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Housing
harkness
Victoria · Census 2021
$595k
+4.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Harkness is a green, park-rich suburb of Melton.
Median house price
People
Population
12,463
Median age
30 yrs
Income / person / wk
$789
Household income / wk
$1,752
Housing
Median rent / wk
$350
Mortgage / month
$1,700
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 32%
- Top language at home
- Punjabi · 3%
- No religion
- 32%
- Born overseas
- 32%
- English only at home
- 67%
Local amenities
Amenity score
41/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
24
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
3.8 km
Nearest train
5.9 km
Nearest hospital
10.4 km
Distance to coast
34 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
2.6 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Melton
- Council population
- 215,896
- Council area
- 528 km²
- Density
- 409/km²
- Federal grants
- $28.38M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $131/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,779
- Operating result
- +21.5%
- Asset renewal
- 107%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Hawke
- Federal MP
- Sam Rae (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 58% 2PP
- State electorate
- Melton
- State MP
- Steve Mcghie (ALP)
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