Carlton
Victoria · Postcode 3053 · Melbourne City · Melbourne - Inner
This profile uses the ABS Carlton statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
University-adjacent Melbourne inner-city suburb with strong Italian heritage, dense apartment stock and a famously walkable Lygon Street.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Carlton SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Carlton Gardens Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carlton.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Carlton (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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 Carlton
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment435ICSEA1133
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment114ICSEA957
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSQueensberry Childrens CentreCentre-Based Care · 104 places · Carlton
- Exceeding NQSGowrie Victoria Carlton Learning PrecinctCentre-Based Care · 99 places · Carlton
- Exceeding NQSGuardian Childcare & Education Lemon TreeCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Carlton
- Exceeding NQSMelbourne University Family ClubCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Carlton
- Exceeding NQSSwanston Street Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 41 places · Carlton
- Meeting NQSFROEBEL Carlton Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 97 places · Carlton
- Meeting NQSCarlton Gardens OSHClubCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Carlton
- Meeting NQSRMIT City Campus Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 86 places · Carlton
- Meeting NQSTommaso Fiaschi Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 54 places · Carlton
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Carlton Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Carlton,
- Not yet ratedKids Play Family Day Care ServiceFamily Day Care · Carlton
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 2,673
- vs previous year
- 0%
- vs 2021
- 1,859
- Property and deception offences 2,144
- Crimes against the person 312
- Justice procedures offences 94
- Public order and security offences 70
- Drug offences 51
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
- 8
- Supermarkets
- 7
- Parks
- 22
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Carlton SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,761,500
- House price YoY
- +24.0%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+1,509Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Melbourne City
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Kensington (Vic.)+6.9%12,423 ppl
- 02Melbourne CBD - East+5.0%14,266 ppl
- 03West Melbourne - Residential+5.0%9,699 ppl
- 04Southbank (West) - South Wharf+4.4%8,122 ppl
- 05Docklands+4.0%19,139 ppl
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