West Melbourne - Residential
Victoria · Melbourne City · Melbourne - Inner
Why “West Melbourne - Residential”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of West Melbourne 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.
West Melbourne - Residential 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 West Melbourne - Residential SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the West Melbourne - Residential SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
North Melbourne Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in West Melbourne - Residential.
The government catchment school for parts of West Melbourne - Residential is North Melbourne 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 West Melbourne - Residential
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment359ICSEA1053
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSHaileybury City Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · West Melbourne
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Haileybury City Campus OSHCCentre-Based Care · 45 places · West Melbourne
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 1,246
- vs previous year
- +7%
- vs 2021
- 1,049
- Property and deception offences 908
- Crimes against the person 163
- Drug offences 71
- Justice procedures offences 58
- Public order and security offences 45
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
- 2
- Parks
- 10
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the West Melbourne - Residential SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,430,000
- House price YoY
- +16.2%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+463Reading 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
- 04Southbank (West) - South Wharf+4.4%8,122 ppl
- 05Docklands+4.0%19,139 ppl
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