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Port Phillip

Victoria · Melbourne - Inner · 96,314 people · 13 suburbs · 8 postcodes

Port Phillip at a glance

Map shows the Port Phillip LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Port Phillip is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 13 suburbs across 8 postcodes and an area of 25 km². Port Phillip has a population of 96,314 , ranking #30 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is St Kilda (19,490 residents).About 31.3% of residents were born overseas and 19.7% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Port Phillip

24 schools across Port Phillip: 54.2% Government, 16.7% Catholic, 29.2% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1119 (range 983 to 1180). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 24 schools in Port Phillip, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Caulfield Grammar School	Independent	Combined	St Kilda East	3,555	1157
Albert Park College	Government	Secondary	Albert Park	1,657	1127
St Michael's Grammar School	Independent	Combined	St Kilda	1,143	1180
Elwood College	Government	Secondary	Elwood	804	1096
Port Melbourne Primary School	Government	Primary	Port Melbourne	697	1134
Elwood Primary School	Government	Primary	Elwood	618	1131
Beth Rivkah Ladies College	Independent	Combined	St Kilda East	489	1086
St Mary's College Melbourne	Catholic	Secondary	St Kilda East	440	1093
St Kilda Primary School	Government	Primary	St Kilda	437	1126
Albert Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Albert Park	430	1156
Port Melbourne Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Port Melbourne	416	1101
South Melbourne Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Albert Park	402	1105
Middle Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Middle Park	393	1150
Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Primary	South Melbourne	369	1154
Yeshivah College	Independent	Combined	St Kilda East	362	1073
St Kilda Park Primary School	Government	Primary	St Kilda	314	1142
Ripponlea Primary School	Government	Primary	St Kilda East	256	1141
Cheder Levi Yitzchok Inc	Independent	Combined	St Kilda	169	1053
Yesodei HaTorah College	Independent	Combined	Elwood	149	1112
St Columba's School	Catholic	Primary	Elwood	137	1152
St Mary's School	Catholic	Primary	St Kilda East	135	1111
Port Phillip Specialist School	Government	Special	Port Melbourne	99	1082
Youth2Industry College	Independent	Secondary	South Melbourne	64	1033
Montague School	Government	Special	South Melbourne	16	983

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Port Phillip. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Port Phillip

Port Phillip contains 13 suburbs and 8 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
St Kilda	3182	19,490	$1,779/wk	36
Port Melbourne	3207	17,633	$2,372/wk	42
Elwood	3184	15,153	$2,096/wk	38
St Kilda East	3183	12,571	$2,020/wk	34
South Melbourne	3205	11,548	$2,101/wk	39
Albert Park	3206	6,044	$2,533/wk	46
Balaclava	3183	5,392	$2,026/wk	35
Middle Park	3206	4,000	$2,836/wk	45
St Kilda West	3182	2,951	$1,983/wk	40
Ripponlea	3185	1,532	$2,023/wk	34
Brighton Road	3184
Prahran East	3181
St Kilda South	3182

Postcodes covered

3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3205, 3206, 3207

Compare Port Phillip with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Port Phillip and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Port Phillip (VIC)	96,314	38.5	1106	51.6%	31.3%
Melbourne	154,886	30.4	1086	69.0%	55.1%
Stonnington	99,756	37.8	1131	47.3%	31.6%
Glen Eira	144,274	38.4	1103	34.7%	37.3%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Port Phillip

What is the population of Port Phillip?

The 2021 Census recorded 96,314 people living in Port Phillip, across 13 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Port Phillip?

Port Phillip contains 13 suburbs. The most populous are St Kilda, Port Melbourne, Elwood, St Kilda East, South Melbourne.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Port Phillip?

Port Phillip covers 8 postcodes: 3181, 3182, 3183, 3184, 3185, 3205, 3206, 3207.

How many schools are in Port Phillip?

Port Phillip has 24 schools, including 13 government, 4 Catholic, and 7 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Port Phillip?

Port Phillip has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1106, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.