MelbourneVIC · suburb profile
VIC 3004 · Melbourne
Daily life in Melbourne is dynamic, with a significant portion of the population, 34.2%, working from home. Public transport is a popular commuting option, used by 23.4% of residents, while only 10.3% drive to work. The community has a strong professional presence, with 35.3% of the workforce employed as professionals. The suburb's cultural diversity is reflected in the languages spoken, with 20.1% of residents speaking Mandarin at home.
Sales · 12 months to August 2026
What property sold for in Melbourne
Units · Across 1392 sales, units in Melbourne reached a median of $460,000, 2.1% down year on year and well under the Victorian median of $573,000.
The median hides a lot in Melbourne: half of units sold anywhere between $365,000 and $610,000.
Units
$460k
median of 1392 sales
2.1% down on the previous twelve months.
Cheaper than 87% of the 162 suburbs we cover in Victoria.
Half sold between $365k and $610k.
Last sold within the past two weeks
1,392 sales on record · data to 30 August 2026
Since 2022
How prices have moved
Units · Units peaked earlier in the period: $561,000 in 2022 against $460,000 today, 18% down.
- Houses
- Units
Dashed lines and hollow points are part years — incomplete, so a dip may only mean fewer sales have happened yet. A break in a line is a year with no published figure, not a fall to zero.
| Year | Houses | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · part year | $454k | |
| 2025 · part year | $665k | $475k |
| 2024 | $575k | |
| 2023 | $545k | |
| 2022 | $561k |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Median | Sales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | $450k | 330 | -1.1% |
| 2026 Q1 | $455k | 329 | -5.8% |
| 2025 Q4 | $483k | 503 | +5% |
A change is marked low confidence where either quarter had fewer than 30 sales. The medians are real; with a handful of sales the movement between them is mostly which homes happened to change hands, not the market moving.
Last 12 months
What an extra bedroom costs in Melbourne
Units · Expect to pay around $419,000 more for a 3-bedroom unit than a 2-bedroom one.
| Bedrooms | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350k | 551 |
| 2 | $540k | 714 |
| 3 | $959k | 110 |
Counts with fewer than five sales are left out rather than estimated, and bigger does not always mean dearer — a bedroom count with few sales can be pulled either way by the particular homes that happened to change hands.
6 schools · 2025 figures
Who goes to school in Melbourne
All schools · Melbourne's 6 schools teach 7,144 students, up 21% in ten years — and 12 government catchments cross the suburb.
Schools here
6
3 secondary · 3 Prep-to-12
Students, all schools
7,144
2025 · +21.0% since 2015
At primary schoolsStudents at schools whose type is “Primary”. It excludes children in primary years at a Prep-to-12 college — they are counted in the tile beside this one. This number answers “are the primary schools here filling or emptying?”
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no primary school in Melbourne
Children in primary yearsChildren in Years 1–6 at any school, including Prep-to-12 colleges. This answers “are there still young families here?” — a different question from the tile on the left, which is why the two can move in opposite directions.
Prep and ungraded students are counted separately again; see the chart below.
−0.4%
1,383 · Years 1–6, anywhere
11 years · two ways to read them
Enrolments, 2015–2025
The same students, counted two ways — by the kind of school they attend, and by the year they are in. They answer different questions and can point in different directions. Both views are in the page; the buttons only change which is visible.
Enrolments in Melbourne have grown 21% over 10 years.
- Secondary schools
- Prep-to-12 & specialist
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| Year | Secondary schools | Prep-to-12 & specialist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,052 | 4,851 |
| 2016 | 1,061 | 4,865 |
| 2017 | 1,203 | 4,899 |
| 2018 | 1,245 | 4,969 |
| 2019 | 1,302 | 4,996 |
| 2020 | 1,349 | 5,008 |
| 2021 | 1,429 | 4,982 |
| 2022 | 1,546 | 5,029 |
| 2023 | 1,763 | 5,110 |
| 2024 | 1,817 | 5,115 |
| 2025 | 1,997 | 5,147 |
Which schools in Melbourne are filling and which are emptying. A school that covers Prep to Year 12 is counted once, in its own line — its primary-age students are not in the primary schools line.
- Years 1–6
- Years 7–12
- Prep & ungradedTwo groups that sit outside the numbered year levels: Prep — the first year of school, which the national data does not number — and ungraded students at specialist schools, who are not placed in a year level at all.
A suburb with a specialist school will have a large line here.
Show data table
| Year | Years 1–6 | Years 7–12 | Prep & ungraded | All students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,349 | 4,314 | 240 | 5,903 |
| 2016 | 1,347 | 4,338 | 241 | 5,926 |
| 2017 | 1,342 | 4,516 | 244 | 6,102 |
| 2018 | 1,375 | 4,585 | 254 | 6,214 |
| 2019 | 1,390 | 4,677 | 231 | 6,298 |
| 2020 | 1,388 | 4,731 | 238 | 6,357 |
| 2021 | 1,385 | 4,788 | 238 | 6,411 |
| 2022 | 1,391 | 4,943 | 241 | 6,575 |
| 2023 | 1,418 | 5,216 | 239 | 6,873 |
| 2024 | 1,394 | 5,297 | 241 | 6,932 |
| 2025 | 1,383 | 5,502 | 259 | 7,144 |
This counts children by the year they are in, not by the kind of school they attend — so a Prep-to-12 college contributes to every line. The three add up to every student in the suburb.
2025 · ACARA
All 6 schools in Melbourne
Ordered by size, not by results — 2 government, 0 Catholic and 4 independent. Schools with more than one campus are counted once.
What these columns mean
- Type
- Prep-to-12 is one school a child can start and finish at without changing schools. Specialist schools also appear as Prep-to-12.
- 5 yr
- Change in enrolments against five years ago, not against last year. Enrolments move slowly, so a single year is mostly noise.
- VCE median
- The middle study score of that school’s Year 12 students, on a scale of 0–50. The state median in 2025 was 29.0, so a school above that sits above the middle and one below it sits below. The smaller number after it is how many students the figure rests on. Under 30 students we show nothing at all — a small cohort’s result swings from year to year on who happened to sit the exams, which is easily mistaken for the school changing.
| School | Sector | Type | Students | 5 yr | 10 yr | VCE median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley College | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 3,181 | +1.0% | +6.7% | 33 · 211 |
| Melbourne Grammar School | Independent | Prep-to-12 | 1,905 | +5.7% | +6.0% | 36 · 377 |
| MacRobertson Girls High School | Government | Secondary | 1,195 | +14.7% | +24.7% | 37 · 571 |
| Hester Hornbrook Academy | Independent | Secondary | 701 | +223.0% | — | — |
| Ozford College | Independent | Secondary | 101 | +12.2% | +7.4% | 19 · 53 |
| Victorian College For The Deaf | Government | Prep-to-12 | 61 | +8.9% | −15.3% | — |
4 schools in Melbourne reported median VCE study scores of 19 to 37, against a state median of 29.
Government zoning
Which catchments cover Melbourne
12 government catchments cover Melbourne, so which one applies depends on the address, not the suburb.
| CatchmentThe area around a government school where living there guarantees your child a place. Boundaries follow streets, not suburb lines, so an address near the edge of a suburb may be zoned elsewhere. They are redrawn each year. | Level |
|---|---|
| Albert Park College | Secondary |
| Collingwood College | Secondary |
| Prahran High School | Secondary |
| University High School | Secondary |
| Carlton Gardens Primary School | Primary |
| Docklands Primary School | Primary |
| North Melbourne Primary School | Primary |
| South Melbourne Park Primary School | Primary |
| South Melbourne Primary School | Primary |
| South Yarra Primary School | Primary |
| Windsor Primary School | Primary |
| Melbourne Girls College | Other |
The read
What living here is actually like
Melbourne is a vibrant suburb with a total population of 54,945. The median age is notably young at 29 years, compared to the Victorian average of 38 years. The gender distribution is fairly balanced, with 49.8% male and 50.2% female residents. The suburb is characterized by a high percentage of single-person households at 47.2%, and a significant portion of the population, 68.4%, are couples without children. The average household size is relatively small at 1.7 people per household.
Buyer fit
Who this suburb suits
One score per buyer type, out of 100, built from the demographic, housing and commute profile. Strongest first.
Buyer-fit score
Melbourne · 0–100
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| Buyer type | Score |
|---|---|
| Professionals | 85 |
| Investors | 80 |
| First home buyers | 60 |
| Families | 55 |
| Retirees | 45 |
Why professionals score highest
The signals doing the work
- High percentage of professionals at 35.3%
- Strong work-from-home culture at 34.2%
- Above average income levels with median personal weekly income of $864
- Proximity to central business district
Against the state
How Melbourne differs from Victoria
Every bar is this suburb. The vertical tick is the Victorian figure — the gap between them is the story.
Housing & movement
What’s built here, and how people leave in the morning
Dwelling mix
Share of occupied private dwellings
Show data table
| Dwelling type | Share |
|---|---|
| Apartments | 99.2% |
| Separate houses | 0.1% |
| Townhouses | 0.2% |
How people get to work
Method of travel, 2021 Census
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| Method | Share |
|---|---|
| Worked from home | 34.2% |
| Drove a car | 10.3% |
| Public transport | 23.4% |
| Walked only | 14.4% |
| Car passenger | 12.3% |
Costs 2021 Census
Census figures, collected in 2021. Rents and repayments have moved since — for what property is selling for now, see .
Top occupations
Share of the employed workforce
Key highlights
- Highly educated population - 51.8% hold bachelor degrees (vs VIC 29.2%)
- Young median age of 29 years (vs VIC 38 years)
- High labour force participation at 68.3%
- Significant renter population - 71.0% of households
- Diverse cultural background with 26.6% born in Australia
Things to be aware of
- Higher unemployment rate at 8.6% compared to state averages
- Predominantly apartment living with 99.2% residing in apartments
- Low percentage of home ownership at 12.7% owned outright
- High median weekly rent of $381
- Limited presence of family households at 37.5%
Coming soon to this page
Where the richer profile lands
Schools & catchments
Zoned primary and secondary, NAPLAN bands, distances.
Transport & access
Stations, tram routes, drive time to the CBD, walkability.
Development activity
Permits approved, projects underway, zoning changes.
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Demographic figures from the Census of Population and Housing © Australian Bureau of Statistics, used under Creative Commons Attribution.
Cadastral and boundary data contains information © State of Victoria (Vicmap), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Narrative summaries are AI-generated from the underlying data and may contain errors.
School details, enrolments and senior secondary results from the National Schools Data Collection © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).
School catchment boundaries contain information © State of Victoria (Department of Education), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Informational only — not financial, legal or planning advice. Verify zoning, overlays and catchments with the relevant council before relying on them. Data vintage: 2021 Census.