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CARLTON, VIC

3053Major Cities of AustraliaSEIFA Decile 3/10LGA: MelbourneView on Power MapDownload Place Brief (PDF)
Entities
200
Total Funding
$308.3M
Community-Controlled
1
CC Funding Share
1%
5 social & Indigenous enterprisesoperating in this area
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Top Funded Entities

$30.8M
C: $30.8M
$21.3M
C: $21.3M
$15.7M
C: $15.7M
$14.9M
G: $5.7M C: $9.1M
$8.7M
C: $8.7M
$6.3M
C: $6.3M
$4.9M
G: $1.3M C: $3.5M
$4.5M
G: $27K C: $4.4M
$3.6M
G: $1.1M C: $2.5M
$2.7M
C: $2.7M
$2.6M
C: $2.6M
$2.5M
G: $2.5M
$2.4M
G: $2.4M
$2.1M
G: $2.1M
$2.0M
C: $2.0M

NDIS Supply & Service Pressure

State Providers
2,945
Thin Districts
1
Very Thin
0
Local Disability Delivery
0
113 disability-focused enterprises in VIC

NDIS money is not the same thing as healthy service coverage. This view shows whether CARLTON, VIC sits inside a state market with thin provider supply, captured payment flows, and too few local disability-focused or community-controlled alternatives.

Thinnest Districts In VIC
Mallee95 providers
Outer Gippsland145 providers
Western District162 providers
Ovens Murray184 providers
Captured Markets
Mallee88%
Western District87%
Outer Gippsland83%
Ovens Murray75%

Social & Indigenous Enterprises (5)

Bigger Sister Channel Pty Ltd
Social TradersABN 93665412322

Bigger Sister Channel's mission is to empower sex workers to share their expertise, skills, stories and knowledge for the safety and wellbeing of sex workers everywhere. We achieve this mission by collaborating with sex workers, experts, stakeholders, and organisations to create high-quality, accessible, and actionable content on a range of community-elected topics such as harm reduction, safety practices, and self-care.

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Community & Social ServicesTraining & Education Services
Earthwatch Institute Australia
Social Traders

Earthwatch is a behaviour change organisation, empowering people to save the natural world, through work, life and play. We enable companies to take action, embed sustainability strategies, and meet SDGs. Using a flexible model, we co-create employee and stakeholder engagement programs to upskill companies in environmental impacts and dependencies, and the risks and opportunities presented. Environmental market offerings include: Plastic Offsetting, Blue Carbon

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Engineer, Research, Tech servicesTraining & Education ServicesCommunity & Social Services
SSI Legal Pty Ltd
Social TradersABN 15672115990

SSI Legal offers dedicated legal advice and cost-effective solutions to all immigration matters, with a fully qualified and experienced team of migration lawyers. Our legal team advises and supports businesses and individuals with all visa types including labour agreements, temporary skills shortage and employer sponsored visas. As a SSI social enterprise, we pride ourselves in our ethical, client-focussed advice and exceptional service.

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Community & Social ServicesLegal Services
The Australia And New Zealand School Of Government Limited
acnc-classifiedABN 69102908118

Provides educational programs and training services to government officials and public sector organizations, generating revenue through course fees and service delivery while reinvesting in educational mission

education
The Equality Institute
Social TradersABN 66606843163

At The Equality Institute, we work to advance gender equality and end violence against women and girls (VAWG), working towards our vision of a world in which diversity is celebrated, all people are respected and power and resources are shared.

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Community & Social ServicesMarketing and CommunicationsTraining & Education Services
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Schools (2)

ACARA school profiles in postcode 3053. ICSEA measures educational advantage (national avg 1000).

Carlton Gardens Primary School
GovernmentPrimary1% Indigenous
ICSEA 1133
435 students
Carlton Primary School
GovernmentPrimary1% Indigenous
ICSEA 957
114 students

Crime & Safety — Melbourne LGA

Reported incidents by offence group (October 2024 - September 2025). Source: state crime statistics agencies.

Total
17818 per 100K
34,671
Theft
785 per 100K
17,027
Assault
171 per 100K
3,568
Property damage
618 per 100K
2,873
Against justice procedures
145 per 100K
2,719
Break and enter
59 per 100K
2,480
Fraud
31 per 100K
1,537
Drug offences
2 per 100K
1,233
Weapons offences
46 per 100K
809
Disorderly conduct
15 per 100K
796

Social Need

DSS payment recipients in this area by payment type. Higher counts indicate service demand and community need.

Total Recipients
7,580
Payment Types
15
Pension Concession Card
1,535
Health Care Card
1,360
Commonwealth Rent Assistance
920
JobSeeker Payment
845
Youth Allowance (student and apprentice)
580
Age Pension
580
Disability Support Pension
415
Family Tax Benefit A
290
Family Tax Benefit B
265
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
210

NDIS Participants

Melbourne (C) LGA
1,928
active participants
2025-Q4

All Entities (200)

Disadvantage Index

3/10
SEIFA IRSD Decile

This area has moderate socio-economic disadvantage.

Entity Types

Charity
105
Company
70
Foundation
24
Political
1