The City of Melbourne is made up of the city centre and a number of inner-city suburbs. It is the commercial, retail and transport focus of the metropolitan area. Its major features include the Port of Melbourne, sporting, leisure and arts complexes, parks and gardens, as well as universities and hospitals.

	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Expenditure ($)	570.007m	525.915m	471.359m	418.656m
Revenue ($)	602.023m	560.461m	508.465m	453.668m
- Charges ($)	203.576m	199.557m	192.804m	180.670m
- VGC Grants ($)	2.618m	2.545m	2.401m	2.208m