Williamstown North is in Hobsons Bay LGA, VIC, postcode 3016, with population 1,622.
There are enough stretched or weaker signals here that you should assume trade-offs rather than a clean story. Use compare mode to see whether the downside is price, local quality, or weaker momentum before treating it as a target suburb.
Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
Houses to 2024 · Units to 2025 — house and unit medians are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,383/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $130/mo higher on these medians.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
Williamstown North (postcode 3016) is a small community in Victoria within the Hobsons Bay local government area. With a population of 1,622, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $113K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.8% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Williamstown North is $1.3 million, having ticked up by 1% over the past year. Units have a median price of $770,000 (-10.5% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $580. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,383.
Public transport access includes 6 bus stops. The crime rate in the Hobsons Bay LGA is higher than average at 8,123 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Williamstown North shows a gross rental yield of approximately 2.3%, rated as low yield. Property prices are above the state median ($1.3M/$875K), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 11.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +1.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Williamstown North has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Williamstown North is in the Hobsons Bay Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3016. Council-level context for Hobsons Bay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Williamstown North, VIC is $1.3M, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Williamstown North is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Williamstown North has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Williamstown North show: Low Yield, Above Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.