Docklands
Victoria · Melbourne City · Melbourne - Inner
This profile uses the ABS Docklands statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Docklands is a locality in the Melbourne City area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Docklands SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Docklands SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Docklands Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Docklands.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Docklands (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 Docklands
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment616ICSEA1133
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSGowrie Victoria The HarbourCentre-Based Care · 161 places · Docklands
- Exceeding NQSGowrie Victoria Docklands KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Docklands
- Meeting NQSKids & Co. Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Docklands
- Meeting NQSLittle Assets - Melbourne City Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 125 places · Docklands
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - Docklands PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 118 places · Docklands
- Not yet ratedMontessori Kids Family Day CareFamily Day Care · Docklands
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 3,070
- vs previous year
- +16%
- vs 2021
- 2,050
- Property and deception offences 1,875
- Crimes against the person 551
- Drug offences 212
- Public order and security offences 210
- Justice procedures offences 206
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
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 9
- Parks
- 18
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Docklands SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+732Reading 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
- 02Carlton+6.4%25,267 ppl
- 03Melbourne CBD - East+5.0%14,266 ppl
- 04West Melbourne - Residential+5.0%9,699 ppl
- 05Southbank (West) - South Wharf+4.4%8,122 ppl
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