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Melbourne: suburbs, house prices and planning

Melbourne council area has 10 suburbs with a Delora page, home to 161,840 residents at the 2021 Census. Median house prices run from $1,100,000 in Flemington to $2,800,000 in East Melbourne (latest reportable period for each, Valuer-General Victoria).

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Melbourne at a glance

House medians
$1,100,000 to $2,800,000
latest reportable period for each suburb
sales behind each median: 19 to 65
Valuer-General Victoria
Median rent
$381 to $700 a week
DFFH year to Sep 2025 where published, else Census 2021 (older)
10 of 10 suburbs with a rent figure
DFFH Rental Report
Planning risk
Flood 21% HighBushfire 0% Very lowHeritage 43% High
share of land, weighted by suburb area
Vicmap Planning
Recorded crime
281 per 1,000 residents
per year, latest year published
council area, not suburb
offences logged over residents
Higher than most areas
Crime Statistics Agency Victoria
Development pipeline
~35,919 dwellings
139 major projects
Victorian Government Urban Development Program
Planning changes since 2017
16 parcels
0 upzoned or opened to housing, 16 downzoned
Vicmap Planning

House medians across 10 suburbs run from $1,100,000 to $2,800,000; flood overlays cover 21% of the council's land, bushfire 0% and heritage 43%.

Council-level figures. Overlay shares are weighted by each suburb's land area; recorded crime is every offence logged in the council area over the latest year divided by its residents. None of it describes a specific street or property.

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Suburbs in Melbourne

Sorted by house median, highest first. 7 of 10 suburbs have a reliable house median.

Medians are the latest reportable period for each suburb (shown under the figure) with the number of sales behind them. 1-yr change compares that quarter with the same quarter a year earlier. Rent: DFFH moving annual median, or Census 2021 where DFFH doesn't publish the suburb.
SuburbHouse medianUnit medianRent1-yr changeGross yieldPopulation
East Melbourne3002$2,800,0002025 · 19 sales$640,000Mar qtr 2026 · 19 sales$650/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025−23.3%vs 20241.2%4,896
Parkville3052$1,749,0002025 · 31 sales$440,000Mar qtr 2026 · 25 sales$620/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025+0.2%vs 20241.8%7,074
West Melbourne3003$1,440,0002025 · 22 sales$580,000Mar qtr 2026 · 83 sales$600/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025+17.0%vs 20242.2%8,025
Carlton3053$1,435,0002025 · 65 sales$377,000Mar qtr 2026 · 128 sales$620/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025+3.2%vs 20242.2%16,055
North Melbourne3051$1,200,000Mar qtr 2026 · 25 sales$570,000Mar qtr 2026 · 119 sales$600/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025−5.3%vs Mar qtr 20252.6%14,953
Flemington3031$1,100,000Mar qtr 2026 · 21 sales$490,000Mar qtr 2026 · 45 sales$570/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025−3.5%vs Mar qtr 20252.7%7,025
Kensington3031$1,100,000Mar qtr 2026 · 33 sales$500,000Mar qtr 2026 · 41 sales$570/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025+5.0%vs Mar qtr 20252.7%10,745
Docklands3008no data$566,500Mar qtr 2026 · 144 sales$700/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025no datano data15,495
Melbourne3000no data$490,000Mar qtr 2026 · 577 sales$381/wkCensus 2021 (older)no datano data54,941
Southbank3006no data$590,000Mar qtr 2026 · 237 sales$680/wkDFFH, year to Sep 2025no datano data22,631

School zones in Melbourne

Government school zones with a campus in this council area — see the full zone map for suburbs, streets and what changed since last year.

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