IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,076
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
Melbourne
Victoria · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Melbourne's central grid features historic lanes, Victorian landmarks, and Yarra riverfront gardens. Mandarin is widely spoken, while high-density living dominates this capital CBD hub.
Household income
$1,448/wk42nd pctile
of 2,844 VIC suburbs
Amenity score
100/10095th pctile
of 1,338 rated VIC suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Melbourne yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb. Victoria average of suburb medians: $941k.
From current listings
$400kmedian sold · 21 sales$500kmedian asking · 739 listed
Aggregated from residential listings we track in Melbourne, not from Valuer-General settled transfers. It is a different measure on a much smaller sample, so it is not comparable with the median house prices shown for NSW, Victoria and South Australia suburbs, and Melbourne is not ranked on it.
How it compares
Household income / wk42nd 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
54,941
Median age
29 yrs
Income / person / wk
$864
Household income / wk
$1,448
▼ 11% vs VIC
Median rent / wk
$381
Mortgage / month
$1,800
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,000
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 5 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 4 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 788
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within VictoriaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,146
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
22 m
range 4–60 m
Land below 5 m
0.2%
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
7
Supermarkets
26
Pubs & bars
171
Parks
39
Libraries
7
GP clinics
31
Pharmacies
28
Hospitals
3
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
0.9 km
Nearest hospital
1.9 km
Distance to coast
3.4 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 7 Woolworths · 1 Aldi · 4 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 · 46%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 9%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 71%
- English only at home
- 40%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 3 / 0 / 10
- Primary / Secondary
- 6 / 13
- Nearest secondary
- 0.7 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
- Prahran
- State MP
- Rachel Westaway (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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.