IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 988
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 5 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
Reservoir
Victoria · Census 2021
$950k+4.4% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
Set 12km north of Melbourne in Darebin, Reservoir centers on Edwardes Lake Park and Merri Creek trails, with a rich Italian heritage and diverse housing stock.
Median house price
$950k66th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$1,541/wk47th pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
100/10095th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Median of Victoria suburb medians: $765k.
How it compares
Median house price66th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk47th percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Median house price+12% vs Greater Melbourne · +52% vs Rest of Vic.
MelbourneRest of state
Greater Melbourne $850k · Rest of Vic. $625kReservoir (Vic.) $950k
Household income / wk
VIC · AU
VIC median suburb $1,583 · AU median suburb $1,562Reservoir (Vic.) $1,541
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. Price references are ABS median established-house transfer prices for the Mar 2026 quarter (CC BY 4.0); the suburb figure is a Valuer-General median over a different window, so read the gap as indicative. Income references are the Census 2021 median of the middle suburb in Victoria and nationally, not a household-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
51,096
Median age
38 yrs
Income / person / wk
$741
Household income / wk
$1,541
▼ 3% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$360
Mortgage / month
$1,986
Who lives here
- Couples with children
- 27%
- −6 pts vs VIC
- Living alone
- 31%
- +5 pts vs VIC
- Unemployment
- 6%
- +1 pts vs VIC
- In the labour force
- 60%
- −2 pts vs VIC
- Bachelor degree or higher
- 29%
- level with VIC
- Earning $1–$499 a week
- 26%
- +3 pts vs VIC
- Earning $2,000+ a week
- 9%
- −3 pts vs VIC
Households for the family mix, residents aged 15+ for work, education and income; unemployment is a share of the labour force. VIC figures weight each suburb by its dwellings or residents. ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Housing stock
20,261 occupied private dwellings
- Separate house 63%
- Flat or apartment 4%
- Semi, terrace & other 33%
VIC: 73% separate houses · 12% flats & apartments
- Owned outright 31%
- Mortgaged 29%
- Rented 36%
- Other & not stated 4%
VIC: 32% owned outright · 36% mortgaged · 29% rented
ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Withheld for very small populations — under 100 residents, or under 50 dwellings, households or workers for the shares that count those.
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 977
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 3 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 947
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,015
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 6 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
88 m
range 62–107 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. The Building Regulations' Designated Bushfire Prone Area, the like-for-like of NSW Bush Fire Prone Land; the narrower Bushfire Management Overlay is a separate planning control. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Planning & zoning
Zoning mix (share of the suburb's land)
Show on map →- General / medium / high-density residential74%
- Infrastructure & special purpose8.8%
- Open space & recreation8.8%
- Industrial & employment5.7%
- Centres & mixed use1.6%
- Waterways0.7%
- Conservation0.5%
- Low-density residential0.3%
In a heritage area
4.0%
conservation area / Heritage Overlay
Show on map →Planning instrument: Darebin Planning Scheme. Zones are grouped into ten families so states compare; the council's own scheme is the authority for any one lot. Source: Vicmap Planning zones; Vicmap Heritage Overlay.
Local amenities
Schools
13
Supermarkets
11
Pubs & bars
7
Parks
64
Libraries
1
GP clinics
15
Pharmacies
9
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.3 km
Nearest train
0.5 km
Nearest hospital
3.2 km
Distance to coast
15.6 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 1 Aldi · 2 IGA. 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).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 33%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 4%
- No religion
- 33%
- Born overseas
- 38%
- English only at home
- 57%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 9 / 5 / 3
- Primary / Secondary
- 11 / 7
- Nearest secondary
- 1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Darebin
- Population
- 162,496 (2025) · +2.0% in a year
- Area / density
- 54 km² · 3,037/km²
- Council medians (2021)
- age 37 · $1,829/wk household income · $381/wk rent
- Council-wide house median (2023-24)
- $1.2M
- Federal grants
- $5.40M in 2025-26 · $33/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $1,764
- Operating result
- +2.9%
- Asset renewal
- 72%
- Website
- darebin.vic.gov.au
Council boundaries and the suburb split: ABS ASGS LGA 2024, allocated by 2021 mesh block and weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS Estimated Resident Population 2025. Medians: ABS Census 2021. House median: ABS Data by Region, established-house transfers across the whole council, financial year 2023-24. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and Local Government Victoria data CC BY 4.0; council website from Wikidata (CC0).
Representation
- Federal division
- Cooper
- Federal MP
- Ged Kearney (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 79% 2PP
- State electorate
- Preston
- State MP
- Nathan Lambert (ALP)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Designated Bushfire Prone Area, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Planning Scheme Zones, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning — Heritage Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.