The City of Melbourne's Economic and Demographic Profiles detail the diversity of suburbs in the City of Melbourne. While the City has approximately 15 suburbs within its border, for the purposes of reporting, the City of Melbourne has been divided into 18 small areas contained within 11 reports.
Each small area Economic and Demographic profile covers the following topics:
- overview of defining features, recent history and local environment
- demographic profile (2006 Census of population and housing)
- social profile (2006 Census of population and housing)
- land use and business activity (Census of Land Use and Employment — CLUE)
- housing (2006 Census of population and housing and CLUE)
- workforce (2006 Census of population and housing and CLUE)
- future outlook (development activity and population forecasts
Economic and Demographic Profiles by suburb
Economic and Demographic Profile – Carlton (PDF, 715kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Carlton (Text only, 93kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Docklands (PDF, 709kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Docklands (Text only, 86kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – East Melbourne (PDF, 712kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – East Melbourne (Text only, 90kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Kensington/Flemington (PDF, 710kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Kensington/Flemington (Text only, 83kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Melbourne (including CBD) (PDF, 447kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Melbourne (including CBD) (Text only, 106kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – North Melbourne (PDF, 712kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – North Melbourne (Text only, 89kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Parkville (PDF, 710kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Parkville (Text only, 88kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Port Melbourne (PDF, 682kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Port Melbourne (Text only, 54kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Southbank and South Wharf (PDF, 447kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Southbank and South Wharf (Text only, 85kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – South Yarra (PDF, 710kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – South Yarra (Text only, 81kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – West Melbourne (PDF, 709kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – West Melbourne (Text only, 89kb)
Further information
For reference material such as bibliography, data notes, glossary and appendices for the City of Melbourne's suburb (small area) profiles, refer to:
Economic and Demographic Profile – Resource Material (PDF, 630kb)
Economic and Demographic Profile – Resource Material (Text only, 132kb)
Complementing the Suburb Economic and Demographic Profiles is the Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) 2006.
For further research on the City of Melbourne, visit Statistics.
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