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East Melbourne
Ranked #6 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for transit. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
East Melbourne suburb profile: score breakdown
East Melbourne crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 4,896 |
| Area | 1.83 km² |
| Median household income | $2,345/wk |
| Median rent | $480/wk |
| Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025) | $3,125,000 (low volume: 6 sales; up 7.8% YoY, up 65.8% QoQ) |
| Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025) | $686,300 (36 sales this quarter; down 2.0% YoY, down 6.0% QoQ) |
| Crime rate | 205.9 incidents per 1,000 people — 88% of offences are against property, 12% against the person |
| Parks | 14 (12.96 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.46 km, secondary 0.86 km |
| Families score | 47/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 100.0% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 20 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 35 |
| Public transport stops | 72 (4 train stations, 42 tram/light-rail stops, 26 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Studley parkrun (2.91 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 0 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Collingwood English Language School (0.91 km) |
Sale prices: Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter — © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning / Valuer-General Victoria), Victorian Property Sales Report, CC BY 4.0. Quarterly median of sales settled in the quarter, per suburb. Figures marked as low-volume rest on fewer than 10 sales that quarter.
Who lives in East Melbourne
Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for East Melbourne — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about East Melbourne
Is East Melbourne a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- East Melbourne is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #6 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
Is East Melbourne safe?
It is on the less safe side of Melbourne, scoring 4/100 for safety and ranking #208 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 206 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.
Is East Melbourne good for families?
Mixed, and the weak spot is safety. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 4/100, parks 86/100 and green space 92/100, with a median age of 42. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.5 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Melbourne families ranking for the full method.
Is East Melbourne expensive to live in?
The median house sale price was $3,125,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 7.8% YoY, up 65.8% QoQ. Median rent is $480 a week, and household income ranks #41 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 51/100 for value.
Does East Melbourne have good public transport?
It scores 97/100 for transit, #6 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in East Melbourne?
100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 13.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 92/100 for green space.
Is East Melbourne good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Studley parkrun, 2.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 89/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.
Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Melbourne: 100 is the
best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an
opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs
for the full method.
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