Port Melbourne property data
Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Port Melbourne, VIC (16,311 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.
Zoning in Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne is mostly centre / commercial. The most common zones:
Centre / commercial — shops, offices and mixed use; often allows apartments above.
Zone: MIXED USE ZONE
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: CAPITAL CITY ZONE - SCHEDULE 1
School catchments in Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.
Crime near Port Melbourne
Port Melbourne sits in the Port Phillip council area, which recorded 12,620 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 12,620 total. Figures are for the whole Port Phillip council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Who lives in Port Melbourne
At the 2021 Census, 30% of Port Melbourne’s 17,633 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Port Melbourne
Port Phillip council approved 613 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Port Phillip council area (not just Port Melbourne). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1001/101 Bay Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/107 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/115 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/127 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/147 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/155 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/300 Plummer Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
- 1001/320 Plummer Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.