Suburb profile

Fern Hill VIC 3458

Fern Hill is located in the Ballarat region of Victoria, postcode 3458. It has 63 properties across 10 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Fern Hill, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Fern Hill

Fern Hill, VIC 3458, sits in the Ballarat region and neighbours Ashbourne, Trentham, Trentham East and Tylden. Its 10 streets hold 63 properties, 61 of them houses and 2 units.

Census figures are for the Daylesford area, which covers part of the suburb. At the 2021 Census Daylesford had 9,955 residents, a median age of 53 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,343 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 4,157 dwellings, 3,953 were separate houses, 157 semi-detached and 8 flats; 28 were other types. Of the same 4,157 dwellings, 2,037 were owned outright, 1,343 owned with a mortgage and 611 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Fern Hill

  • 9,955Peoplelive in the area
  • 53Median ageyears
  • $1,343Median household incomea week
  • $330Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,953
  • Townhouses and semis157
  • Flats and apartments8
  • Other28

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,600a month
  • Household size2.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,037Owned with a mortgage 1,343Rented 611Other 166

Streets in Fern Hill

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.