It is located in the southwest of central Tokyo on the east side of Shibuya Station.

With numerous shops, offices and public facilities, it is one of the three large sub-centers (fuku-toshin) in western Tokyo alongside Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

It is divided into four numbered quarters, chôme, in which had total of 4,160 inhabitants in 2017.

Shibuya Board of Education [ja] operates public elementary and junior high schools.

Shibuya 1-chōme, 2-chōme 13-24 ban, and 3-chōme 4-11, 16-23, and 27-29 ban are zoned to Jinnan Elementary School (神南小学校) and Shoto Junior High School (松濤中学校).