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Sunshine North: $762k median house price, plus flood, zoning and school-zone checks

Sunshine North median house price: $761,500 in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter, from 32 sales (Valuer-General Victoria), up 5.8% on the Jan–Mar 2025 quarter. Median unit price: $649,000 (Jan–Mar 2026 quarter). Median rent: $341 a week (ABS Census 2021, older than the price figures). Postcode 3020.

What stands out: Part of Sunshine North is under a Public Acquisition Overlay (land reserved for a future public work); part of Sunshine North is under an Environmental Audit Overlay (potentially contaminated land) (Vicmap Planning).

Page updated · market data to Mar 2026

House median
$761,500
Mar qtr 2026 · up 5.8% on Mar qtr 2025
Higher than 18% of the 423 Greater Melbourne suburbs with a reliable house median · 32 sales in the quarter
Valuer-General Victoria
Unit median
$649,000
Mar qtr 2026 · up 1.2% on Mar qtr 2025
Higher than 46% of the 319 Greater Melbourne suburbs with a reliable unit median · 18 sales in the quarter
Valuer-General Victoria
Median rent
$341/wk
Census 2021 (older)
Census 2021 median, all rented homes
Four years older than the price figures; not directly comparable.
ABS Census 2021
Gross yield
2.3%
2021 rent / Mar qtr 2026 price
Indicative only.
Calculated by Delora from the two figures above
Planning risk
Flood 9% ModerateBushfire 0% Very lowHeritage 0% Very low
share of suburb land area
3 suburb-specific overlays to check
Vicmap Planning
Getting around
1.7 km to nearest station
54 min to Melbourne CBD by public transport (modelled)
8 zoned primary, 5 secondary schools
PTV timetable data · Delora commute model · Victorian Department of Education school zones

Check an address in Sunshine NorthCompare with another suburb

Sunshine North is a suburb with a fairly mixed age profile — median age 37, less socio-economically advantaged than most areas on the ABS's SEIFA index. Housing here is overwhelmingly standalone houses. The area is still light on cafés and retail strips, though well served by schools. It's not served by train or tram.

Ready to look at a specific property here? See the due diligence hub for what to verify before you sign.

Scope: Victoria, Australia. Suburb data here is Victorian (state valuer, rental, planning and school records); Greater Melbourne comparison group.

In this profile

  • Planning and riskZones, overlays, flood and bushfire, and what is planned nearby, with an address check.
  • Prices and rentsMedian prices and rents, how they have moved, and sales volume.
  • SchoolsThe government school zones that cover the suburb.
  • Living hereTransport, commute times, who lives here and the suburbs nearby.
  • Before you buyThe checks every purchase needs, common questions and guides.

Next: Planning and risk

Is Sunshine North in a flood, bushfire or heritage area?

Sunshine North has relatively light heritage-overlay coverage (about 0%), though it can still apply to individual parcels. Parts of the suburb (about 9%) sit under flood-related overlays.

Suburb-wide shares of the land, not a check of any one address.

Flood overlay9% · Moderate

Flood-related overlays can add building rules and raise insurance cost.

Share of the suburb. Source: Vicmap Planning · Verify this address

Bushfire overlay0% · Very low

If it applies it adds bushfire construction requirements (a BAL rating) and cost.

Share of the suburb. Source: Vicmap Planning · Verify this address

Bushfire prone area14.7% · Moderate

In a designated bushfire prone area a minimum construction standard applies to new homes, based on the bushfire attack level (BAL). (Department of Transport and Planning (Victoria), verified 22 Oct 2026) So building or rebuilding there means working out the home’s BAL and pricing in what meeting it costs.

Share of the suburb. Source: Designated Bushfire Prone Area (DataVic) · Verify this address

Heritage overlay0% · Very low

Changes to the outside of a building, and demolition, need council approval. 4 named overlay areas (HO5, HO73, HO149 +1 more) — oldest gazetted 2008.

Share of the suburb. Source: Vicmap Planning · Verify this address

Urban heat (2018)Among the hottest

On summer mornings in 2017–18 the ground surface across Sunshine North averaged 10.7 °C above the non-urban baseline, hotter than 91% of metropolitan Melbourne suburbs. (Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub, for the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, verified 23 Oct 2026) Tree cover was 5.3%, less tree cover than 92% of these suburbs.

It measures the surface, not the air temperature, and is a guide to exposure, not a forecast. (Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub, for the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, verified 23 Oct 2026) Streets vary: Address Check shows the figure for an address.

Averaged over the suburb’s mesh blocks. Source: Urban Heat Islands and Urban Vegetation 2018 (DataVic)

Worth checking in Sunshine North

Public Acquisition Overlay

Part of Sunshine North is reserved for a future public work (e.g. a road or rail project) under a Public Acquisition Overlay — land it covers can be compulsorily acquired by the authority. Check whether this specific property is affected before you commit.

Potentially contaminated land (EAO)

An Environmental Audit Overlay applies to part of Sunshine North — usually former industrial or commercial land. A satisfactory environmental audit can be required before it’s used for a home; confirm whether the property sits within it.

Check for a flood overlay

Parts of Sunshine North (~9%) sit under flood-related overlays. Confirm whether this address is affected.

Free. Zone, overlays, hazard exposure, history and school zones for any address in Victoria.

Zoning mix and building controls

Land use across the suburb (planning zones)

Residential 51%Industrial 31%Public / Parks 8%Other 8%
Zoning
Residential
mostly General Residential Zone – Schedule 1 (GRZ1) · 42% of the suburb
Building & development controls

Planning overlays that can affect building, renovating or removing vegetation somewhere in Sunshine North — confirm whether any apply to the specific address.

  • Design & Development Overlay — height, setback or design rules on new building
  • Significant Landscape Overlay — controls to protect the area’s landscape character
  • Environmental Significance Overlay — environmental values that constrain development
  • Development-contributions levy — new development pays an infrastructure contribution
Planning changes in Sunshine North: 2 recorded since 2017

Planning controls on land in Sunshine North have changed since 2017. Each row below is one gazetted amendment — a batch of parcels changed together in the same notice, not a single lot — the kind of thing that moves land value and that portals don’t show.

2026New overlay — 2 parcels gained flood (inundation) controls · gazetted Apr 2026
2019–2023New overlay — 2 parcels gained heritage protection controls · gazetted Feb 2019 – Feb 2023

Source: Vicmap Planning Scheme History (2017–present); parcel-level zone & overlay changes grouped by suburb, zone transition and gazettal batch. A suburb-level record — confirm the specific parcel. See how Melbourne’s zoning changed over the decade →

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Map of Sunshine North: suburb boundary with heritage and flood overlaysOutline drawn from the same boundary data as the interactive map.

  • Suburb
  • Heritage
  • Flood
Layers on this map, as a table
Layers drawn on the map of Sunshine North
LayerShare of suburbSource
Suburb boundaryThe whole suburbABS SAL 2021
Heritage overlay0%Vicmap Planning
Flood overlay9%Vicmap Planning
Suburb boundary with planning overlays. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors; Overlays © Vicmap Planning.

Overlay colours reflect how much of the suburb an overlay covers — green under ~8%, amber ~8–20%, red above 20%. Public-acquisition, contamination (EAO) and floodway overlays are listed above under "Worth checking" wherever they apply, because even a small area can include a specific property. Source: Vicmap Planning. What do these terms mean? · How to verify planning controls for an address

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Next: Prices and rents

What do homes cost in Sunshine North?

Market pulse: is Sunshine North busier or quieter than a year ago?

VGV sales to Mar 2026 · ABS approvals to Aug 2026

Busier than a year ago The median house price changed +5.8% on the same quarter a year earlier (Jan–Mar 2026 quarter), and 144 houses sold in the last four quarters against 116 in the four before.

Prices and sales are both up on a year ago. If you're buying here, have your finance approval in date and set your walk-away price before inspections, so a competitive auction doesn't set it for you. Setting a walk-away price →

Sunshine North now against a year earlier
MeasureChangeWhat it's based on
House prices+5.8% · risingMedian house $761,500 in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter (32 sales), against $720,000 a year earlier (29 sales). The quarter before: +9.1%.
Houses sold+24.1% · more144 houses sold in the four quarters to Mar 2026, against 116 in the four quarters before.
Unit pricesNot measuredFewer than 20 sales in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter or the same quarter a year earlier: too few to compare.
New homes approved (council)+14.4% · more682 dwellings approved across the council Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, against 596 in the 12 months before.

Among the 4 other Brimbank suburbs with a comparable houses figure for that quarter, 1 changed less and 3 changed more. Across the 285 Victorian suburbs on Delora with a comparable figure, the middle change was +7.4%. Over 5 years the calendar-year median house price went from $688,000 (2020) to $776,000 (2025), +12.8% or about +2.4% a year.

Checking an asking price in Sunshine North

A suburb median is the middle sale, not the value of any one home. Here, the middle house sale in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter was $761,500 (32 sales): half sold for more, half for less, so a price above it isn't overpaying on its own. It's a gap the comparable sales should explain, through land size, condition or position.

What open data can't tell you

Auction clearance rates, days on market, the number of homes for sale and how far sellers drop their price are not published as open government data. They come from private listing and data companies under paid licences, so Delora doesn't show them. For a home you're looking at, ask the agent how long it has been listed, whether it was passed in at auction, and what its first price guide was.

How the market pulse is worked out

Prices compare the latest quarterly median with the same quarter a year earlier, using only quarters with at least 20 sales and no thin-market flag from the Valuer-General. A direction is called only when the quarter before agrees: both changes at least +3% is rising, both at most −3% is falling, both within 3% is about the same, anything else is mixed. Sales compare the latest four quarters with the four before (a change of 10% or more counts as more or fewer). Sales are counted when they settle (Valuer-General Victoria / Land Use Victoria, verified 29 Jul 2026), so these figures trail contracts signed in the last few months.

Rents are the Rental Report's moving-annual median for all homes, from new lettings only (Homes Victoria / Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, verified 29 Jul 2026), compared with the same quarter a year earlier (3% band); new leases use a 10% band. Dwelling approvals are the ABS count for the whole council, not this suburb; an approval is the permit to start building, not a finished home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, verified 27 Sep 2026) (10% band). The reading at the top uses the price direction and sales count of houses, or of units where houses have no comparable figure.

Sources: Victorian Property Sales Report (data.vic), Rental Report (data.vic), ABS Building Approvals (all CC BY 4.0).

Cost to buy at the median in Sunshine North
Stamp duty and registration fees on a house at Sunshine North's median price, for a contract signed on 1 October 2026.
Median house price (Mar qtr 2026)$761,500
Stamp duty$40,760
Land Use Victoria transfer and mortgage fees$2,015.20
Government costs on top of the price$42,775.20

Work out your own figure in the stamp duty calculator →

An established home bought to live in, with a mortgage (the mortgage registration fee is included). The owner-occupier duty includes the principal place of residence concession where the price qualifies. Leaves out conveyancing, inspections and lender fees. (State Revenue Office Victoria, verified 18 Sep 2026) (Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026) (Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (Victoria), verified 27 Sep 2026)
Median sale price over time
Valuer-General Victoria: calendar-year medians from 2013 to 2025; quarterly medians to the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter. Solid lines are calendar-year medians; dashed lines with open points are single-quarter medians, which swing more on a few sales. A quarter with fewer than 10 sales shows as too few to report.
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$276k$461k$645k$830k20132026Houses (calendar-year median), 2013: $400,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2014: $425,500Houses (calendar-year median), 2015: $495,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2016: $560,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2017: $653,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2018: $673,500Houses (calendar-year median), 2019: $647,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2020: $688,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2021: $700,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2022: $750,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2023: $722,500Houses (calendar-year median), 2024: $730,000Houses (calendar-year median), 2025: $776,000Houses (quarterly median), Jan–Mar 2026 quarter: $761,500Units (calendar-year median), 2013: $330,000Units (calendar-year median), 2014: $342,500Units (calendar-year median), 2015: $355,000Units (calendar-year median), 2016: $415,000Units (calendar-year median), 2017: $450,000Units (calendar-year median), 2018: $515,000Units (calendar-year median), 2019: $435,000Units (calendar-year median), 2020: $552,500Units (calendar-year median), 2021: $602,500Units (calendar-year median), 2022: $600,000Units (calendar-year median), 2023: $605,000Units (calendar-year median), 2024: $590,000Units (calendar-year median), 2025: $619,500Units (quarterly median), Jan–Mar 2026 quarter: $649,000
Houses · yearHouses · quarterUnits · yearUnits · quarter
Median sale price in Sunshine North by calendar year
YearHousesUnits
2025$776,000$619,500
2024$730,000$590,000
2023$722,500$605,000
2022$750,000$600,000
2021$700,000$602,500
2020$688,000$552,500
2019$647,000$435,000
2018$673,500$515,000
2017$653,000$450,000
2016$560,000$415,000
2015$495,000$355,000
2014$425,500$342,500
2013$400,000$330,000
Median sale price in Sunshine North by quarter
QuarterHousesUnits
Jan–Mar 2026 quarter$761,500 (32 sales)$649,000 (18 sales)
Oct–Dec 2025 quarter$780,000 (35 sales)$705,000 (34 sales)
Jul–Sep 2025 quarter$803,000 (40 sales)$600,000 (32 sales)
Apr–Jun 2025 quarter$755,000 (37 sales)$455,000 (27 sales)
Jan–Mar 2025 quarter$720,000 (29 sales)$641,000 (15 sales)

Price outlook: what the Sunshine North median could be in 3 and 5 years

Start from the 2025 calendar-year median house price here, $776,000. For suburbs like Sunshine North, three-year outcomes since 2016 put the 2028 median between $715,418 and $1,062,471 in about 76% of cases (the range was aimed at 80%; that is how often it held on years it had not seen), with $872,269 in the middle. The chance the median is lower than today in three years is about 22%: a real chance, not a remote one. A large part of that spread is the market rather than the suburb: 35% of the variation in three-year outcomes across Victorian suburbs is explained by the year the clock started.

The Sunshine North median house price, if you bought at today's median
HorizonRange (aimed at 80%)MiddleChance it is lowerRange held on unseen years
In 3 years (2028)$715,418 to $1,062,471$872,269 (+12%)22%76% of 7 years
In 5 years (2030)$797,851 to $1,146,361$933,402 (+20%)7%74% of 5 years

How to use this

  • If you might need to sell within three years, the bottom of the range and the chance of a lower median are the figures that matter most, with selling costs on top.
  • The range is for the suburb's median, not for one home. A home bought above the median, or one with a problem the address report turns up, can do worse than the suburb.
  • A wide range is the honest answer. A single-number forecast for a suburb hides this spread; treat one as a middle value with a range like this around it.
How the price outlook is worked out

The model starts from the Valuer-General's calendar-year median house price for every Victorian suburb with one (Valuer-General Victoria / Land Use Victoria, verified 29 Jul 2026), from 2016 onward. For each year and suburb it asks what happened to the median three and five years later, and relates that to what was knowable at the time: the suburb's one- and three-year price momentum, its price level against the state, a fair-value gap (the residual of a within-year regression of price on slow suburb characteristics: socio-economic index, distance to the CBD and the coast, income, education and commuting), gross rental yield where the Rental Report covers the suburb, and the socio-economic index and distance to the CBD themselves. Quantile regression estimates the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles directly.

Every year is then held out in turn: the model is refitted without that year's outcomes and its ranges are checked against them. The published range is the model's middle plus the 10th and 90th percentiles of those held-out errors, so the range was tuned to contain 80% of past outcomes (conformal calibration); the "range held" figure is measured on years the calibration never saw. "Chance it is lower" is the share of held-out errors that would leave the median below the starting price. Across 773 suburbs and 7 starting years (2016 to 2022), the 80% range held 76% of the time and the 50% range 45%. The three-year range held 76%, short of the 80% it was aimed at, so read it as somewhat too narrow: the real chance of an outcome outside it is closer to 24% than 20%. The five-year range held 74%, short of the 80% it was aimed at, so read it as somewhat too narrow: the real chance of an outcome outside it is closer to 26% than 20%.

How often the ranges held, year by year (3-year horizon, every suburb with a median)
Bought, then soldSuburbsInside the range aimed at 80%Inside the range aimed at 50%
2016 to 201974580%57%
2017 to 202076689%71%
2018 to 202178280%47%
2019 to 202278661%29%
2020 to 202378684%62%
2021 to 202477793%37%
2022 to 202577145%11%

Limits. A short run of yearly medians gives only 7 starting years, so the market effect is estimated from that many draws and the ranges are wide. Suburb characteristics other than momentum and yield are held at today's values for past years. A median from few sales is noisy, and VGV's thin-market medians are left out. The model is calibrated on 2016-2025; a market without precedent in that period can fall outside every range. It never values an individual home.

Model outlook-qr-v1, run 2026-10-27. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, time series (data.vic), CC BY 4.0. The code is analysis/price_outlook.py in Delora's repository.

General information, not financial advice. It describes how suburb medians have behaved, not what any home will sell for.

How Sunshine North compares

Where Sunshine North ranks against other Greater Melbourne suburbs Delora covers, on the measures buyers ask about — a higher bar isn’t always “better”, it’s just where this suburb sits.

Compare Sunshine North with
Price
more expensive than 18%
Advantage
more advantaged than 1%
CBD access
closer to the city than 76%
Price
more expensive than 37%
Advantage
more advantaged than 1%
CBD access
closer to the city than 89%
Vacant land
$618,500
median land sale
Show recorded crime and amenity-density comparisons
Compare Sunshine North with
Recorded crime (council area)
lower recorded crime than 15%
Café & amenity density
denser in cafés & shops than 30%
Café & amenity density
denser in cafés & shops than 37%
New development pipeline: ~979 new dwellings · 8 major projects · 37% apartments

Major residential redevelopment tracked by the Victorian Government (UDP 2025) — infill and apartment/townhouse sites, not greenfield house-and-land estates.

New dwellings by project stage (Victorian Government · UDP 2025).
Under construction 439Committed 366Proposed 174Recently completed 201

Modelled price context: the median is 9% above the model's estimate

$761,500
current median
$737,000
modelled fundamentals estimate, from Sunshine North's own fundamentals

Even on the more cautious end of the model's uncertainty range, Sunshine North still models at least 5% above its estimated fundamentals.

This is a suburb-level estimate, not a valuation of any property and not a prediction. See the methodology below.

See what's driving that number (methodology)
Incomes & jobs in the areacuts about $106k
How popular it is with work-from-home buyerscuts about $100k
How highly educated the area iscuts about $54k
The local safety recordcuts about $37k
The general location and prestigecuts about $32k
No tram service nearby (treated as lower access)cuts about $18k

This model compares Sunshine North with a typical Greater Melbourne suburb on the things buyers actually care about — location, transport, schools, incomes and risk — then estimates a dollar figure for the difference. These are the factors contributing most to the estimate above. The model carries genuine uncertainty (see the range noted above) and describes the suburb, not any specific property in it.

Next: Schools

Which school zones cover Sunshine North?

Parts of Sunshine North fall within 8 primary and 5 secondary government school catchments. 5 schools are located within the suburb (3 government, 1 Catholic, 1 independent).

Government schools have address-based catchment zones; Catholic and independent schools set their own enrolment processes.

How the school zones cover Sunshine North
Share of Sunshine North's addresses inside each zone, the school's enrolment trend and how often the zone boundary has moved.
ZoneCoversEnrolmentsBoundary
Primary school zones
Sunshine North Primary School53%——
Albion North Primary School40%——
Sunshine Harvester Primary School3%——
Secondary school zones
Sunshine College (North Sunshine Campus)88%——
St Albans Secondary College7%——
Braybrook College5%——
Sources: Victorian Department of Education school zones 2027 and earlier releases, All Schools FTE Enrolments (CC BY 4.0), G-NAF addresses. Enrolments show demand, not capacity. Your exact address decides which zone applies.
Schools in Sunshine North
Every school physically located within the suburb, by sector and type.
St Bernadette's School · Catholic primaryAlbion North Primary School · Government primaryFurlong Park School For Deaf Children · Government specialistSunshine North Primary School · Government primarySunshine Christian School · Independent primary

Next: Living here

How well connected is Sunshine North?

0 train, 0 tram and 43 bus stop points sit inside the suburb (PTV timetable data).

Distance to the CBD
~12 km
from the suburb centre
Getting around
0 train · 0 tram · 43 bus
nearest train station ~1.7 km · counts are stop points, not stations (a station is often several)
Train frequency
every 6 min
at the nearest station, weekday AM peak
Tram frequency
every 4 min
at the nearest stop, weekday AM peak
Schools
7
primary & secondary
Nearest Centrelink
~8.8 km
outside the suburb
Travel time to the main job hubs
Door to door by train, tram, bus and walking from the centre of Sunshine North, fastest first.
Job hubMinutes
Melbourne CBD54 min
Parkville54 min
Docklands55 min
Southbank55 min
Cremorne62 min
East Melbourne62 min
Show all 16 job hubs
Modelled for one weekday morning, arriving by 7:30, 8:00 and 8:30am, taking the middle of the three (PTV GTFS timetable of 2026-10-27). Hubs are the areas with the most jobs in the ABS 2021 Census working population profile (CC BY 4.0). Your own trip depends on your street and the timetable on the day.
Everyday amenity (OpenStreetMap)
Cafés & amenity density
1 cafés
Low café & amenity density — likely more car-dependent
Restaurants
0
places to eat nearby
Supermarkets
0
grocery stores nearby
Pharmacies
0
chemists nearby
Parks
16
green space nearby
Childcare
0
centres nearby
GP & medical centres
1
nearby

Who lives in Sunshine North?

— 12,047 residents · median age 37 · 66% own their home · SEIFA 1/10
Population
12,047
usual residents (Census 2021)
Owner-occupied
66%
66% own, 16% private rent, 2% social, 16% other or not stated
Median age
37 yrs
of residents
Personal income
$546/wk
median, per week
Household income
$1,399/wk
median, per week
Avg household size
2.9 people
people per home · 72% family households
Monthly mortgage
$1,733/mo
median repayment
Taxpayer income
$50,141/yr
median taxable income, per year (ATO)
Population growth
no data
Recorded crime
96 per 1,000 residents
a year, across all of Brimbank council, not just Sunshine North · around the state average

In Sunshine North itself: 1,406 recorded offences in the year to 2026 (Crime Statistics Agency, matched by suburb name and postcode — a closer figure than the council-wide band above, though still a count, not a rate per resident).

Offence category mix (Brimbank council's mix, latest year):

  • Property and deception offences60%
  • Justice procedures offences16%
  • Crimes against the person13%
  • Drug offences6%
  • Public order and security offences5%
  • Other offences0%

Recorded offences by year, Sunshine North (up 24% since 2019):

YearOffences
20191,135
20201,188
20211,164
20221,423
20231,171
20241,555
20251,450
20261,406
How Sunshine North changed, 2016 to 2021
  • Median household incomeup 28%
  • Median personal incomeup 24%
  • Median weekly rentup 14%
  • Median ageolder by 2 years
ABS Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021, medians for the suburb (CC BY 4.0). Dollar changes are not adjusted for inflation.

How advantaged the area is

Deciles 1–10 vs all Victorian areas — 10 = most advantaged — from the ABS SEIFA index. A demographic measure, not a house-price one. These three don’t always move together — a suburb with lots of renters or students, for example, can score high on education but lower on income and housing costs.

Overall advantage
1/10
Less advantaged than most
Economic resources
1/10
income, housing costs & wealth
Education & occupation
3/10
qualifications & skilled jobs

The homes here

Mix of dwelling types across the suburb (Census 2021)

Houses 82%Townhouses 13%Apartments 4%

Who owns and rents here (Census 2021)

Owned 66%Private rental 16%Social housing 2%Other or not stated 16%
More detail on building height and bedroom mix (Census 2021)

Apartment building height (share of all dwellings in the suburb, not just apartments):

  • Low-rise (1–2 storeys): 4%

Bedroom mix (share of all occupied dwellings):

  • Studio or 1 bedroom: 2%
  • 2 bedrooms: 14%
  • 3 bedrooms: 58%
  • 4 or more bedrooms: 24%

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Recorded crime is a council-wide rate — every offence police logged over the latest year (theft, property damage, drug and traffic offences and the like, not only violent crime) divided by the council’s residents. A broad area signal, not a figure for this exact street.
All figures are suburb-level indicators, not property-specific — always confirm the exact address on the Section 32. Sources: ABS Census 2021, Valuer-General Victoria, DFFH Rental Report, Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, Vicmap Planning, Victorian Government UDP, Victorian Department of Education (schools & zones, via data.vic, CC BY 4.0), OpenStreetMap.

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Next: Before you buy

What should I check before buying in Sunshine North?

Overlay and pipeline checks specific to Sunshine North are in the Planning and risk tab. Two checks apply to every purchase.

C1

Easements & covenants

Check Section 3 for easements (e.g. drainage/sewer along a boundary — you usually can’t build over them) and restrictive covenants (single-dwelling, materials, height) that limit your plans.

C2

Owners corporation (if applicable)

Apartments and many townhouses in Sunshine North are in an owners corporation. If so, the statement must include its certificate — review annual fees, any special levies, the maintenance fund and insurance.

Already under contract in Sunshine North?

Questions about Sunshine North

What is the median house price in Sunshine North?

The median house price in Sunshine North was $761,500 in the Jan–Mar 2026 quarter (Valuer-General Victoria), up 5.8% on a year earlier. The median unit price was $649,000 (Jan–Mar 2026 quarter).

What postcode is Sunshine North?

Sunshine North is in postcode 3020, in the Brimbank council area, Victoria.

What is the population of Sunshine North?

Sunshine North had 12,047 usual residents at the 2021 Census (ABS), with a median age of 37.

Is Sunshine North in a flood zone?

About 9% of Sunshine North's land is under a flood-related planning overlay (LSIO, SBO or floodway), and less than 1% is under the Bushfire Management Overlay (Vicmap Planning). These are suburb-wide shares: whether an overlay applies to one property depends on the address, so check it on VicPlan and in the Section 32.

What should I check in a Section 32 for Sunshine North?

For Sunshine North, pay particular attention to any heritage overlay (none mapped at suburb level — check the specific parcel), any flood-related overlay (about 9% of the land), easements and restrictive covenants on the title, and — for apartments — the owners-corporation certificate with its fees and any special levies.

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Does Sunshine North have heritage overlays?

No heritage overlay coverage was mapped for Sunshine North at the suburb level. That doesn't rule out an individually heritage-listed property or a Heritage Overlay on a specific parcel — check the planning section of the Section 32 for this address.

How is Sunshine North zoned?

Most of Sunshine North (42% of the land) is in the General Residential (GRZ1), then IN3Z (26%) and TRZ2 (6%) (Vicmap Planning). The zone and its schedule set what can be built; check the exact zone for an address on VicPlan.

Which school zones cover Sunshine North?

Parts of Sunshine North are in the government school zones for primary: Albion North Primary School, Albion Primary School, Avondale Primary School, Keilor Heights Primary School and 4 more; secondary: Braybrook College, Essendon Keilor College, Rosehill Secondary College, St Albans Secondary College and 1 more (Victorian Department of Education school zones). A suburb can span several zones: the exact address decides which applies, so confirm it at findmyschool.vic.gov.au.

Guides for buying in Sunshine North

The heritage, flood and bushfire figures in Planning and risk are suburb-wide — they tell you how common an overlay is here, not whether it applies to one specific address. Confirm via VicPlan and an in-person inspection before you rely on them.

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