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Kingsbury

Darebin council · default-weight liveability

Also known as: Bundoora (Vic.), Macleod (Vic.), Kingsbury

7/7 domains measured

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In brief

Kingsbury, in Darebin, is a lower-density, outer-suburban area. Among Greater Melbourne areas it ranks strongly for safety. It rates lower for the local economy and public transport. Housing is a mix of renters and owner-occupiers (about 36% of homes rented). This describes the wider area, not any single property, and is context - not advice.

Score breakdown · default weights

Rent burden49 · 30%
Transport29 · 18%
Safety69 · 14%
Health58 · 14%
Hazards57 · 8%
Education37 · 8%
Economy31 · 8%
One optional lens. This composite is the default-weight blend of the seven scored domains, shown as percentile ranks within Greater Melbourne - not an authority on where to live. Open a category tab for the underlying metrics, or re-weight the map itself with the Lens picker. Outer-growth areas always rank low on transport.

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Key facts

Council
Darebin
Area code (ABS SA2)
209021205
Domains measured
7/7
Strongest domain
Safety (69)
Lowest domain
Transport (29)

Trends over time - context only, never in the score

Population trend

11,698people · 2023
+92%better2001 → 2023
Area-level · 23 points
20012023

Source: ABS ERP by SA2 — full annual series (2001–2023) · context only - not in the score.

How this trend is built (geography & boundary notes)

Affordability trend (medians)

Rent-to-income21%· 2021
-13%better2011 → 2021
Area-level · 3 points
Mortgage-to-income27%· 2021
-27%better2011 → 2021
Area-level · 3 points

Source: ABS Census 2021 Time Series Profile (C21_T02_SA2) · ratio of medians (cost / income), not a 30%-stress share · context only - not in the score.

How this trend is built (geography & boundary notes)

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Areas like Kingsbury

Closest peers by how their domain percentiles line up - not by price or a single score.

Not relocation or financial advice. The composite score is a percentile rank within Greater Melbourne presented as an optional lens - a data-access tool, not a definitive ranking of places. Context metrics are never folded into the locked seven-domain composite.