Portland North is in Glenelg LGA, VIC, postcode 3305, with population 708.
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Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).
Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).
Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)
Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.
90% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 4% of landlords negatively geared.
90% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $2,641/mo vs median rent $1,820/mo (+45% · +$189/wk)
At 4.2%: $2,109/mo (-532) · at 6.2% (current): $2,641/mo · at 8.2%: $3,224/mo (+583)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.
This suburb 5.5x · VIC median 8.8x — more affordable than the VIC typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 89% of AU suburbs
This suburb 22% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 29% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,517/mo, while renters pay about $1,820/mo — renting runs $303/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,032/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 44% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,400/wk income).
Getting to work: 88% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 11% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Building due diligence
The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.
About 97.8% of the suburb is within Victoria's mapped Bushfire Prone Area.
May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks
About 0.0% of the suburb intersects VIC LSIO.
May affect: Floor levels and drainage · Water-resistant assemblies · Material durability
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May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation
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May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing
Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.
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Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.
Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.
Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.
Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Portland SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Portland North is a close-knit residential community in Victoria within the Glenelg local government area (postcode 3305). With a population of 708, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.0% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.8% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Portland North has a median house price of $539,000, which has dropped significantly by 19.3% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $420. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,517.
Portland North is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 971, which is around the national average of 1,000. The crime rate in the Glenelg LGA is higher than average at 11,862 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 4.1% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($539K/$850K), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 5.5x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -19.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Portland North has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Portland North is in the Glenelg Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3305. Council-level context for Glenelg LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Portland North, VIC is $539K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Portland North is $420/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Portland 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 Portland North show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Affordable. 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.