About the town » South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia

South Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south from Melbourne's Central Business District. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2011 Census, South Melbourne had a population of 9,317. Historically known as Emerald Hill, it was one of the first of Melbourne's suburbs to adopt full municipal status and is one of Melbourne's oldest suburban areas, notable for its well preserved Victorian era streetscapes.