northcote and Richmond.

“While it’s more important than ever for Australians to be connected, it’ll be even more critical in the future as we roll out our 5G network which is bringing faster speeds, greater capacity and a wealth of new uses, to our customers,” Mr Tinker said.

A recent survey carried out by umlaut, the global industry leader in mobile benchmarking showed Telstra with the widest 5G availability in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, and the Gold Coast. The survey also showed that Telstra achieved the highest download speeds in each of these cities – with speeds of above 220 Mbps on average and reaching peak speeds above 880* Mbps on the Gold Coast.

According to the umlaut results, Telstra 5G had nearly 24 per cent more availability in Melbourne compared to its nearest competitor and its average 5G download speeds were nearly twice as fast.

“We’ve made a commitment to roll out the new Telstra 5G network to more areas across metro, regional and rural Australia – and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Mr Tinker said.

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  • Maps of Telstra’s 5G coverage maps are available at www.telstra.com.au/coverage-networks/our-coverage.
  • In non-5G areas, customers will switch to the available 3G/4G/X network.
  • The suburbs included below are those that have at least 50 per cent of their geographic area covered by Telstra 5G – and in some areas the network may cover the entirety of the suburb. Many other suburbs already have some 5G coverage but aren’t listed here unless more than half covered.

 

Melbourne suburbs with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • Abbotsford
  • Altona
  • Altona Meadows
  • Altona North
  • Ardeer
  • Armadale
  • Arthurs Seat
  • Aspendale
  • Aspendale Gardens
  • Badger Creek
  • Balaclava
  • Balwyn
  • Bangholme
  • Bayswater
  • Bayswater North
  • Belgrave
  • Belgrave South
  • Bentleigh
  • Bittern
  • Broadmeadows
  • Brookfield
  • Brooklyn
  • Brunswick
  • Brunswick East
  • Brunswick West
  • Bulla
  • Bulleen
  • Burwood East
  • Camberwell
  • Campbellfield
  • Canterbury
  • Carlton
  • Carnegie
  • Caulfield South
  • Chelsea Heights
  • Clarinda
  • Clayton
  • Clayton South
  • Clifton Hill
  • Collingwood
  • Coolaroo
  • Craigieburn
  • Cranbourne East
  • Crib Point
  • Dallas
  • Dandenong
  • Dandenong South
  • Derrimut
  • Dingley Village
  • Docklands
  • Doveton
  • East Melbourne
  • Edithvale
  • Endeavour Hills
  • Essendon
  • Essendon North
  • Fairfield
  • Ferny Creek
  • Frankston
  • Frankston North
  • Gladstone Park
  • Glenroy
  • Greenvale
  • Hallam
  • Hampton East
  • Heatherton
  • HMAS Cerberus
  • Hughesdale
  • Huntingdale
  • Kangaroo Ground
  • Kealba
  • Keilor
  • Keilor East
  • Keilor Lodge
  • Keilor North
  • Keilor Park
  • Kilsyth
  • Knoxfield
  • Kurunjang
  • Laverton North
  • Lysterfield
  • Lysterfield South
  • Maidstone
  • Meadow Heights
  • Melbourne
  • Melbourne Airport
  • Melton
  • Melton South
  • Mernda
  • Monbulk
  • Montrose
  • Moorabbin
  • Moorabbin Airport
  • Mordialloc
  • Narre Warren
  • Narre Warren East
  • Narre Warren North
  • Noble Park
  • North Melbourne
  • Nunawading
  • Oak Park
  • Oaklands Junction
  • Oakleigh
  • Oakleigh East
  • Oakleigh South
  • Panton Hill
  • Parkdale
  • Pascoe Vale
  • Plenty
  • Plumpton
  • Point Cook
  • Port Melbourne
  • Princes Hill
  • Ringwood East
  • Rockbank
  • Rosebud West
  • Roxburgh Park
  • Scoresby
  • Seabrook
  • Seaford
  • Seaholme
  • Skye
  • Somerton
  • Sorrento
  • South Kingsville
  • South Melbourne
  • South Morang
  • South Wharf
  • Southbank
  • Spotswood
  • Springvale South
  • St Albans
  • St Helena
  • Strathmore
  • Sunbury
  • Sunshine
  • Sunshine West
  • Taylors Hill
  • Tootgarook
  • Tottenham
  • Truganina
  • Tullamarine
  • Vermont South
  • Viewbank
  • Wantirna
  • Warrandyte South
  • Warranwood
  • Watsons Creek
  • Werribee
  • Westmeadows
  • Williamstown
  • Williamstown North
  • Wonga Park
  • Wyndham Vale
  • Yarrambat
  • Yuroke

 

Geelong suburbs with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • Avalon
  • Bell Park
  • Bell Post Hill
  • Belmont
  • Breakwater
  • Charlemont
  • East Geelong
  • Geelong
  • Geelong West
  • Grovedale
  • Hamlyn Heights
  • Herne Hill
  • Manifold Heights
  • Marshall
  • Newcomb
  • Newtown
  • Norlane
  • North Geelong
  • North Shore
  • Rippleside
  • South Geelong
  • St Albans Park
  • Thomson
  • Whittington

 

Ballarat suburbs with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • Alfredton
  • Ballarat Central
  • Ballarat East
  • Ballarat North
  • Black Hill
  • Bonshaw
  • Cambrian Hill
  • Canadian
  • Delacombe
  • Eureka
  • Golden Point
  • Invermay
  • Invermay Park
  • Lake Gardens
  • Lake Wendouree
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Rowan
  • Nerrina
  • Newington
  • Redan
  • Sebastopol
  • Soldiers Hill
  • Wendouree

 

Bendigo suburbs with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • Ascot
  • Bendigo
  • California Gully
  • Eaglehawk
  • East Bendigo
  • Epsom
  • Golden Gully
  • Golden Square
  • Ironbark
  • Jackass Flat
  • Kangaroo Flat
  • Kennington
  • Long Gully
  • North Bendigo
  • Strathdale
  • West Bendigo
  • White Hills

 

Albury-Wodonga suburbs with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • East Albury
  • Gateway Island
  • Glenroy
  • Hamilton Valley
  • Lavington
  • North Albury
  • South Albury
  • Springdale Heights
  • Thurgoona
  • West Albury

 

Other Victorian regional areas with 50 per cent or more 5G coverage:

  • Birdwoodton – Mildura
  • Cabarita – Mildura
  • Merbein – Mildura
  • Bushfield – Warrnambool
  • Dennington – Warrnambool
  • Warrnambool CBD – Warrnambool
  • Horsham CBD – Horsham
  • Riverside – Horsham

 

Telstra media contact: 

Matt Smithson - Media Manager (VIC/TAS)
E: media@team.telstra.com
Media ref number: 095/2020