Dales Creek ^{VIC 3341}

Acreage

Dales Creek sits 82 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 1 hour 5 minutes by car. Census data records 403 residents with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $102,232 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 1.3% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $271 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. Walkability is low.

This locality is too small to rate.

The Liveability Rating is calculated for suburbs of 500 residents or more, and this one has 403. Below that the school, census and safety figures behind the score cover too few people to rank fairly against the rest of the state. The individual measures further down this page are still shown.

Median House Price

Public listings data

Dales Creek's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $710,000, roughly 25% above where it sat a year earlier.

$710,000

last 2 quarters

↑ +25.2% year-on-year

Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 72 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

3 bed 5 sales $785K

Is Dales Creek safe? Crime statistics

2026

Crime in Dales Creek sits in the moderate band, with 15 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 50% on the prior year.

15 offences

50.0% since 2025

Assault 4 (26.7%)

Harassment & Stalking 3 (20.0%)

Disorderly Conduct 3 (20.0%)

Theft 2 (13.3%)

Property Damage 1 (6.7%)

Break & Enter 1 (6.7%)

Weapons Offences 1 (6.7%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Dales Creek killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Dales Creek is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

out of 100

Very Car-Dependent

Bottom 10% in VIC

Public Transport within 1 km not measured

Schools within 1.5 km 0

Parks within 800 m 0

Supermarkets within 1 km 0

GPs within 1 km 0

Pharmacies within 1 km 0

Childcare within 1 km 0

Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Dales Creek.

connectivity score / 100

Most common

Fixed wireless

Full-fibre (FTTP) share: 0%
Premises covered: 184

Technology mix

Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 91%

Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 9%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Moorabool: council population

The whole council area, not just Dales Creek · estimated residents

at 30 June 2025

Residents

40,472

+1.9% in a year

Change

+763

people since 2024

Density

people per km² across the council area

What drove the change

Natural increase

+297

births minus deaths

Net internal migration

+358

moves within Australia

Net overseas migration

+108

arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state

2021 census

Advantage and disadvantage

6/10

5/10 within VIC

income, education, jobs and housing together

Economic resources

8/10

8/10 within VIC

income against housing cost and household size

Education and occupation

4/10

3/10 within VIC

qualifications and job type, income excluded

Dales Creek is home to 403 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $102,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

403

1.3% since 2016

Median Age

2.6% since 2016

Median Household Income

$102,232/yr

15.5% since 2016

Top 25% in VIC

Census Median Rent

$271/wk

4.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,733/mo

8.3% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

3.6% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$47,684/yr

31.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

1.4%

63.2% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.9%

47.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

139

3.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

100.0%

3.2% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

no change since 2016

Rental Stress

13.8%

17.4% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

20.3%

6.5% since 2016

Work From Home

12.3%

547.4% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 139 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 103 (79.8%)

Owned Outright 26 (20.2%)

Demographics

Born in Australia: 81.4%
English Spoken at Home: 92.8%
Employment Rate: 68.1%
Completed Year 12: 32.0%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 55 (26.1%)

Professionals 35 (16.6%)

Machinery Operators & Drivers 27 (12.8%)

Labourers 22 (10.4%)

Community & Personal Service 21 (10.0%)

Sales 18 (8.5%)

Clerical & Administrative 17 (8.1%)

Managers 11 (5.2%)

Religion

No Religion 223 (55.3%)

Christianity 139 (34.5%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 17 (4.2%)

Philippines 4 (1.0%)

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Vietnamese 3 (0.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 22 (5.5%)

5-14 65 (16.1%)

15-19 18 (4.5%)

20-24 18 (4.5%)

25-34 42 (10.4%)

35-44 67 (16.6%)

45-54 69 (17.1%)

55-64 54 (13.4%)

65-74 35 (8.7%)

75-84 8 (2.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 64 (58.7%)

Lone Person 31 (28.4%)

One Parent Families 14 (12.8%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 154 (86.0%)

Worked from Home 22 (12.3%)

Car (passenger) 3 (1.7%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 211).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Certificate III & IV 83 (20.6%)

Advanced Diploma / Diploma 42 (10.4%)

Bachelor Degree 28 (6.9%)

Postgraduate Degree 15 (3.7%)

Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4 (1.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 6 (4.3%)

1 car 24 (17.3%)

2 cars 61 (43.9%)

3 cars 26 (18.7%)

4+ cars 27 (19.4%)

Council Rates

Moorabool

FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,979 a year through Moorabool based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate

$1,979/yr

About the VIC average ($1,937) · median of 79 councils

Rate in the dollar

0.315¢ / $

of property valuation

Valuation basis

Capital Improved Value

land + buildings

How this land is zoned

Share of Dales Creek's area by planning zone

2026-09

Environmental 96%
Infrastructure and transport 4%
Zones under 1% 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Moorabool

The whole council area, not just Dales Creek · new residential dwellings

to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 338 new dwellings were approved across Moorabool. That mix is 255 houses and 83 units. Approvals are up 4.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months

338dwellings

+4.0% YoY

Houses

255

detached dwellings

Units

townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage

The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).

Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.

Climate & Setting

from Macedon Forestry, 25.5 km

Moderate rainfall.

Elevation: 588 m; above sea level, at the locality centre
Annual rainfall: 778 mm; 74 rainy days
Summer max (Jan): —
Winter min (Jul): —

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

EV adoption

0.4%

of light vehicles are electric

Up from 0.17% in 2021

+0.2 points this year

In postcode 3341, 8 of 1,795 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.2% (22 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.7%.

Electric share, year by year

2021

0.17%

2022

0.17%

2023

0.00%

2024

0.23%

2025

0.45%

Rooftop solar

systems per 100 dwellings

Averaging 6.0 kW each

In postcode 3341, 330 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 604 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 18 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.

The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.

0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3341 in 2025-26. The most was 10, in 2006-07.

2000-01 to 2025-26

Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.

Verify eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for

Purchase price

Deposit

Interest rate

Loan term

years

Monthly repayment

$3,703

Loan amount

$568,000

Total interest over 30 years

$765,057

Deposit

$142,000

Stamp duty

$37,670

Cash needed at settlement

$179,670

Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Hawke

Currently held by Sam Rae Australian Labor Party

Year	Winner	2PP ALP	2PP LNP	Swing
2025	Sam Rae	57.6%	42.4%	+0.0
2022	Sam Rae	57.6%	42.4%	+2.6

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Macedon District

Currently held by Mary-Anne Thomas Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch

Next state election: 28 November 2026.

Year	Winner	Won with	2PP ALP	2PP LNP
2022	Mary-Anne Thomas ALP	59.5%	59.5%	40.5%
2018	Mary-Anne Thomas ALP	50.6%	63.2%	36.8%
2014	Mary-Anne Thomas ALP	53.8%	53.8%	46.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.

Looking at a specific address in Dales Creek?

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Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it

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Common questions about Dales Creek

Is Dales Creek a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Dales Creek is moderate (46/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Dales Creek?

Dales Creek has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Dales Creek?

Dales Creek, VIC had a population of 403 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Dales Creek, VIC?

The postcode for Dales Creek, VIC is 3341.

How far is Dales Creek from Melbourne?

Dales Creek is 82 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 65 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Dales Creek?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dales Creek was $102,232 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Dales Creek?

There are too few current rental listings in Dales Creek for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $271, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Dales Creek?

The median age of residents in Dales Creek was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Dales Creek at risk of bushfire?

Dales Creek has a high recorded bushfire history (96/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the weather like in Dales Creek?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Dales Creek, Macedon Forestry (25.5 km away), 778 mm of rain a year over 74 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dales Creek?

First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Dales Creek belong to?

Dales Creek sits within the Moorabool local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Dales Creek?

The average residential rates bill through Moorabool is $1,979 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Dales Creek?

Across Moorabool, 338 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 4.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Dales Creek in?

Dales Creek sits within the federal Division of Hawke, currently held by Sam Rae (Australian Labor Party).

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