Antony Bucello
National Property Buyers (VIC)
Melbourne, VIC+9
Melbourne · Northern Suburbs
A suburb with addresses listed in the Darebin planning scheme, with five stations Metro Trains gives a Northcote address. About half of its homes are separate houses.
Last reviewed 25 October 2026
Market snapshot
Official figures
Read 6 October 2026
Median house price by year1
At the 2021 Census
Sources
Northcote 3070 · Northern Suburbs. Medians describe sales, not the value of any one home.
Before you buy
The Darebin planning scheme's Heritage Overlay names Northcote precincts, among them Northcote - Township, Northcote - Westgarth, Northcote - Rucker's Hill, Northcote - Merri, Northcote - Sumner Estate and Northcote - Croxton, each bounded by streets the schedule lists, and the Gladstone Avenue Precinct (1-35 and 2-46 Gladstone Avenue). On our map reading, the Former Northcote Theatre is on the Victorian Heritage Register. Check the address against the schedule and the planning scheme maps before you plan works.
On our map reading, parts of Northcote are in the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay and the Special Building Overlay, and in Design and Development Overlay schedules DDO4, DDO5, DDO9, DDO14, DDO15 and DDO16. Amendment GC34, approved in 2018, removed land from both flood overlays in Darebin that Melbourne Water had identified as not liable to inundation in a 1 in 100 year storm. Check the address against the current overlays before you make an offer.
Amendment C234dare, gazetted and approved with a status date of 15 October 2026, applies the Mixed Use Zone and an Environmental Audit Overlay to former industrial land at 235-239 Separation Street, Northcote, for housing, with a planning permit.
Metro Trains gives Merri, Northcote, Croxton, Westgarth and Dennis stations a Northcote 3070 address. On our map reading, tram route 86 (Bundoora RMIT - Waterfront City Docklands) stops on High Street in Northcote, for example at Northcote Town Hall, and route 11 (West Preston - Victoria Harbour Docklands) stops on St Georges Road, for example at Arthurton Road.
The Department of Education's 2026 list gives Northcote Primary School (33 Helen Street), Westgarth Primary School (45 Brooke Street and 311 Clarke Street), Croxton School, a special school (159-165 Beaconsfield Parade), and Northcote High School (St Georges Road) Northcote addresses. Check the school zone for the address if you are counting on a place.
Homes Victoria's moving annual median rent for the Northcote group, for leases that began in the year to September 2025, was $600 a week for a two-bedroom flat, $850 for a three-bedroom house and $640 across all properties. That is the September quarter 2025 report, the latest published at 25 October 2026, and the all-properties figure rests on 940 leases. Homes Victoria groups some suburbs for its report and does not list which localities each group contains. Thornbury and Fairfield-Alphington are separate groups.
At the 2021 Census, 49.1% of Northcote homes were separate houses, 27.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses or townhouses and 22.8% were flats or apartments.
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Why a buyers agent
In Northcote, heritage precincts in the Darebin scheme are defined by their bounding streets, and parts of the suburb are in the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay and the Special Building Overlay. A buyers agent who works Darebin checks the planning scheme for each home on your shortlist, prices it against the sales closest to it, and negotiates or bids at auction for you.
Darebin's Heritage Overlay names Northcote precincts such as Township, Westgarth, Rucker's Hill and Croxton. An agent checks the address against the schedule before you bid.
On our map reading, parts of Northcote are in the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay and the Special Building Overlay. An agent checks the address against both.
Metro Trains gives five stations a Northcote address, and on our map reading routes 86 and 11 trams stop in the suburb. An agent weighs how each home sits for your commute.
The State Revenue Office charges no duty on a first home with a dutiable value up to $600,000, and a reduced amount from $600,001 to $750,000. An agent with your conveyancer checks whether the home you choose qualifies before you sign.
Compare
| Metric | This suburb · OfficialNorthcote | Nearby · OfficialBrunswick | NearbyFairfield | Nearby · OfficialFitzroy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median house | $1,697,500 | $1,316,000 | $1.15M - $1.55M | $1,571,000 |
| Median unit | $630,000 | $599,000 | $725,000 - $1,000,000 | $805,000 |
| Year-on-year growth | +6.1% | +1.2% | Not available | -10.2% |
| 5-year growth | +20.3% | +19.6% | Not available | +12.2% |
| Rental yield | Not available | Not available | 2.0% to 3.0% | Not available |
| Postcode | 3070 | 3056 | 4103 | 3065 |
Columns marked official show 2025 Valuer-General medians and our calculations from them. The others are estimates compiled from third party online sources, dated on each suburb page.
The place
Northcote had 25,276 residents at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 37. Northcote addresses are listed in the Darebin planning scheme.
At the 2021 Census, 30.1% of Northcote homes were owned outright and 30.2% with a mortgage. The median weekly rent at that Census was $475 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.
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