Yarra
101,356 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 20 km², 10 suburbs. Council website: yarracity.vic.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
101,356
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.4% in a year
Density
5,198/km²
20 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$1.6M
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$31
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
13.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
10 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
10
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income
- $2,270/week
- Median rent
- $451/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $2,321/month
- Households renting
- 53.4%
- Average household
- 2.0 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 10 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 9 of 10
Council finances
From Local Government Victoria's Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF), 2024-25.
- Average rates per property
- $1,937
- 2024-25
- Operating result
- +9.5%
- adjusted underlying result; negative = deficit
- Asset renewal
- 98%
- renewal and upgrade spend vs depreciation
Suburbs
10 suburbs where Yarra holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond (Vic.) | 28,587 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 5% / 0% | 10 |
| Fitzroy North | 12,781 | 93% | $1.7MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 10 |
| Fitzroy (Vic.) | 10,431 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 10% / 0% | 9 |
| Collingwood (Vic.) | 9,179 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | 15% / 0% | 9 |
| Abbotsford (Vic.) | 9,088 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 20% / 0% | 10 |
| Clifton Hill | 6,606 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | 6% / 0% | 10 |
| Fairfield (Vic.) | 6,535 | 11% | $1.8MDec 2025 | 20% / 0% | 10 |
| Carlton North | 6,177 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | 9% / 0% | 10 |
| Alphington | 5,702 | 45% | $2.1MDec 2025 | 27% / 0% | 10 |
| Cremorne (Vic.) | 2,158 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 17% / 0% | 10 |
| Princes Hill | 2,005 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | 12% / 0% | 10 |
| Burnley | 794 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | 39% / 0% | 10 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 10 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $1.2M
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.5M
- Highest suburb median
- $1.8M
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Melbourne · Sarah WITTY (ALP)57%
- Wills · Peter KHALIL (ALP)22%
- Cooper · Ged KEARNEY (ALP)11%
- Kooyong · Monique RYAN (IND)10%
State districts
- Richmond · Gabrielle de Vietri (GRN)64%
- Brunswick · Tim Read (GRN)22%
- Kew · Jess Wilson (LIB)10%
- Northcote · Kat Theophanous (ALP)4%
Asking-price cuts
Cuts in the last 30 days to listings the Shorted crawl has seen in the last 14 days, across 1 suburb of this council. An aggregate only: published at 3 or more cut listings council-wide (cuts in every crawled suburb count), and a suburb is named only when it has 3 of its own. Computed 24 Sep 2026; newest crawl observation 24 Sep 2026.
- Listings cut
- 9
- of 57 tracked
- Share cut
- 15.8%
- Typical cut
- 3.1%
- median over every cut listing
Most cuts: Fitzroy North (9). All price drops →
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every Victoria council on the council map or the Victoria council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: Local Government Victoria (LGPRF), 2024-25. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Asking-price cuts: Shorted listing crawl, aggregates only. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure, Local Government Victoria and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.