Docklands is the place for studying.ice skating.making stuff.the water.studying, ice skating, making stuff and getting on the water.
At the last census 15,495 people lived here and the median age was 32 — but there is no high school, no youth service based in the postcode, and no community house. Here is what does exist, and how to help build the rest.
15,495people live in 3008, up from 10,964 five years earlierABS Census 2021
32median age — six years under the national 38ABS Census 2021
0secondary schools in the postcode. Every teenager here leaves 3008 for schoolDocklands Primary is Prep–6
69%have both parents born overseas; Mandarin and Hindi lead after EnglishABS Census 2021
3rd Sunday · Waterfront Farmers' Market•31 Oct 2026 · Melbourne Diwali•Early July · Firelight Festival•Feb–Mar · Holi at Ron Barassi Snr Park•Every day · Library at The Dock•Free · Docklands Sports Courts•3rd Sunday · Waterfront Farmers' Market•31 Oct 2026 · Melbourne Diwali•Early July · Firelight Festival•Feb–Mar · Holi at Ron Barassi Snr Park•Every day · Library at The Dock•Free · Docklands Sports Courts•
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Where to go next.
What exists, what is on, what is missing, and what this crew has already put on.
Ten places and programs for under-25s that are free or close to it — the ice arena, the makerspace, the courts, tutoring, grants and the drop-in services. Every listing checked against the operator’s own information.
No secondary school. No youth service based in the postcode. No skate park. No community house since 2024. The four things 3008 does not have, set out plainly.
The D-Zone launch with two City of Melbourne councillors in the room, three programs back to back in one hall, and a festival that grew from a suburban oval to Marvel Stadium Square.
Run the thing if you are 12–25. Get your group listed if you live or trade here. Back what is missing if you fund or deliver.
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Coming up
Three to put in the diary.
The rest — Firelight, the Makers Market, the parks, the library and what is being rebuilt on the waterfront — is on the what’s on page.
31 Oct 2026Free entry
Melbourne Diwali
The biggest thing that happens in this postcode all year, and Docklands' own. Marvel Stadium Square, 2pm to 10pm — performances, food, stalls and lights. Free entry; registering just helps the organisers plan. Managed by Saras.Care, which also runs this site.
Marvel Stadium Square · grew out of Diwali at Docklands, started here in 2021 · stalls, performers and volunteers all recruited locally
Colour, music and food fill Ron Barassi Snr Park West for the last weekend of summer, with the CBD skyline and the Bolte Bridge behind it. Run by Holi Festival Melbourne, not by us.
Ron Barassi Snr Park West · general entry free on an RSVP · dates on their site
Before this she led a youth initiative with a group of friends, auspiced by the charity Saras.Care — a series of workshops, and a podcast the young people designed and recorded themselves. No episode has been released yet.
