Diamond Creek VIC 3089
Diamond Creek is a suburb in Victoria, 29 km from Melbourne CBD, around 41 minutes by car. Population is 12,503; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $130,416 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 6.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $430 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows high bushfire risk. 4 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Diamond Creek a good suburb?
Diamond Creek scores a B (51/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on schools.
Below the state average
4 schools · Bottom 12% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 85/100 · 29 km · 41 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $1.03M
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 65/100 · Crime 44/100 · Flood 52/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 39 · 12,503 residents
Liveability Rating
51 / 100 · Ranked #415 in VICEach bar is Diamond Creek's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
51 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDiamond Creek's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.03 million, about 4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,035,000
16% below its 9 neighbours (median $1,230,000)
Based on 227 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 138 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $675K
- 3 bed 97 sales $895K
- 4 bed 93 sales $1.21M
- 5 bed 24 sales $1.3M
Land
$610,000
Based on 26 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 31 days — median across 10 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Diamond Creek are currently listed at around $1.1 million on average. Based on 90 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.1M
90 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$675K
6 units listed in the last 6 months.
96 of the suburb's 4,158 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Diamond Creek rent for around $748 a week on average, based on 14 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$748/wk
14 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
15 rentals advertised against an estimated 420 rented homes (3.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025107 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 28% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3089.
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$748/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1.1 million 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.
Short-Stay Rentals
3 active Airbnb listings: 2 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.0% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Diamond Creek safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Diamond Creek sits in the moderate band, with 399 incidents recorded in 2026 — down about 6% on the prior year.
399 offences
5.7% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202526 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
Four schools serve Diamond Creek, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,701 students across 4 schools (avg 425)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1020-1080, median 1066 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Diamond Valley College (818 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
- 9.2 kmMelbourne (Bundoora) CampusLa Trobe University · 223 courses
- 9.2 kmBundoora Campus, Plenty Road, Bundoora Vic 3083Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology · 111 courses
2.7% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Diamond Creek is very walkable on foot — at 85/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 40 parks and 16 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Diamond Creek.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 154.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 109.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 68.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.7 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 20 min wait
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 Diamond Creek.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 50%
- Premises covered
- 4,923
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
Nillumbik: 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 29 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Diamond Creek is home to about 12,500 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $130,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
12,503
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$130,416/yr
Census Median Rent
$430/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$51,116/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.2%
Total Dwellings
4,158
Owner-Occupier Rate
89.9%
Houses
94.3%
Rental Stress
17.1%
Mortgage Stress
19.9%
Work From Home
32.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
31 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 414 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.8%
- Employment Rate
- 70%
- Completed Year 12
- 49.3%
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.
111 residents (0.9%) 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 11,764 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
13% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (907 of 7,063).
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 2,513 people work here; 7,063 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 62% 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 $2,696 a year through Nillumbik based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 58%
- Residential 33%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Commercial 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Nillumbik
In the year to August 2026, 98 new dwellings were approved across Nillumbik. That mix is 65 houses and 33 units. Approvals are up 8.3% on the same period a year earlier.
New Homes Planned
New homes planned in this suburb: 351 homes
- Apartment and townhouse projects under construction 10 homes
- Projects firmly planned 185 homes
- Projects possible in the longer term 156 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 3.9 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³).
From the Macleod monitoring station, 10.6 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 23.0 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 61 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 26.9 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 7.8% of addresses
- 431 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 534 mm
- 85 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 13 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 3089, 115 of 9,898 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (222 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3089, 1,636 rooftop-solar systems totalling 10.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,288 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 100 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.
5 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3089 in 2025-26, rank 129 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 77, in 2007-08.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb.
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 $1,035,000 this is $285,000 above 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 Rob Mitchell Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Rob Mitchell | 54.8% | 45.2% | +0.9 |
| 2022 | Rob Mitchell | 53.3% | 46.7% | +2.0 |
| 2019 | Rob Mitchell | 55.0% | 45.0% | +1.0 |
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 Vicki Ward Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vicki Ward ALP | 59.0% | 59.0% | 41.0% |
| 2018 | Vicki Ward ALP | 59.1% | 59.1% | 40.9% |
| 2014 | Vicki Ward ALP | 52.7% | 52.7% | 47.3% |
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.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Diamond Creek
Is Diamond Creek a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Diamond Creek is moderate (44/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Diamond Creek?
Diamond Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (52/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Diamond Creek a good place to live?
Diamond Creek has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (51/100), 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 Diamond Creek?
Diamond Creek, VIC had a population of 12,503 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Diamond Creek, VIC?
The postcode for Diamond Creek, VIC is 3089.
How far is Diamond Creek from Melbourne?
Diamond Creek is 29 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 41 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Diamond Creek?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Diamond Creek was $130,416 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 Diamond Creek?
The median advertised rent in Diamond Creek is $748 a week for houses (14 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Diamond Creek?
The median age of residents in Diamond Creek was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Diamond Creek at risk of bushfire?
Diamond Creek has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100). 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 Diamond Creek?
There are 4 schools inside the Diamond Creek boundary: 3 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Diamond Creek walkable?
Diamond Creek scores 85/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. 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 Diamond Creek?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Diamond Creek (Macleod) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 3.9 µg/m³. That puts Diamond Creek below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Diamond Creek?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Diamond Creek, Essendon Airport (23 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 534 mm of rain a year over 85 rainy days, and 13 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Diamond 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 Diamond Creek belong to?
Diamond Creek sits within the Nillumbik local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Diamond Creek?
The average residential rates bill through Nillumbik is $2,696 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Diamond Creek?
Across Nillumbik, 98 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 8.3% 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 Diamond Creek in?
Diamond Creek sits within the federal Division of Mcewen, currently held by Rob Mitchell (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
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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