Suburb profiles

The City of Melbourne is made up of the city centre and a number of inner-city suburbs.

Each suburb has its own distinctive flavour, with different businesses, dwellings and groups of people living and working there. From leafy Parkville, home to the University of Melbourne and a range of medical, research and institutional facilities, to the new waterside developments of Docklands; from the bustling restaurants of Carlton's Italian precinct to the high end fashion , cuisine and flair of Southbank's promenade and Crown Casino, Melbourne's suburbs are rich and diverse.

Select a location to read more about each of Melbourne's suburbs.

• Carlton
• Docklands
• East Melbourne
• Kensington/Flemington
• Melbourne (including the Central Business District)
• North Melbourne
• Parkville
• Port Melbourne
• Southbank
• South Yarra
• West Melbourne

Further information

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. For reference material such as bibliography, data notes, glossary and appendices for the City of Melbourne's suburb (small area) profiles, visit:

• Economic and Demographic profiles (for resource material and the reports on each suburb)
• Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) 2006

Note: Suburb boundaries are different from official place names and suburbs. For a map of the official place names and suburbs within our municipal border, go to Boundary map. You may also wish to view Suburb maps.