AussieAthlete

With fairly cheap homes, most people dressed in fluro industrial clothing, high crime rate, if it looks like a working-class suburb, chances are, it IS a working-class suburb.

Imagine going into a time portal to pre-WW2 Europe, St Kilda East is known for its large Hasidic Jewish community. Now, the pro's are massive, everything is based off the honor system. So if you love a safe area where the people are very trusting, religious & generally pretty kind, not to mention good capital growth. St Kilda East can be a sensational area to live. On the other hand, it is so easy to steal stuff or take advantage of gullible unsuspecting locals (like I can't stress enough, the honor system). If your a hardcore religious person of any non-Abrahamic faith, I'd also strongly recommend to steer clear of this suburb.

Born & and spent my youth here, nearly every moment was beautiful, with the exception of one break in, its overall a pretty safe area. Spacious parks, and nice restaurants, very multicultural & excellent public transport.
Favors families with 2 incomes, a single person would struggle to get real estate in this suburb unless they're rolling in the big bucks.

Just right round the corner from Royal Melb Hospital, Errol & Victoria St. Lots of old industrial buildings converted into medium density apartment buildings.

As a former resident and a future resident, North Melbourne will always be special to me. Close to everything, the CBD, shops, plazas, schools, airport, hospital & tram stops all over the place. Living so central & inner city truly has it's perks. Good capital growth for property resale, doesn't get much better than that.

Moved here in 2003, was great as a kid with the shopping centre near by and schools close too, lived in 2 homes in SL. However, once I became an adult and got a job in the city, from around 2009 traffic was an absolute nightmare. Capital Growth was another bummer, if you looking to make decent equity on a property, point cook ain't for you, with the capital growth averaging just 3.41 % in the last 3 years. It ranks in the bottom half in Australia. That being said if your retired or well off, and just wanna live in a nice area, point cook is for you.