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Yarraville

Ranked #27 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for wealth. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Melbourne
Yarraville suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Wealth88#27 of 216
Value83#38 of 216
Active70#51 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)70#51 of 216

Yarraville suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
70
#51 of 216
Safety
49
#112 of 216
Wealth
88
#27 of 216
Value
83
#38 of 216
Parks
56
#92 of 216
Cafés
69
#64 of 216
Transit
54
#100 of 216
Green space
48
#121 of 216
Active & healthy
60
#50 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
70
#51 of 216

Yarraville crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population15,636
Area5.65 km²
Postcode3013
Median household income$2,485/wk
Median rent$462/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,208,000 (73 sales this quarter; up 3.2% YoY, up 4.1% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$720,000 (32 sales this quarter; up 0.7% YoY, up 19.0% QoQ)
Crime rate61.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 86% of offences are against property, 14% against the person
Parks27 (3.46 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 3 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.44 km, secondary 1.97 km
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park80.9% of the suburb
Cafés13
Gyms & sport venues46
Public transport stops90 (1 train station, 89 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCruickshank Park parkrun (0.48 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Yarraville Special Developmental School (0.12 km)

Sale prices: Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter — © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning / Valuer-General Victoria), Victorian Property Sales Report, CC BY 4.0. Quarterly median of sales settled in the quarter, per suburb. Figures marked as low-volume rest on fewer than 10 sales that quarter.

Who lives in Yarraville

Population
15,636
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,485/wk
Median rent
$462/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,208,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$720,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Yarraville — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Yarraville

What is the postcode for Yarraville?

The postcode for Yarraville, Melbourne is 3013.

Is Yarraville a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Yarraville is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #27 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Yarraville safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 49/100 for safety and ranking #112 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 61 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Yarraville good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 49/100, parks 56/100 and green space 48/100, with a median age of 37. It has 4 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Melbourne families ranking for the full method.

Is Yarraville expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,208,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 3.2% YoY, up 4.1% QoQ. Median rent is $462 a week, and household income ranks #27 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 83/100 for value.

Does Yarraville have good public transport?

It scores 54/100 for transit, #100 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Yarraville?

81% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 48/100 for green space.

Is Yarraville good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Cruickshank Park parkrun, 0.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 70/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Melbourne: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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