Answers what a new driveway costs, per square metre and as a whole job. Inside: rates by finish, totals by driveway size, and the extras that swing a quote, removal, crossovers and slope among them.
Concreting Pricesin Melbourne:Cost Guides
Concreting prices in Melbourne depend on what you pour, where you pour it and the finish on top, which is why one flat number is never a straight answer. This section holds three guides to typical Melbourne prices: what driveways cost, what slabs cost, and what each finish runs per square metre. Every range comes from current published market data, and each guide is written so you can sanity-check a quote before you sign anything.
Which concreting cost guide do you need?
For sheds, garages and extensions: what slab work costs to pour. It includes a slab cost calculator that gives a typical Melbourne range for your area and finish, plus worked totals for common shed and garage sizes and a plain answer on slab thickness.
The comparison view. One master table prices every finish per square metre, a second shows how paths, patios, driveways and slabs shift the rate, and a short section explains what a quoted rate includes. Start here if the job itself is still taking shape.
How we put these price guides together
Every range in these guides is a typical Melbourne market price, compiled from published Australian concreting cost guides and current market research in July 2026, not a Northside Concreting quote. Each guide names its sources against every table, flags the figures that skew to the national high end, and marks any number calculated from a range rather than published directly. Where the sources disagree, you get the blended range, not the flattering end of it. That is also why these pages will never hand you a single magic number: concreting prices only firm up one way, with a site measure and a written quote. Use the guides to set expectations, compare finishes and spot an outlier quote, then get a quote when you want the real figure.
Ready for a real number?
The guides give you the range. A quote gives you the number for your driveway, slab or path, measured on site and free.
Still scoping what the job even is? Start with concreting services.