Essendon North VIC 3041
Essendon North sits 13 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 21 minutes by car. Census data records 3,071 residents with a median age of 38 and a median household income of $89,024 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 2.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,000. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Essendon North a good suburb?
Essendon North scores a A (78/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 88/100 · 13.1 km · 21 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $1.33M · Less affordable than 95% of VIC
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 82/100 · Flood 16/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 38 · 3,071 residents
Liveability Rating
78 / 100 · Ranked #76 in VICEach bar is Essendon North's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
78 / 100
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Median Unit Price
Public listings dataEssendon North's unit market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $415,000, 0.4% above where it sat a year earlier.
Units
$415,000
16% below its 4 neighbours (median $495,000)
Based on 74 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 29 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 15 sales $350K
- 2 bed 57 sales $430K
Houses
$1,331,000
14% below its 4 neighbours (median $1,555,000)
Based on 37 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 16 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 15 sales $1.17M
- 4 bed 10 sales $1.64M
- 5 bed 5 sales $1.72M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Essendon North are currently listed at around $1.2 million on average. Based on 9 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1.2M
9 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$446K
10 units listed in the last 6 months.
19 of the suburb's 1,363 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Essendon North rent for around $748 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$748/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$500/wk
11 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
17 rentals advertised against an estimated 634 rented homes (2.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025114 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3041.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$748/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1.2 million median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
$500/week ($26,000 a year) on a $446,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
5 active Airbnb listings: 5 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.3% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Essendon North safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Essendon North sits in the high band, with 280 incidents recorded in 2026 — up roughly 30% on the prior year.
280 offences
29.6% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202511 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Essendon North, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Essendon North Primary School leads the pack.
- • 629 students in one school (avg 629)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 6.7 kmVictoria University Footscray ParkVictoria University · 138 courses
- 7.0 kmThe University of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne · 404 courses
- 9.8 kmAustralian Catholic University-Melbourne CampusAustralian Catholic University · 137 courses
3.2% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Essendon North is very walkable on foot — at 88/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Essendon North.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 63.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 50.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 38.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 20.3 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 min wait
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Essendon North.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 2,093
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Moonee Valley: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Essendon North is home to about 3,100 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $89,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,071
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$89,024/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,000/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$53,612/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.3%
Total Dwellings
1,363
Owner-Occupier Rate
53.5%
Houses
30.7%
Rental Stress
21.0%
Mortgage Stress
27.0%
Work From Home
34.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
14 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 3 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 624 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 65.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 66.8%
- Employment Rate
- 65.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 58.1%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
233 residents (7.6%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,928 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
26% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (441 of 1,709).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,019 people work here; 1,709 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.6 jobs per working resident. At least 40% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,027 a year through Moonee Valley based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 70%
- Infrastructure and transport 18%
- Commercial 10%
- Parks and recreation 1%
- Not zoned 1%
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Moonee Valley
In the year to August 2026, 702 new dwellings were approved across Moonee Valley. That mix is 274 houses and 428 units. Approvals are up 81.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Air Quality
This station does not measure fine particles (PM2.5).
PM10 averaged 18.9 µg/m³. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0.
From the Footscray monitoring station, 7.5 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Essendon Airport, 1.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 68 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 11.4 km
- Annual rainfall
- 534 mm
- 85 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 26.7°C
- 13 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 6.5°C
- 2 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
4 facilities within 5 km- 1.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Cyclohexane
- 1.8 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
- 4.0 kmSoft Drink, Cordial and Syrup ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.7 kmOther Metal Container ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Oxides of Nitrogen
EV adoption
In postcode 3041, 373 of 12,671 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 5.3% (668 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 8.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3041, 1,094 rooftop-solar systems totalling 7.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,258 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 91 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3041 in 2025-26. The most was 48, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
10 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 18 across postcode 3041.
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $415,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Jo Briskey Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jo Briskey | 62.6% | 37.4% | -0.4 |
| 2022 | Bill Shorten | 62.5% | 37.5% | -2.1 |
| 2019 | Bill Shorten | 61.2% | 38.8% | -0.8 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Danny Pearson Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Danny Pearson ALP | 62.5% | 62.5% | 37.5% |
| 2018 | Danny Pearson ALP | 65.9% | 65.9% | 34.1% |
| 2014 | Danny Pearson ALP | 58.7% | 58.7% | 41.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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Common questions about Essendon North
Is Essendon North a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Essendon North is high (82/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Essendon North?
Essendon North has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (16/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Essendon North a good place to live?
Essendon North has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (78/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Essendon North?
Essendon North, VIC had a population of 3,071 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Essendon North, VIC?
The postcode for Essendon North, VIC is 3041.
How far is Essendon North from Melbourne?
Essendon North is 13 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 21 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Essendon North?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Essendon North was $89,024 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Essendon North?
The median advertised rent in Essendon North is $748 a week for houses (6 listings) and $500 a week for units (11 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Essendon North?
The median age of residents in Essendon North was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Essendon North?
There is 1 school inside the Essendon North boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Essendon North walkable?
Essendon North scores 88/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Essendon North?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Essendon North, Essendon Airport (1.3 km away), summer days average 26.7°C, winter nights 6.5°C, 534 mm of rain a year over 85 rainy days, and 13 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Essendon North?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Essendon North belong to?
Essendon North sits within the Moonee Valley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Essendon North?
The average residential rates bill through Moonee Valley is $2,027 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Essendon North?
Across Moonee Valley, 702 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 81.5% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Essendon North in?
Essendon North sits within the federal Division of Maribyrnong, currently held by Jo Briskey (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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