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west melbourne
Victoria · Census 2021
$1.44M
+17.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
West Melbourne is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne.
Median house price
People
Population
8,025
Median age
31 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,058
Household income / wk
$1,788
Housing
Median rent / wk
$388
Mortgage / month
$2,106
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 53%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 6%
- No religion
- 53%
- Born overseas
- 56%
- English only at home
- 51%
Local amenities
Amenity score
97/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
9
Parks
16
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.3 km
Nearest train
1.1 km
Nearest hospital
2.8 km
Distance to coast
3.5 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 1 Aldi. 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).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
1
Independent
2
Primary
2
Secondary
3
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Melbourne
- Council population
- 168,088
- Council area
- 38 km²
- Density
- 4,482/km²
- Federal grants
- $5.95M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $35/yr
- 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)
Similar suburbs
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