City profile
Port Phillip is a municipality in Melbourne's inner south, running about 11 km along Port Phillip Bay from Elwood in the south to Port Melbourne in the north. It includes St Kilda, South Melbourne, Albert Park and part of the St Kilda Road area. The council describes it as one of the most densely populated municipalities, with houses, flats and high-rise apartments.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- Estimated Resident Population (ERP)
- The official population count for an area.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- The national statistics agency behind population figures.
The area at a glance
- Population (ERP, 30 June 2025)
- 114,434ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary). This counts residents only, not workers or visitors.
- Area
- 20.6 km²ABS. The council gives 2,058 hectares, including 353 hectares of public parks and open space.
- Population density
- About 5,550 people per km²Our calculation from the ABS population and area.
- Wards
- 9, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Owners
- The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Kulin NationAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Albert Park3206
- Balaclava3183
- Elwood3184
- Melbourne (part — St Kilda Road area)3004
- Middle Park3206
- Port Melbourne (part)3207
- Ripponlea3185
- South Melbourne3205
- Southbank (part)3006
- St Kilda3182
- St Kilda East (part)3183
- St Kilda West3182
- Windsor (part)3181
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
We built the suburb list from the official Vicmap locality boundaries, keeping each locality with at least 5% of its area inside the council boundary and marking it '(part)' when less than 95% is inside: Port Melbourne about 44% (the rest is in the City of Melbourne), St Kilda East about 58%, Melbourne about 18%, Southbank about 17% and Windsor about 6%. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Port Phillip. The shaded area on the map is the council boundary from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ASGS 2025) — the same boundary the ABS area and population figures are measured on. The council's own description of the city comes from its draft Plan for Port Phillip, Year 2 (April 2026).
Sources — check it yourself
- ABS — Regional population 2024–25, data cube 32180DS0002 Table 2 (Victoria) · ERP 30 Jun 2025
- ABS — Regional population, latest release · Released Mar 2026
- City of Port Phillip — Plan for Port Phillip 2025–35 Year 2, draft (p. 11: 'Our City') (PDF) · Apr 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Port Phillip City Council (9 single-councillor wards) · Sep 2026
- Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) — LGA Recorded Offences, Table 03 (suburb and postcode by LGA) · Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
- DataVic — Vicmap Admin locality polygons · Sep 2026
- Local Government Victoria — LGPRF 2020–2025 Full Council Data Set (council group: Metro) · 2024–25
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.