Our Neighbourhoods at a glance East

Overview of East Melbourne

East Melbourne is an established area to the east of the central Terrace housing is common in East Melbourne’s leafy streets, city, home to many 19th century homes, iconic landmarks and alongside remnant mansions, some of which are listed on the the heritage listed Fitzroy, Treasury and Parliament gardens. Victorian Heritage Register, and a growing number of residential apartment developments. Parliament House, the Old Treasury Building and St Patrick’s Cathedral are located in the west of the neighbourhood. To the East Melbourne has a large health services industry with many south, East Melbourne encompasses Melbourne’s Sports and medical practitioners locating in the area due to its proximity Entertainment Precinct, including , AAMI Park to local hospitals, including The Royal Victorian Eye and and the world-famous . Ear Hospital, Freemasons Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute.

East MelbourneCarlton in the City of Melbourne Gertrude St Gardens St Vincent’s Hospital

La Trobe Street Eye and Ear Parade A'Beckett Street Hospital Epworth Little Lonsdale St Parliament Freemasons North Reserve St. Patrick's Hospital Cathedral Richmond Albert Street Her Majesty’s Princess Parliament Epworth Station Theatre Theatre House Freemasons Powlett Fitzroy Hospital Reserve Parliament Gardens Lonsdale Street Station The Old Darling Exhibition Street Spring Street Treasury Square Russell Street Building East

Lansdowne Street Fitzroy Melbourne Treasury Cooks' West Gardens Gardens Melbourne Cottage Clarendon Street Richmond George Street Station Town Hall Jolimont Wellington Parade Flinders Lane Station

Flinders Street

Hoddle Street Elizabeth Street Flinders 0 400m Street Batman Yarra Park Bridge Road Station Federation Square Birrarung Marr Jolimont Street

Avenue Brunton Avenue Berry Street Melbourne Yarra Cricket Park Hamer Ground Hall Alexandra Margaret Gardens Court Arena St Kilda Road Arts Centre Rod Laver Punt Melbourne Queen Victoria Arena Road Gardens Oval Hisense NGV Arena International Sidney Myer Music Bowl Olympic Boulevard Richmond Victorian Yarra College Kings Of The Arts Domain AAMI Swan Street Park Municipality map

Sturt Street Goschs Paddock Alexandra River East Australian Birdwood Ave Melbourne Centre for Wells Street Government Ave Contemporary Art House

(ACCA) Punt Road Ornamental Royal Botanic Gardens Lake Shrine of Remembrance Coventry Street

Anderson St Features of East Melbourne

Population

Residential population Number of businesses 4,941 636

Data was sourced from the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing. To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data

Residents

Age (median years) Youth (12-25 years) Older (60+ years) Born overseas 40 12% 25% 26%

Main overseas country Speaks a language Main non-English Attending a tertiary of birth: England other than English language spoken: education institution (LOTE) at home Mandarin 4% 14% 2% 10%

Main occupation: Main work travel Professionals method: Walked only 52% 27%

Data was sourced from the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing. To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data Households

Occupied private Average household Weekly household dwellings size (persons) income (median) 2,165 1.9 $2,418

Low income households High income households Family (less than $650 p.w.) (more than $2,500 p.w.) households 8% 40% 51%

Lone person Renting Living in a flat households or apartment 40% 55% 75%

Data was sourced from the 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing. To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: abs.gov.au/census/guide-census-data

Top Three Employment Types

Arts and Health care and Food and Recreation Services Social Assistance Beverage Services 5,964 5,104 4,888 21.1% 18% 17.3%

Data was sourced from the 2019 City of Melbourne Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/research-and-statistics/city-economy/census-land-use-employment/Pages/clue.aspx Jobs by Status

Full time Part time Casual Contract 13,160 4,208 10,255 701 46.5% 14.9% 36.2% 2.5%

Data was sourced from the 2019 City of Melbourne Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/research-and-statistics/city-economy/census-land-use-employment/Pages/clue.aspx

Land Use (Percentage of total neighbourhood – list not exhaustive)

Office Residential Parking - Commercial Public apartment and Private Open Space 7.9% 7.2% 7.5% 28.3%

Sports and Indoor Retail Commercial Recreation - Outdoor Entertainment Accommodation 6.3% 5.3% 0.3% 1.9%

Educational / Storage / Performances, Conferences, Research Wholesale Ceremonies 0.3% 0.3% 0.6%

Data was sourced from the 2019 City of Melbourne Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/research-and-statistics/city-economy/census-vland-use-employment/Pages/clue.aspx Development Activity (major new commercial and residential property development)

Under construction

Developments Residential Student Hotel/serviced dwellings accommodation apartments 1 0 0 0

Approved

Developments Residential Student Hotel/serviced dwellings accommodation apartments 5 99 0 0

Under construction (Area sqm) Approved (Area sqm)

Office space Retail space Office space Retail space 0 0 29,275 1,656

Data was sourced from the November 2020 City of Melbourne’s Development Activity Monitor (DAM). To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: developmentactivity.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ Services in East Melbourne Community Facilities and Local Amenities (list not exhaustive) Childcare services Primary Healthcare Facilities Headstart Early Learning East Melbourne Epworth Freemasons Hospital Powlett Reserve Children’s Centre Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Yarra Park Children’s Centre St Vincent’s Health Australia St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Libraries and Community Spaces Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute East Melbourne Library Educational Institutions Recreation Parks and Open Spaces Australian Catholic University Birrarung Marr Fitzroy Gardens Sporting and Physical Recreation Venues Treasury Gardens AAMI Park Powlett Reserve Richmond Football Club Oval Gosch’s Paddock Gosch’s Paddock Oval Burston Reserve Melbourne And Olympic Parks Trust Burton Reserve Melbourne Cricket Ground Spring Street Common Olympic Park Oval Wellington Parade Conservatory Powlett Reserve Tennis Centre Darling Square Rod Laver Arena Giliot Reserve Transport Links Gordon Reserve Jolimont Reserve Parliament Train Station Batman Avenue Open Space Jolimont Train Station Parliament Gardens Tram routes 11, 12, 30, 109, 48, 75 Wellington Crescent Recreational Area Bus routes 905, 906, 907, 908 St Andrews Place Reserve Data was sourced from the 2019 City of Melbourne Census of Land Use and Employment (CLUE). To learn more about this data, including definitions, visit: Stapley Parade Reserve melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/research-and-statistics/city-economy/ Weedon Reserve census-land-use-employment/Pages/clue.aspx Wellington Park

Museums and Cultural spaces Cooks Cottage National Sports Museum

Further information Richmond to Docklands Precinct: vpa.vic.gov.au/project/flinders-to-richmond-precinct/

Please note this profile contains information that was collected prior to the COVID-19 event and may not represent the current situation. The information does, however, provide a baseline which shows where the population was at the time it was collected. Refer to each category to see the source of the data and when the information presented was collected.