Darebin

City of Darebin
Victoria

Map of Melbourne showing City of Darebin

Population

150,881 (2015 Est)

• Density

2,847/km² (7,370/sq mi)

Established

1994

Area

53 km² (20.5 sq mi)

Mayor

Kim Le Cerf

Council seat

Website

LGAs around City of Darebin:
Hume	Whittlesea	Banyule
Moreland	City of Darebin	Banyule
Yarra	Yarra	Boroondara

The City of Darebin is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 53 square kilometres (20.5 sq mi), and at the 2011 Census, Darebin had a population of 144,086. Municipal offices are located at 350 High Street, Preston.

Darebin was rated 386th of 590 Australian Local Government Areas in the BankWest Quality of Life Index 2008.

The City of Darebin was formed in 1994 with the merger of most of the former Cities of Northcote and Preston, with the transfer of the portion of the City of Northcote of Heidelberg Road to the City of Yarra and minor adjustments with the former Cities of Coburg, Heidelberg and the Shire of Diamond Valley.

The 2012 Business Register states that Darebin currently has 11,575 businesses operating within the region. These businesses create 55,278 jobs for locals and residents of Melbourne, and the Darebin area itself has 74,291 employed residents. Darebin had a Gross Regional Product of A$5.23 billion in 2012, a 0.3% increase on the previous year. Since 2001, approximately A$1 billion of extra GRP has been created in the region. The biggest exports in Darebin are:

Since 2006, gentrification in the Darebin area has seen average incomes and property values increase siginifcantly in the region, particularly in the suburbs of Northcote, Fairfield, Alphington and Thornbury. As a result, there has been a dramatic change in the economy of Darebin and the types of businesses that operate. For example, since 2006, there has been increases in the total exports of the following industry sectors:

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