City profile
Stonnington is a municipality in Melbourne's inner south-east, running from South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor in the west through Toorak and Armadale to Malvern, Malvern East and part of Glen Iris. Its main office is at 311 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, and council meetings are held at Malvern Town Hall.
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)
- 114,789ABS Estimated Resident Population (preliminary). This counts residents only, not workers or visitors.
- Area
- 25.7 km²ABS.
- Population density
- About 4,500 people per km²Worked out from the ABS population and area above.
- Wards
- 9, with one councillor each
- Council group (LGPRF)
- Metropolitan
- Traditional Owners
- The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the East Kulin NationsAs acknowledged by the council.
Suburbs & postcodes
- Armadale3143
- Glen Iris (part)3146
- Kooyong3144
- Malvern3144
- Malvern East3145
- Prahran3181
- South Yarra (part)3141
- Toorak3142
- Windsor (part)3181
On the map
The shaded area is the official Local Government Area boundary.
These are the suburbs the council lists for Stonnington. We checked each against the official Vicmap locality boundaries: about a third of Glen Iris, about 70% of South Yarra and about 94% of Windsor are inside Stonnington; the rest of each is in neighbouring councils. Thin edges of a few other localities (under 2% of each) also fall inside the boundary but aren't listed. Postcodes come from the CSA's suburb and postcode table for Stonnington. The map shows the ABS boundary (ASGS 2025).
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 Stonnington — About Stonnington (suburbs) · Sep 2026
- City of Stonnington — Community profile (links to .id profiles) · Sep 2026
- City of Stonnington — Contact us (Traditional Owners acknowledgement, office address) · Sep 2026
- Victorian Electoral Commission — Stonnington 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.