Clifton Hill, Victoria

Clifton Hill Melbourne, Victoria
Aerial view of Clifton Hill looking north to Queens Parade and Merri Creek. Hoddle Highway is the main road on the left and Darling Gardens is far left.
Clifton Hill
Coordinates	37°47′20″S 144°59′56″E / 37.789°S 144.999°E / -37.789; 144.999
Population	6,606 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)	3068
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Area	1.57 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Location	4 km (2 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)	City of Yarra
State electorate(s)	Richmond
Federal division(s)	Cooper Melbourne
Suburbs around Clifton Hill: Fitzroy North Northcote Fairfield Fitzroy North Clifton Hill Fairfield Fitzroy Collingwood Abbotsford

Clifton Hill is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Clifton Hill recorded a population of 6,606 at the 2021 census.^[2]

Described in the 1880s as the "Toorak of Collingwood",^[3] Clifton Hill fell out of favour, along with much of inner Melbourne, by the mid 20th century. Later becoming a centre of Melbourne's bohemianism, the suburb has undergone rapid gentrification in recent years, with renewed interest in its inner city location and well preserved Victorian and Edwardian housing stock. Clifton Hill is now considered one of Melbourne's most liveable suburbs,^[4] and is consequently becoming increasingly less affordable, with the median property price increasing from 112% to 160% of the Melbourne metropolitan median in the decade to 1996, and 180% (AUD1.48 million) by 2017.^[5]

Clifton Hill is located immediately adjacent to Fitzroy North, with which it shares the same postcode. Along with Carlton North and Fitzroy North, Clifton Hill has unusually spacious and picturesque streets, being part of a well preserved government subdivision laid out by Clement Hodgkinson in the 1860s, and most unlike the smaller crowded streets of the majority of inner Melbourne. The border between Clifton Hill and Fitzroy North is Queens Parade and Smith Street while Clifton Hill's border with Collingwood is Alexandra Parade. Merri Creek defines the eastern and northern borders of Clifton Hill with Northcote and Fairfield.