Yarrambat vs Doreen

Doreen is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 47 in Yarrambat. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Yarrambat: a median of $2.15 million, against $806,000 in Doreen, and rent is higher there too. Yarrambat is closer to the city centre: 31.4 km, against 35.8 km. On these figures, Yarrambat tends to suit couples, while Doreen suits families with children and buyers on a tighter budget.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Doreen

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (130 vs 3)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (8 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (16 vs 4)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Doreen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($805,500 vs $2,150,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Doreen

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (22% vs 4%)
  • has cheaper rent ($397/wk vs $450/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Yarrambat

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (31.4 km vs 35.8 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (45 min vs 51 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Yarrambat has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 8%)
  • Doreen has more GPs (7 vs 0)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Doreen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (27.3% vs 0.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Yarrambat and Doreen drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Yarrambat Doreen
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Yarrambat Doreen
Walkability 39 / 40
Yarrambat — Walkability: 39/100 Doreen — Walkability: 40/100
Safety 54 / 61
Yarrambat — Safety: 54/100 Doreen — Safety: 61/100
Low fire risk 46 / 74
Yarrambat — Low fire risk: 46/100 Doreen — Low fire risk: 74/100
Low flood risk 73 / 62
Yarrambat — Low flood risk: 73/100 Doreen — Low flood risk: 62/100

Demographics

Doreen has more residents (27,122 vs 1,602); Yarrambat skews older (47 vs 33).

Yarrambat Doreen
Population 1,602 27,122
+1593% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.9% +27.3%
Median age 47 33
Median household income $135,200/yr
+17% vs other
 $111,852/yr
Median weekly rent $450/wk
+12% vs other
 $397/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Yarrambat Doreen
0-4 2.6% / 8.5%
Yarrambat — 0-4: 2.6% Doreen — 0-4: 8.5%
5-14 11.5% / 18.4%
Yarrambat — 5-14: 11.5% Doreen — 5-14: 18.4%
15-19 8.1% / 6.8%
Yarrambat — 15-19: 8.1% Doreen — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 8.5% / 4.9%
Yarrambat — 20-24: 8.5% Doreen — 20-24: 4.9%
25-34 7.1% / 13.9%
Yarrambat — 25-34: 7.1% Doreen — 25-34: 13.9%
35-44 8.8% / 18.6%
Yarrambat — 35-44: 8.8% Doreen — 35-44: 18.6%
45-54 17.5% / 13.0%
Yarrambat — 45-54: 17.5% Doreen — 45-54: 13.0%
55-64 16.9% / 7.6%
Yarrambat — 55-64: 16.9% Doreen — 55-64: 7.6%
65-74 10.9% / 5.7%
Yarrambat — 65-74: 10.9% Doreen — 65-74: 5.7%
75-84 6.2% / 2.3%
Yarrambat — 75-84: 6.2% Doreen — 75-84: 2.3%
85+ 1.3% / 0.3%
Yarrambat — 85+: 1.3% Doreen — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Yarrambat 75.6% couple families
Yarrambat — Couple Families: 75.6% Yarrambat — Lone Person: 14.1% Yarrambat — One Parent Families: 8.8% Yarrambat — Other Families: 1.5% Yarrambat — Group Household: 0.0%
Doreen 61.8% couple families
Doreen — Couple Families: 61.8% Doreen — Lone Person: 17.8% Doreen — One Parent Families: 17.6% Doreen — Other Families: 1.0% Doreen — Group Household: 1.8%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Yarrambat 4.5% renting
Yarrambat — Owned Outright: 49.8% Yarrambat — Mortgage: 45.7% Yarrambat — Renting: 4.5%
Doreen 21.6% renting
Doreen — Owned Outright: 19.3% Doreen — Mortgage: 59.1% Doreen — Renting: 21.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Yarrambat Doreen
Certificate III & IV 16.7% / 15.2%
Yarrambat — Certificate III & IV: 16.7% Doreen — Certificate III & IV: 15.2%
Bachelor Degree 12.4% / 11.6%
Yarrambat — Bachelor Degree: 12.4% Doreen — Bachelor Degree: 11.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.4% / 8.8%
Yarrambat — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.4% Doreen — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.8%
Postgraduate Degree 3.7% / 3.7%
Yarrambat — Postgraduate Degree: 3.7% Doreen — Postgraduate Degree: 3.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.1% / 2.0%
Yarrambat — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.1% Doreen — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Yarrambat Doreen
England 2.1% / 2.5%
Yarrambat — England: 2.1% Doreen — England: 2.5%
India 0.7% / 3.9%
Yarrambat — India: 0.7% Doreen — India: 3.9%
Italy 2.8% / 0.8%
Yarrambat — Italy: 2.8% Doreen — Italy: 0.8%
New Zealand 1.2% / 1.2%
Yarrambat — New Zealand: 1.2% Doreen — New Zealand: 1.2%
Sri Lanka 0.4% / 1.1%
Yarrambat — Sri Lanka: 0.4% Doreen — Sri Lanka: 1.1%
Iran — / 0.8%
Yarrambat — Iran: not among its largest Doreen — Iran: 0.8%
Greece 0.6% / —
Yarrambat — Greece: 0.6% Doreen — Greece: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Yarrambat 100.2% houses
Yarrambat — Houses: 100.2% Yarrambat — Townhouses: 0.0% Yarrambat — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Doreen 94.6% houses
Doreen — Houses: 94.6% Doreen — Townhouses: 5.1% Doreen — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Yarrambat Doreen
Median house price $2,150,000 $805,500
Median unit price — $570,000
Median land price — $747,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 75 days
from 9 sales
 20 days
from 359 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Yarrambat Doreen
3 bed $1.4M / $721K
Yarrambat — 3 bed: $1.4M (5 sales) Doreen — 3 bed: $721K (193 sales)

5 vs 193 sales

4 bed $2.27M / $842K
Yarrambat — 4 bed: $2.27M (10 sales) Doreen — 4 bed: $842K (401 sales)

10 vs 401 sales

Zoning mix

Doreen has more rural and farming land (38% vs 0%); Yarrambat has more land zoned for conservation (57% vs 21%).

Yarrambat Doreen
Environmental 57% 21%
Rural and farming 0% 38%
Residential 22% 33%
Parks and recreation 19% 3%
Other and special use 0% 3%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Yarrambat Doreen
New dwellings approved 98
across Nillumbik
same for both
Approvals change year on year +8%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Yarrambat Doreen
Houses — 3.8%
$585/wk on $810K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Yarrambat Doreen
House price — Higher than 52% of VIC
Income Higher than 95% of VIC Higher than 85% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 41% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 84% of VIC Higher than 85% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 81% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 83% of VIC Higher than 82% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 64% of VIC Higher than 94% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 51% of VIC

Liveability

Yarrambat scores higher overall (65 vs 58).

Yarrambat Doreen
Grade B
same for both
Score 65/100 58/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Yarrambat carries more bushfire risk (54 vs 26); Doreen carries more flood risk (38 vs 27).

Yarrambat Doreen
Bushfire Moderate
54/100
 Low
26/100
Crime Moderate
46/100
 Low
39/100
Flood Low
27/100
 Low
38/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Yarrambat Doreen
Inside the suburb 1 8
Rated above peers 1
same for both
Rated at peers 0 4
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 2
Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus, 9.5 km
 None

Schools in Yarrambat

  • Yarrambat Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Doreen

  • Doreen Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Ashley Park Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Hazel Glen College Government · Combined at peers
  • Laurimar Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Plenty Valley Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
  • St Paul the Apostle Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Yarrambat Doreen
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 2 6
Parks & reserves 3 130
Childcare 4 16
GPs 0 7
Pharmacies 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 3 7

Mobility

Doreen sits further from the CBD (35.8 km vs 31.4 km).

Yarrambat Doreen
Walkability score 39/100 40/100
Distance to Melbourne 31.4 km 35.8 km
+14% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 45 min 51 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
 78/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 77.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 263.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 3091
 1.2%
postcode 3754
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 60
postcode 3091
 45
postcode 3754

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Yarrambat Doreen
Car (driver) 65.8% / 65.4%
Yarrambat — Car (driver): 65.8% Doreen — Car (driver): 65.4%
Worked from Home 26.8% / 27.0%
Yarrambat — Worked from Home: 26.8% Doreen — Worked from Home: 27.0%
Car (passenger) 4.4% / 3.5%
Yarrambat — Car (passenger): 4.4% Doreen — Car (passenger): 3.5%
Train 1.4% / 3.0%
Yarrambat — Train: 1.4% Doreen — Train: 3.0%
Walked Only 1.6% / 0.6%
Yarrambat — Walked Only: 1.6% Doreen — Walked Only: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (65.8%).

Setting

Yarrambat Doreen
Elevation 176 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 195 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 28.6 km 32.8 km

NBN connectivity

Yarrambat Doreen
Connectivity score 30/100 86/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
546 premises
 74%
8,430 premises

Climate

Yarrambat Doreen
Annual rainfall 534 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Yarrambat Doreen
PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Yarrambat Doreen
Average residential rate $2,696/yr
same for both
Council Nillumbik
same for both

Federal electorate

Yarrambat Doreen
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Yarrambat Doreen
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Yarrambat

Acreage Luxury Outer Quiet

Doreen

Family Large Blocks Outer Parks Young Families

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