Australia · Victoria
Born in Melbourne
Melbourne is home to 5.4 million people in Victoria. It is the number 2 city in Australia by population. Sourced: GeoNames
Among the largest cities in Australia
Sydney5.6 million
Melbourne5.4 million
Brisbane2.8 million
Perth2.4 million
Adelaide1.5 million
Gold Coast640,778
Newcastle508,437
Sunshine Coast398,840
Sourced: GeoNames Population. Melbourne is highlighted.
Australia as a whole
- Life expectancy at birth: 82.1 years for boys, 85.7 for girls Sourced: UN WPP 2024
- Children who die before age 5: 3.8 in every 1,000 births Sourced: UN WPP 2024
These are national figures: the game does not have separate health figures for Melbourne. More about Australia
Live a life in Melbourne
Choose Melbourne and you are born there, to a family drawn from the real mix of the place. Then you live it year by year, with a few choices that bend the odds. About an hour, and every life replays exactly from its seed.