Suburb profile

Fairfield VIC 3078

Fairfield is located in the Inner Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3078. It has 4,335 properties across 47 streets. Explore every street in Fairfield, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Fairfield

Fairfield, VIC 3078, sits in Inner Melbourne and neighbours Abbotsford, Alphington, Kew and Northcote. Its 47 streets hold 4,335 properties, 2,343 of them houses and 1,992 units.

Census figures are for the Alphington - Fairfield area, which has 8,994 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income is $2,112 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month and the median rent $381 a week. Of 3,690 dwellings, 1,911 were separate houses, 798 semi-detached, 961 flats and 11 other; 1,146 were owned outright, 1,094 owned with a mortgage and 1,386 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Fairfield

  • 8,994Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $2,112Median household incomea week
  • $381Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,911
  • Townhouses and semis798
  • Flats and apartments961
  • Other11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,200a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,146Owned with a mortgage 1,094Rented 1,386Other 64

Properties in Fairfield

Schools in Fairfield

  • Fairfield Primary School

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Local agents in Fairfield

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Agencies that specialise in Fairfield

Streets in Fairfield

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.