IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,156
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Victoria economy.
Housing
East Melbourne
Victoria · Census 2021
$2.80M-23.3% yrmedian house · Dec 2025
East Melbourne is a dense inner suburb of Melbourne.
Median house price
$2.80M99th pctile
of 766 priced VIC suburbs
Household income
$2,345/wk92nd pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
80/10085th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
Rolling median of settled transfers, state Valuer-General open data (CC BY 4.0). Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
How it compares
Median house price99th percentile
<$210k766 priced suburbs$2.9M+
Household income / wk92nd percentile
<$599ABS Census 2021$3,249+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Victoria suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
4,896
Median age
42 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,532
Household income / wk
$2,345
▲ 44% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$480
Mortgage / month
$2,383
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,107
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 980
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 2 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,189
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
31 m
range 6–64 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. A statutory planning-control boundary, not a flood extent, and it can lag the latest flood study. Designated for development control; a designation, not a prediction of fire behaviour. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
9
Parks
15
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
6
Hospitals
2
Nearest supermarket
0.6 km
Nearest train
0.3 km
Nearest hospital
0.3 km
Distance to coast
4.8 km
NBN
SATELLITE
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 51%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 1%
- No religion
- 51%
- Born overseas
- 29%
- English only at home
- 85%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 0.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Melbourne
- Population / area
- 168,088 · 38 km²
- Density
- 4,482/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.95M/yr · $35/resident
- Avg rates / property
- $2,345
- Operating result
- +5.5%
- Asset renewal
- 129%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Melbourne
- Federal MP
- Sarah Witty (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 74% 2PP
- State electorate
- Melbourne
- State MP
- Ellen Sandell (GRN)
Comparable suburbs
Closest by median house price across VIC.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Victoria Valuer-General settled transfers (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning overlays, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Vicmap Planning Bushfire Management Overlay, Department of Transport and Planning Victoria (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.