Melbourne school zones

The Melbourne council area in Victoria has 6 primary zones and 1 secondary zone for government schools. Each one is listed below with the suburbs it covers and the median house prices around them.

Schools are in alphabetical order. A zone can cross a council border, so some suburbs listed here sit in a neighbouring council. A suburb can also be split between two zones - check your street address on Find my School before you rely on it.

Jump to: Primary zones (6) · Secondary zones (1)

Primary school zones in Melbourne

Carlton Gardens Primary School

Carlton · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: Melbourne, Carlton, East Melbourne, Fitzroy
Median house price: $1,342,500 to $3,125,000 lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $990 a week (Carlton-Parkville rental area) · $1,300 a week (East Melbourne rental area) · $1,100 a week (Fitzroy rental area) · $900 a week (Melbourne council area)
ICSEA: 1133 student intake, not a ranking

Carlton Primary School

Carlton · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: Carlton, Parkville, Carlton North
Median house price: $1,690,000 to $1,914,400 lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $950 a week (Carlton North rental area) · $990 a week (Carlton-Parkville rental area)
ICSEA: 957 student intake, not a ranking

Docklands Primary School

Docklands · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: Docklands, West Melbourne, Melbourne
Median house price: $1,520,000 one area with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $900 a week (Melbourne council area) · $900 a week (North Melbourne-West Melbourne rental area)
ICSEA: 1133 student intake, not a ranking

Kensington Primary School

Kensington · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: Kensington, West Melbourne, Flemington
Median house price: $1,074,000 to $1,520,000 lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $785 a week (Flemington-Kensington rental area) · $900 a week (North Melbourne-West Melbourne rental area)
ICSEA: 1153 student intake, not a ranking

North Melbourne Primary School

North Melbourne · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: North Melbourne, Parkville, West Melbourne
Median house price: $1,361,000 to $1,914,400 lowest and highest of 3 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $990 a week (Carlton-Parkville rental area) · $900 a week (North Melbourne-West Melbourne rental area)
ICSEA: 1136 student intake, not a ranking

South Yarra Primary School

South Yarra · Years Prep-6

Suburbs in the zone: South Yarra, Melbourne, Prahran
Median house price: $1,472,500 to $1,980,000 lowest and highest of 2 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $900 a week (Melbourne council area) · $1,095 a week (Prahran-Windsor rental area) · $1,150 a week (South Yarra rental area)
ICSEA: 1152 student intake, not a ranking

Secondary school zones in Melbourne

University High School

Parkville · Years 7-12

Suburbs in the zone: West Melbourne, Docklands, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Carlton
Median house price: $1,361,000 to $1,914,400 lowest and highest of 4 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house: $990 a week (Carlton-Parkville rental area) · $900 a week (Melbourne council area) · $900 a week (North Melbourne-West Melbourne rental area)
ICSEA: 1117 student intake, not a ranking
Median VCE study score (2025): 31 · 96% satisfactory VCE completions One measure, not a ranking. Pathways: VCE, VCE VM · 68 VCE/VM/VET studies (Units 3-4). © Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority; reproduced with permission. For current versions and related content visit http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au (2025)

Victorian Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement data source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).

The VCAA is not associated with SuburbRadar and does not endorse any of the views or recommendations of SuburbRadar. The VCAA's assessment data for a given year cannot be used to predict results for schools or students in subsequent years. Each year's assessment results will vary due to different assessments being used and different populations of students participating in the assessment.

Which government school zones are in Melbourne?

The Melbourne council area in Victoria has 6 primary zones and 1 secondary zone. Primary: Carlton Gardens Primary School, Carlton Primary School, Docklands Primary School, Kensington Primary School, North Melbourne Primary School, South Yarra Primary School. Secondary: University High School.

How do I check which school zone my address in Melbourne is in?

Zone lines follow streets, not suburb borders, so one suburb can be split between two zones. Type your street address into the address check on our school zones page, then confirm it on Find my School, the official map, before you rely on it.

How to read this page

Which zones are listed - government schools located in the Melbourne council area that have an official zone. A few schools are left out because the zone data does not name them clearly; non-government and specialist schools have no zones.
Suburbs in the zone - suburbs the zone covers in whole or in a large part (at least 10% of the suburb or of the zone).
Prices and rents - the medians our suburb pages show for the statistical areas (ABS SA2) that contain the zone's suburbs, as the lowest and highest. They describe those whole areas, not only the streets inside the zone. Victoria publishes rent for rental areas and council areas, not single suburbs, so each rent names the area it covers.
ICSEA - a picture of the family backgrounds of a school's students (1000 is the national average). It describes student intake. It is not a ranking and not a measure of teaching.
VCE figures - as published by the VCAA for 2025. One published measure, not a ranking.

Next steps

School zone finder - nearby suburbs within your budget and the schools each is zoned to.
All VIC schools - every school in the state, including non-government schools.
School fees or moving - compare private school fees with the cost of moving into a zone.

School zones in other Victoria councils

Alpine · Ararat · Ballarat · Banyule · Bass Coast · Baw Baw · Bayside · Benalla · Boroondara · Brimbank · Buloke · Campaspe · Cardinia · Casey · Central Goldfields · Colac Otway · Corangamite · Darebin · East Gippsland · Frankston · Gannawarra · Glen Eira · Glenelg · Golden Plains · Greater Bendigo · Greater Dandenong · Greater Geelong · Greater Shepparton · Hepburn · Hindmarsh · Hobsons Bay · Horsham · Hume · Indigo · Kingston · Knox · Latrobe · Loddon · Macedon Ranges · Manningham · Mansfield · Maribyrnong · Maroondah · Melton · Merri-bek · Mildura · Mitchell · Moira · Monash · Moonee Valley · Moorabool · Mornington Peninsula · Mount Alexander · Moyne · Murrindindi · Nillumbik · Northern Grampians · Port Phillip · Pyrenees · Queenscliffe · South Gippsland · Southern Grampians · Stonnington · Strathbogie · Surf Coast · Swan Hill · Towong · Wangaratta · Warrnambool · Wellington · West Wimmera · Whitehorse · Whittlesea · Wodonga · Wyndham · Yarra · Yarra Ranges · Yarriambiack

Sources: school zones - Victorian Department of Education, School Zones, 2027. Schools, council area and ICSEA - ACARA School Profile 2025. Suburb boundaries - Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 Suburbs and Localities. Sale prices - Valuer-General Victoria, Q4 2025. Rents - Homes Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), Rental Report, year ending Jun 2026 for rental areas and Jun 2026 quarter for council areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures are as published. The Victorian Department of Education publishes its school zones for enrolment decisions and says they "should not be used for property purchase decisions". General information only, not financial advice. Where each dataset comes from