Darley VIC 3340
Located in Victoria, Darley sits 61 km from Melbourne CBD, around 52 minutes by car. The suburb has 9,190 residents, a median age of 37, and a median household income of $101,452 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 9.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. Darley is characterised by high bushfire risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Darley a good suburb?
Darley scores a C (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on transit and safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 20/100 · 60.8 km · 52 min drive to Melbourne
More affordable than most
Median $650K · More affordable than 89% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 82/100 · Crime 57/100 · Flood 47/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 37 · 9,190 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #694 in VICEach bar is Darley's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
31 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDarley's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $650,000, about 9% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$650,000
Based on 276 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 153 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 118 sales $560K
- 4 bed 133 sales $745K
- 5 bed 15 sales $851K
Land
$501,000
Based on 33 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 76 days — median across 18 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Darley are currently listed at around $754,000 on average. Based on 133 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$754K
133 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$434K
7 units listed in the last 6 months.
140 of the suburb's 3,151 dwellings (4.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Darley rent for around $520 a week on average, based on 39 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$520/wk
39 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
41 rentals advertised against an estimated 545 rented homes (7.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025102 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3340.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$520/week ($27,000 a year) on a $754,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Darley safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Darley sits in the moderate band, with 393 incidents recorded in 2026 — up about 4% on the prior year.
393 offences
4.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202514 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
Two schools serve Darley, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,061 students across 2 schools (avg 530)
- • ICSEA 988-1009, median 998 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Pentland Primary School (556 students)
Primary
Walkability
Darley is very car-dependent on foot — at 20/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Darley.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 80.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 28.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 36.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 14.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Darley.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 97%
- Premises covered
- 3,821
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
Moorabool: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 22 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Darley is home to about 9,200 residents, with a median age of 37, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $101,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
9,190
Median Age
37
Median Household Income
$101,452/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$42,692/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.3%
Total Dwellings
3,151
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.7%
Houses
92.9%
Rental Stress
16.4%
Mortgage Stress
20.5%
Work From Home
20.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
82 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 4 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 533 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 82.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.9%
- Employment Rate
- 64.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 38.4%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
97 residents (1.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 8,607 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (381 of 4,703).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,176 people work here; 4,703 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 74% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,979 a year through Moorabool based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 48%
- Residential 22%
- Other and special use 15%
- Parks and recreation 8%
- Environmental 3%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Moorabool
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.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 360 homes
- Lots in approved subdivisions, not yet titled 167 homes
- Land zoned for housing, not yet subdivided 193 homes
From the Victorian Government's Urban Development Program: growth-area land and approved lots (metropolitan 2025, regional June 2024) and projects of 10 or more homes in Melbourne (2025), by stage. Lots and homes are counted as published; a lot usually becomes one home.
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.
Air Quality
CLEANPM2.5 averaged 4.4 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
Days over the limit in 2025: ozone 0.
From the Melton monitoring station, 14.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Macedon Forestry, 27.2 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 157 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 43.3 km
- Annual rainfall
- 778 mm
- 74 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 2.9 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 3.1 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Manganese & compounds · Fluoride compounds · Zinc and compounds
- 3.2 kmGravel and Sand QuarryingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 3340, 156 of 22,571 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (432 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3340, 4,142 rooftop-solar systems totalling 26.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,747 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 323 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.
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.
39 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3340 in 2025-26, rank 35 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 228, in 2020-21.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 10 across postcode 3340.
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.
At $650,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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
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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Michaela Settle Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Michaela Settle ALP | 57.2% | 57.2% | 42.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
Looking at a specific address in Darley?
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Darley
Is Darley a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Darley is moderate (57/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Darley?
Darley has a high recorded bushfire history (82/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (47/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Darley a good place to live?
Darley has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (31/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Darley?
Darley, VIC had a population of 9,190 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Darley, VIC?
The postcode for Darley, VIC is 3340.
How far is Darley from Melbourne?
Darley is 61 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 52 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Darley?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Darley was $101,452 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 Darley?
The median advertised rent in Darley is $520 a week for houses (39 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Darley?
The median age of residents in Darley was 37 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Darley at risk of bushfire?
Darley has a high recorded bushfire history (82/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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.
How are the schools in Darley?
There are 2 schools inside the Darley boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Darley walkable?
Darley scores 20/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Darley?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Darley (Melton) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.4 µg/m³. That puts Darley below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Darley?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Darley, Macedon Forestry (27.2 km away), 778 mm of rain a year over 74 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Darley?
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 Darley belong to?
Darley sits within the Moorabool local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Darley?
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 Darley?
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 Darley in?
Darley sits within the federal Division of Hawke, currently held by Sam Rae (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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