Suburb profile

South Melbourne VIC 3205

South Melbourne is located in the Inner Melbourne region of Victoria, postcode 3205. It has 15,919 properties across 128 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in South Melbourne, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About South Melbourne

South Melbourne, VIC 3205, sits in Inner Melbourne and neighbours Docklands, Albert Park, Melbourne and Port Melbourne. Its 128 streets hold 15,919 properties, 4,908 of them houses and 11,011 units.

At the 2021 Census South Melbourne had 11,693 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 1.9 people. Median household income was $2,103 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,217 a month and the median rent $421 a week. Of 5,642 dwellings, 259 were separate houses, 1,947 semi-detached and 3,383 flats, with 43 other; 1,137 were owned outright, 1,274 owned with a mortgage and 3,064 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in South Melbourne

  • 11,693Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $2,103Median household incomea week
  • $421Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses259
  • Townhouses and semis1,947
  • Flats and apartments3,383
  • Other43

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,217a month
  • Household size1.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,137Owned with a mortgage 1,274Rented 3,064Other 167

Properties in South Melbourne

Schools in South Melbourne

  • Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School

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Agencies that specialise in South Melbourne

Streets in South Melbourne

A

  1. Albert Place9 properties
  2. Albert Road1,673 properties
  3. Alfred Place2 properties
  4. Alfred Street11 properties
  5. Anderson Street31 properties
  6. Argyle Place1 property

B

  1. Bank Place9 properties
  2. Bank Street1,137 properties
  3. Boundary Street240 properties
  4. Brady Street18 properties
  5. Bridport Street51 properties
  6. Buckhurst Street103 properties

C

  1. Carlisle Street1 property
  2. Cecil Place13 properties
  3. Cecil Street268 properties
  4. Charles Street9 properties
  5. Church Street49 properties
  6. City Road123 properties
  7. Clarendon Place11 properties
  8. Clarendon Street429 properties
  9. Clarke Street7 properties
  10. Cobden Street127 properties
  11. Coote Street18 properties
  12. Coventry Place16 properties
  13. Coventry Street428 properties
  14. Craine Street6 properties

D

  1. Dorcas Street1,085 properties
  2. Dow Street98 properties
  3. Draper Street1 property

E

  1. Eastern Road391 properties
  2. Emerald Hill Place31 properties
  3. Emerald Street49 properties
  4. Emerald Way5 properties
  5. Eville Street11 properties

F

  1. Ferrars Place66 properties
  2. Ferrars Street531 properties
  3. Fishley Street8 properties
  4. Fitzpatrick Street22 properties
  5. Francis Street4 properties

G

  1. George Street3 properties
  2. Gittus Street1 property
  3. Gladstone Grove12 properties
  4. Gladstone Place5 properties
  5. Gladstone Street1,264 properties
  6. Glover Street46 properties

H

  1. Heather Street41 properties
  2. Henderson Street21 properties
  3. Hotham Street15 properties
  4. Howe Crescent46 properties

I

  1. Iffla Street85 properties

J

  1. James Service Place8 properties
  2. John Street54 properties
  3. Johnson Street7 properties

K

  1. Kent Place9 properties
  2. Kerr Street1 property
  3. Kings Place51 properties
  4. Kings Way325 properties

L

  1. Law Street14 properties
  2. Layfield Street35 properties
  3. Little Boundary Street14 properties
  4. Little Glover Street3 properties
  5. Little Iffla Street7 properties
  6. Little Lyell Street3 properties
  7. Little Moray Place3 properties
  8. Little Mountain Street12 properties
  9. Little Tribe Street17 properties
  10. Lyell Street34 properties

M

  1. Market Street534 properties
  2. Marshall Street1 property
  3. Martin Street27 properties
  4. Merton Street10 properties
  5. Montague Place1 property
  6. Montague Street152 properties
  7. Moray Street259 properties
  8. Morris Street16 properties
  9. Mountain Street73 properties
  10. Munro Street2 properties

N

  1. Napier Place9 properties
  2. Napier Street240 properties
  3. Nelson Place19 properties
  4. Nelson Road176 properties
  5. Nixon Place8 properties
  6. Normanby Road1,140 properties
  7. Normanby Street50 properties
  8. Northumberland Street24 properties

P

  1. Palmer Street30 properties
  2. Palmerston Crescent687 properties
  3. Park Place7 properties
  4. Park Street1,346 properties
  5. Patterson Place16 properties
  6. Peel Place1 property
  7. Perrins Street13 properties
  8. Pickles Street71 properties

Q

  1. Queen Street10 properties

R

  1. Raglan Place19 properties
  2. Raglan Street184 properties
  3. Reilly Place5 properties
  4. Roseneath Place1 property
  5. Rosherville Place2 properties
  6. Ross Place9 properties
  7. Ross Street28 properties

S

  1. Sandilands Street75 properties
  2. Shamrock Place1 property
  3. Smith Street37 properties
  4. St Kilda Road1 property
  5. St Luke Street1 property
  6. St Vincent Street2 properties
  7. Stead Street250 properties
  8. Sturt Street3 properties

T

  1. Tates Place3 properties
  2. Thistlethwaite Street317 properties
  3. Thomson Street55 properties
  4. Tichborne Place3 properties
  5. Tope Street70 properties
  6. Tribe Street46 properties

U

  1. Union Place1 property
  2. Union Street9 properties

W

  1. Ward Street23 properties
  2. Wells Street166 properties
  3. White Street13 properties
  4. Williams Place3 properties
  5. Wilson Street9 properties
  6. Wolseley Street1 property
  7. Woodgate Street158 properties
  8. Wynyard Street2 properties

Y

  1. Yarra Place11 properties
  2. Yarra Street16 properties
  3. York Street245 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.