Noble Park North VIC 3174
Noble Park North sits 29 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 31 minutes by car. Census data records 7,436 residents with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $75,504 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $351 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,757. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 2 rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Noble Park North a good suburb?
Noble Park North scores a B (63/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and transit, weaker on safety.
Above the state average
4 schools · 2 above peer schools · Top 13% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 74/100 · 29.4 km · 31 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $812K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 74/100 · Flood 27/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 40 · 7,436 residents
Liveability Rating
63 / 100 · Ranked #242 in VICEach bar is Noble Park North's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
63 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataNoble Park North's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $812,000, 0.6% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$812,500
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $825,000)
Based on 120 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 39 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 85 sales $780K
- 4 bed 28 sales $858K
Units
$596,800
3% above its 5 neighbours (median $578,000)
Based on 20 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $506K
- 3 bed 9 sales $668K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Noble Park North are currently listed at around $803,000 on average. Based on 16 houses listed in the past six months.
$803K
16 houses listed in the last 6 months.
17 of the suburb's 2,616 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Noble Park North rent for around $610 a week on average, based on 19 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$610/wk
In line with its 5 neighbours (median $620/wk)
19 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$575/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
23 rentals advertised against an estimated 698 rented homes (3.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025128 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 23% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3174.
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$610/week ($32,000 a year) on a $803,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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
No active Airbnb listings (4 listed without a review in the past year).
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 Noble Park North safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Noble Park North sits in the high band, with 510 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 12% on the prior year.
510 offences
11.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202544 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 3 of them fatal
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
Four schools serve Noble Park North, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Nazareth College and Silverton Primary School lead the pack.
- • 2,059 students across 3 schools (avg 686)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 976-1050, median 1023 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Nazareth College (972 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
2.7% 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
Noble Park North is very walkable on foot — at 74/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Noble Park North.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 67.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 56.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 39.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 16.9 hours
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 Noble Park North.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 2%
- Premises covered
- 3,106
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
Greater Dandenong: 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 17 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Noble Park North is home to about 7,400 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $76,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,436
Median Age
40
Median Household Income
$75,504/yr
Census Median Rent
$351/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,757/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$30,992/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.8%
Total Dwellings
2,616
Owner-Occupier Rate
73.3%
Houses
89.6%
Rental Stress
24.2%
Mortgage Stress
27.9%
Work From Home
19.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
128 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 4 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 681 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 44.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 40.0%
- Employment Rate
- 51.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 46.9%
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.
476 residents (6.4%) 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 7,025 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
9% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (283 of 3,167).
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 4,495 people work here; 3,167 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.4 per resident). At least 29% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $2,123 a year through Greater Dandenong based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 56%
- Commercial 23%
- Infrastructure and transport 16%
- Parks and recreation 5%
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: Greater Dandenong
In the year to August 2026, 594 new dwellings were approved across Greater Dandenong. That mix is 214 houses and 380 units. Approvals are down 34.2% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2017).
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
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 20.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.98 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 3 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Dandenong monitoring station, 3.9 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Dandenong, 4.1 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 58 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 11.3 km
- Annual rainfall
- 781 mm
- 105 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
10 facilities within 5 km- 1.1 km
- 1.5 kmFuneral, Crematorium and Cemetery ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.4 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Ethanol · Carbon monoxide
- 3.7 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 3.8 kmHospitals (Except Psychiatric Hospitals)Top reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 3174, 183 of 27,088 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.0% (1,089 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3174, 3,749 rooftop-solar systems totalling 22.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,781 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 257 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.
14 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3174 in 2025-26, rank 69 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 441, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 15 across postcode 3174.
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 $812,500 this is $62,500 above 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Clare O'Neil Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Clare O'Neil | 66.9% | 33.1% | +5.3 |
| 2022 | Clare O'Neil | 64.2% | 35.8% | -3.1 |
| 2019 | Clare O'Neil | 55.9% | 44.1% | -1.7 |
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 Eden Foster Australian Labor Party — elected at the Nov 2023 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 51.0% | 60.2% | 39.8% |
| 2018 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 56.7% | 62.7% | 37.3% |
| 2014 | Daniel Andrews ALP | 54.5% | 54.5% | 45.5% |
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 Noble Park North
Is Noble Park North a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Noble Park North is high (74/100, 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 Noble Park North?
Noble Park North has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a low share of it (27/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Noble Park North a good place to live?
Noble Park North has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (63/100), 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 Noble Park North?
Noble Park North, VIC had a population of 7,436 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Noble Park North, VIC?
The postcode for Noble Park North, VIC is 3174.
How far is Noble Park North from Melbourne?
Noble Park North is 29 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 31 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Noble Park North?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Noble Park North was $75,504 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 Noble Park North?
The median advertised rent in Noble Park North is $610 a week for houses (19 listings) and $575 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Noble Park North?
The median age of residents in Noble Park North was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Noble Park North?
There are 4 schools inside the Noble Park North boundary: 2 above and 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Noble Park North walkable?
Noble Park North scores 74/100 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 air quality in Noble Park North?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Noble Park North (Dandenong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 20.8 µg/m³. That puts Noble Park North below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Noble Park North?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Noble Park North, Dandenong (4.1 km away), 781 mm of rain a year over 105 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Noble Park 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 Noble Park North belong to?
Noble Park North sits within the Greater Dandenong local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Noble Park North?
The average residential rates bill through Greater Dandenong is $2,123 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Noble Park North?
Across Greater Dandenong, 594 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 34.2% 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 Noble Park North in?
Noble Park North sits within the federal Division of Hotham, currently held by Clare O'Neil (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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