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North Melbourne Apartments

Track what is selling, building and newly finished across the 3051 postcode, with verified prices, project details and the suburb data behind them.

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Top 10 apartment developments in North Melbourne

New and recent apartment projects across the 3051 postcode, ranked, with status, pricing and completion details where publicly listed.

WOBO, North Melbourne (illustrative image)Now SellingOrb Property PartnersIllustration

WOBO

North Melbourne
From $590K1-3 Bed
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Apartments
Developer
Orb Property Partners
Status
Now Selling
Price from
From $590K
Bedrooms
1-3 Bed
Address
103-105 Boundary Road, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Hotham Hill, North Melbourne (illustrative image)Move in ReadyMainstoneIllustration

Hotham Hill

North Melbourne
POA1-3 Bed
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Apartments
Developer
Mainstone
Builder
Mainstone
Status
Move in Ready
Price from
POA
Bedrooms
1-3 Bed
Address
5 Curran Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Completion
2024
2 De Feu Street, North Melbourne (illustrative image)Off the PlanIllustration

2 De Feu Street

North Melbourne
From $995K2 Bed
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Type
Apartments
Status
Off the Plan
Price from
From $995K
Bedrooms
2 Bed
Address
2 De Feu Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Alchemy, North Melbourne (illustrative image)Completed 2021S/ProjectsIllustration

Alchemy

North Melbourne
POA2-3 Bed
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Type
Apartments
Developer
S/Projects
Builder
Balmain & Co
Status
Completed 2021
Price from
POA
Bedrooms
2-3 Bed
Address
199-217 Peel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Completion
2021
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The approved pipeline

Beyond what is selling today, approvals are stacking up around the new station. Sentinel's 350 home build to rent project at 23-47 Villiers Street cleared a VCAT challenge in April 2026, the 619 apartment Arden Village scheme at 189-203 Arden Street was approved through the state's Development Facilitation Program, Novus has lodged plans for 250 rental homes on Munster Terrace near Arden Station, and a permit approved 394 apartment site at 218-246 Macaulay Road was offered for sale in late 2024. Delivery dates will move, but the direction of supply is set.

Why buyers choose North Melbourne

North Melbourne began as the Borough of Hotham, proclaimed on 30 September 1859 and renamed North Melbourne on 26 August 1887.

The North Melbourne Town Hall was built in 1883 at the corner of Queensberry and Errol streets and still anchors the suburb's civic heart.

North Melbourne Primary School on Errol Street, State School No. 206, traces its classrooms back to 1858 and marked 150 years in 2008.

North Melbourne Football Club was established in 1869, has been based at Arden Street Oval since 1882, and took its Shinboners nickname from the abattoir workers who filled its early teams.

The Metropolitan Meat Market, its foundation stone laid in 1880, traded on Blackwood and Courtney streets before reopening as a craft centre in 1979 and a performing arts space in 1998.

At the 2021 Census North Melbourne counted 14,953 residents with a median age of 31, seven years younger than the Victorian median.

History

From Hotham to Arden

North Melbourne started life as the Borough of Hotham, proclaimed in 1859 and renamed on 26 August 1887. The boom decades built the bones the suburb still wears, the Errol Street school teaching from 1858, the Metropolitan Meat Market opening in 1880, the town hall rising at Queensberry and Errol streets in 1883. By 1891 almost 21,000 people lived here, and the football club formed in 1869 had already settled at Arden Street.

The independent town folded into the City of Melbourne in 1905, and for much of the next century North Melbourne stayed a working district of terraces, factories and the Shinboners' home ground. Today the mix has flipped. The 2021 Census counted 14,953 residents with a median age of 31, and 68.3 per cent of occupied dwellings are flats or apartments, most within walking distance of the Errol Street village and Queen Victoria Market.

The next chapter is already under way. Arden Station opened on 30 November 2025, putting Metro Tunnel trains at the suburb's western edge, and the surrounding 44 hectare Arden precinct is planned for around 15,000 residents and 34,000 jobs by 2050. Approved projects, from Sentinel's 350 build to rent homes on Villiers Street to the 619 apartment Arden Village towers, sit alongside selling developments like WOBO in the Tapestry precinct.

The North Melbourne board today

4,500+Apartments in North Melbourne
2,500+Pipeline homes
1Now Selling
2Move in Ready
1Off the Plan
1Completed 2021
1Completed 2020
4Featured spots open
Market

North Melbourne market snapshot

520000Median unit price
590Median unit rent
6.7Gross rental yield

Source: realestate.com.au North Melbourne suburb profile, 12 months to July 2026. Figures change monthly, verify before relying on them.
Data

North Melbourne at the 2021 Census

25,760Residents
35Median age
53.0%Households renting
47.0%Owner occupied (Census)
$118,063Median weekly household income
$714Median weekly unit rent
16.0%Family households
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021 (21966).
Transport

Trains, trams and the new tunnel

Arden Station on the Metro Tunnel opened on 30 November 2025, bringing Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham line trains into the suburb, with Anzac Station on St Kilda Road about 12 minutes away.
Route 57 trams run from West Maribyrnong to Flinders Street Station and stop at North Melbourne Town Hall on Errol Street (Stop 12) before heading down Elizabeth Street.
Route 58 trams between West Coburg and Toorak cross the suburb and stop at Queen Victoria Market (Stop 9) on Peel Street.
Upfield line trains stop at Macaulay Station, open since 1 December 1887, with Flemington Bridge close by and North Melbourne Station's five suburban lines just over the boundary in West Melbourne.

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For rent

Renting in North Melbourne

realestate.com.au reports a median unit rent of $590 a week for the 12 months to July 2026, with one bedroom units at $475 and two bedroom units at $665. Demand comes from students, hospital staff and CBD workers who want to live a short tram or Metro ride from work.

Short stay

Short stay demand

Queen Victoria Market, the Parkville biomedical precinct and Marvel Stadium all sit within a couple of kilometres, and Arden Station now links the suburb straight into the Metro Tunnel spine. Visiting academics, hospital families and event crowds give furnished apartments here a steady stream of short stay guests.

Map

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Lifestyle

Life in 3051

Eight fixtures of daily life here, from the market's edge to the Kangaroos' oval.

{'name': 'Errol Street village', 'note': "The suburb's Victorian era high street, with cafes, independent shops and the 1883 town hall."}{'name': 'Queen Victoria Market', 'note': "Melbourne's historic open air market trades a short walk from the suburb's south eastern corner at Peel and Victoria streets."}{'name': 'Arden Street Oval', 'note': 'Training and administrative base of the North Melbourne Kangaroos since 1882, ringed by public sports grounds.'}{'name': 'Meat Market', 'note': 'The 1880 Metropolitan Meat Market on Blackwood and Courtney streets now hosts performances, markets and around 50 arts tenants.'}{'name': 'Auction Rooms', 'note': 'Specialty coffee benchmark on Errol Street, poured inside the former WB Ellis auction house.'}{'name': "The Comic's Lounge", 'note': 'Long running stand up comedy room at 26 Errol Street with shows through the week.'}{'name': 'Royal Park and Melbourne Zoo', 'note': "Parkland, sports fields and the zoo sit directly across Flemington Road from the suburb's northern edge."}{'name': 'North Melbourne Recreation Centre', 'note': "City of Melbourne pool and gym at 204-206 Arden Street, beside the Kangaroos' home oval."}

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Schools

Schools serving 3051

North Melbourne Primary School

Government Primary

State School No. 206 on Errol Street, one of Victoria's oldest schools with roots back to 1858.

St Michael's Catholic Primary School

Catholic Primary

Parish primary in central North Melbourne, run under Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools.

St Aloysius College

Catholic Secondary

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1887, teaching years 7 to 12 from Curran Street.

University High School

Government Secondary

Years 7 to 12 campus in adjacent Parkville; confirm your address zoning at findmyschool.vic.gov.au.

Simonds Catholic College

Catholic Secondary (Boys)

Years 7 to 12 college at 273 Victoria Street, West Melbourne, on the suburb's southern boundary.

School zones change, so confirm your address at findmyschool.vic.gov.au before you buy or lease.  All schools →

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