Brunswick
Victoria · Postcode 3056 · Brunswick - Coburg · Melbourne - Inner
Why “Brunswick - North”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Brunswick into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Inner-north Melbourne suburb known for cafes, live music, and a tight-knit creative community.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Brunswick - North SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Merri-bek Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Brunswick.
The government catchment school for parts of Brunswick is Merri-bek Primary School — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Brunswick - North
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment66ICSEA1103
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSNorthwest Montessori PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 71 places · Brunswick North
- Exceeding NQSBrunswick Creche & Day NurseryCentre-Based Care · 62 places · Brunswick
- Exceeding NQSBrunswick KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Brunswick
- Exceeding NQSPark Street Early Learning Co-op LtdCentre-Based Care · 52 places · Brunswick
- Exceeding NQSNorth West Brunswick KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSHappy Hippo Kindergarten and ChildcareCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - Brunswick South PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSGuardian Childcare & Education BrunswickCentre-Based Care · 91 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSDawson Street Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 62 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSDewdrops Early Learning - MorelandCentre-Based Care · 46 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSMitchell Street Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 35 places · Brunswick
- Meeting NQSTinning Street Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 35 places · Brunswick
+ 2 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 2,311
- vs previous year
- -6%
- vs 2021
- 2,139
- Property and deception offences 1,845
- Crimes against the person 265
- Justice procedures offences 112
- Public order and security offences 45
- Drug offences 41
Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending December; latest = year ending December 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 10
- Supermarkets
- 6
- Parks
- 6
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Brunswick - North SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+781Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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