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Home>Council Services>Business in Darebin>Starting a Business>Economic and Employment Profile
| Darebin is a well established northern Melbourne metropolitan municipality. The southern end, including the suburbs of Fairfield and Northcote, is just 10 minutes from Melbourne CBD, while the northern end is 20 minutes from Melbourne’s International Airport.
Darebin is well serviced by public transport, with two rail lines, tram lines and numerous bus routes. These transport services provide easy access to our amenities and education institutions and to those beyond the boundaries of Darebin such as RMIT University in the CBD and Bundoora.
The City has major north south road linkages along St. George’s Road, High Street and Plenty Road and the main east west link is along Bell Street. Darebin is adjacent to the Metropolitan Ring Road, Eastlink and Citylink, providing access to all ports, the City and western, eastern and south eastern suburbs.
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| Industry Groups | | The four industry groups which account for the largest number of employees in Darebin are:
Manufacturing (16.7%)
Retail (15.4%)
Education and training (13.4%)
Health care and social assistance (10.1%).
The industry sectors predicted to grow into the future, in terms of employment numbers, are business services, professional services, arts and recreation, sport, education and training, health care and social assistance.
Two of Darebin's most significant assets are La Trobe University and the Education, Apprenticeships and Program.
La Trobe has received over $327m from the Federal Government to build two major science facilities, a bioscience research centre ($230m) and an Institute for Molecular Science ($97.9m). These developments will augment the La Trobe Science Precinct and provide hundreds of professional jobs.
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| Economic Development Strategy | | A Economic Development Strategy is currently being developed as a framework to focus resources into the main strategy areas identified to benefit economic development within Darebin. It will be available shortly.
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| Economic and Employment Profile | | The Economic Development Unit developed an Economic and Employment profile. It provides an analysis on the economic and employment profile of the City of Darebin.
This comprises of :
Economic Centres
Human Capital
Local Workforce
Business Structure
Interest Groups
You may also find other Research and Statistics available on Council's website.
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| Economy and Industry Statistics | | Detailed statistics from economic reports and CENSUS data is available online at the Darebin Economic Profile. You can search for specific figures by industry or by the Darebin area, and by residents or workers. The data provided in the tables, charts, graphs and maps can be exported for further analysis or you can import them into your own reports.
Data available:
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 | Local economy size
- What is the Gross Local Product per person/worker? | | Industry Sector Profiles
-Which industry employs the most workers?
-Which industry generates the most income?
-Where are the industries located in Darebin?
-How many businesses have registered in Darebin? | | Employment figures
-How many people are employed/unemployed in Darebin?
-How many hours are workers employed? | | Demographics on workers
-Who works in Darebin?
-Where do they travel from?
-What occupations do they work in?
-What is their level of education? | | Demographics on residents
-Who lives in Darebin?
-Where do they they work?
-What occupations do they work in?
-What is their level of education?
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| Council Plan | | Visit the Council Plan page for information on Darebin's vision over the next four years.
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| Darebin Housing and Population Growth | | Darebin provides a wide diversity of housing, from modern apartments in the heart of some very trendy strips to traditional Californian Bungalows and Victorian residences. Darebin has gentrified over the last 10 – 15 years with people moving in and renovating older family style homes on traditional, large residential blocks, close to the City.
Housing prices across Darebin have increased in the last decade, with the southern parts of the municipality experiencing the most rapid growth.
The median property prices for December 2008 range from $400,000 in Bundoora and $547,500 in Thornbury to $847,500 in Alphington.
Further north are the contemporary suburbs of Springthorpe and Gresswell Grange, offering modern homes, close to La Trobe University. Darebin’s neighbouring municipalities offer a further diversity of housing stock and lifestyle, with places like Nillumbik providing country style living only 15 minutes from the suburbs and inner city.
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