Fitzroy North, VIC 3068
Moreland City, Victoria
Good to Know
Fitzroy North, VIC 3068 is a high-value house market in the Yarra City Council area, currently positioned as a tight, long-hold capital growth submarket. Located in Melbourne's inner-north (around 4 km from the CBD), it is home to roughly 12,781 adults across 7,466 dwellings and shows a vacancy rate of 0.55%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Fitzroy North is exhibiting constrained supply and strong rental demand. Stock on Market sits at 0.25% and Inventory at 1.45 months — well below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +3.8% YoY price growth and +4.0% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Prices are rising modestly (+3.8% 1-year) while rents are growing slightly faster (+4.0% 1-year), a profile consistent with rental pressure feeding into capital resilience. Tight supply readings — Stock on Market 0.25%, Inventory 1.45 months and vacancy 0.55% — combined with fast sales (DOM 24 days) point to landlord advantage and upward rent momentum. For a visual comparison across markets see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Fitzroy North — and why it matters for investors
Fitzroy North records an IRSAD of 1096, indicating a relatively advantaged socio-economic profile that tends to support lower long-term volatility and stronger demand for amenity-rich housing. The area has a renter/owner split of 49.0% (an unfavourable tilt for owner-occupier dominance), which can amplify rental demand sensitivity but also steady cashflow for investors.
With a units/houses mix of 42.0% (neutral), investors should expect a mixed housing stock and tenant base; see our IRSAD Crossover study for how socio-economic context maps to growth outcomes.
Why suburb-level data matters for Fitzroy North
Council-level averages can hide tight pockets like Fitzroy North; investment decisions should rest on the suburb's own metrics. In Fitzroy North the typical house price is $1,847,973, gross yield is 3.03%, Stock on Market 0.25%, Inventory 1.45 months and median DOM 24 days — a distinct local signature investors must read directly. Read our methodology note at LGA vs Suburb research.
For the full dataset and PDF export see the full Fitzroy North VIC 3068 data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 75
The HtAG RCS™ (75) bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one composite; each sub-score matters when matching Fitzroy North to a specific strategy. Higher RCS generally reflects strong structural advantages here, but investors should inspect the sub-scores to weigh yield versus growth exposure. Learn more about how the RCS™ is built.
open Fitzroy North in HtAG Copilot to drill into sub-score detail and scenario testing.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 0.55%: sustained sub-1% vacancies typically imply 12–24 months of upward pressure on rents and limited tenant choice, supporting investor cashflow and tighter capitalisation rates.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.16%: a low approvals ratio signals constrained future supply, which can prolong tight market conditions and sustain price/rent support if demand persists.
The Melbourne cycle phase: a city-wide shift into a slower phase would moderate local momentum and could compress capital gains, while a broad upswing in Melbourne would amplify Fitzroy North's existing tight-supply dynamics.
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RCS Breakdown
Fitzroy North's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Fitzroy North's headline values — $1,847K to buy and $1,077PW to rent, a 3.03% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 24.57% and rents 46.67% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,847K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$1,077PW today, with rent growth at (+4.05% YoY) compared to price growth (+3.82%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Fitzroy North in its cycle - and is the 3.03% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Fitzroy North's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Fitzroy North carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Fitzroy North's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Fitzroy North can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Fitzroy North genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Fitzroy North prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Fitzroy North - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Fitzroy North looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Fitzroy North's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Fitzroy North has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Fitzroy North shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Fitzroy North has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Fitzroy North 3068 VIC is 11,215, with a median age of 36. Of those, 29.37% are married, 9.94% are divorced or separated, 57.16% are single and 3.59% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.2 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $12,828. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $2,500 which is 19.49% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)