Fairfield is a north eastern suburb of Melbourne, 6 km north-east of Melbourne’s CBDt. Its local government area are the cities of Darebin and Yarra.
Fairfield population of 5,946 (2011 Census).
Its borders are Grange Road to the east, Heidelberg Road to the south, Darebin Road to the north and borders Northcote to the west.
Fairfield is a self contained suburb. For decades it has been home to southern European communities, who brought up their kids here, and now those kids are bringing up their kids. Fairfield has Victorian and Edwardian architecture with Yarra River nearby.
Surrounding suburbs: Alphington, Ivanhoe, Kew East, West Bellfield, Northcote and Carlton.