Economic Profile & Demographics
The municipality area of the City of Melbourne includes Melbourne’s central business district/city centre and surrounding inner suburbs and has a population of over 177,000 residents and more than 43,000 businesses that provide over 609,000 jobs.
City Snapshot
The suburbs that make up the City of Melbourne are:
Neighbourhoods
The City of Melbourne is home to ten distinct neighbourhoods that members of the community identify with, especially in terms of where they live. We use the neighbourhood model to manage the delivery of council services and development of community strategies for the purposes of community consultation.
Our Economic Profile
Our Economic Development Strategy 2031 outlines how we work with local businesses to support economic growth in the City of Melbourne.
This City of Melbourne economic profile presents information in an interactive format on Melbourne’s workforce characteristics, population, jobs and employment, local businesses and industries and trends in the local economy. The information can be explored within the City’s broader sense as well as for each neighbourhood.
The information is derived from official sources of information such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as well as Australia’s leading economic modellers, NIEIR. The latest data from each series is always presented on this site.
MyVictoria is a free tool from the Victorian government, combining 50 sets of open data. Search for a postcode, suburb, local government area or region and discover information on local businesses industries, building activity and government projects.