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Glen Huntly

Ranked #30 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for cafés. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By BestSuburbs research · Updated October 2026 · Melbourne
Glen Huntly suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Cafés84#30 of 216
Safety56#96 of 216
Transit55#98 of 216
Active48#115 of 216

Glen Huntly suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
48
#115 of 216
Safety
56
#96 of 216
Wealth
32
#148 of 216
Value
48
#113 of 216
Parks
22
#187 of 216
Cafés
84
#30 of 216
Transit
55
#98 of 216
Green space
32
#167 of 216
Active & healthy
31
#192 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
26
#172 of 216

Glen Huntly crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,905
Area0.89 km²
Postcode3163
Median household income$1,877/wk
Median rent$391/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,970,000 (low volume: 4 sales; up 33.1% YoY, down 16.3% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$660,000 (47 sales this quarter; up 10.9% YoY, down 1.2% QoQ)
Crime rate54.0 incidents per 1,000 people — 83% of offences are against property, 17% against the person
Parks3 (0.15 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.37 km, secondary 0.76 km
Families score43/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park88.7% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops11 (1 train station, 8 tram/light-rail stops, 2 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunKarkarook parkrun (6.66 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Glen Huntly Primary School (0.49 km)

Sale prices: Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter — © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning / Valuer-General Victoria), Victorian Property Sales Report, CC BY 4.0. Quarterly median of sales settled in the quarter, per suburb. Figures marked as low-volume rest on fewer than 10 sales that quarter.

Who lives in Glen Huntly

Population
4,905
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$1,877/wk
Median rent
$391/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,970,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$660,000

Source: ABS Census 2021; sale prices Victorian Property Sales Report, October–December 2025 quarter. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Glen Huntly — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Glen Huntly

What is the postcode for Glen Huntly?

The postcode for Glen Huntly, Melbourne is 3163.

Is Glen Huntly a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Glen Huntly is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #30 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 3 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Glen Huntly safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 56/100 for safety and ranking #96 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 54 per 1,000 residents. That score is recorded offences per 1,000 residents from official crime statistics, as a percentile against every other suburb in the city.

Is Glen Huntly good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 56/100, parks 22/100 and green space 32/100, with a median age of 35. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.4 km from its centre. School counts and distances feed the families score; catchment zoning and school results do not (we cannot publish those) — see our Melbourne families ranking for the full method.

Is Glen Huntly expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,970,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 33.1% YoY, down 16.3% QoQ. Median rent is $391 a week, and household income ranks #148 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 48/100 for value.

Does Glen Huntly have good public transport?

It scores 55/100 for transit, #98 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Glen Huntly?

89% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.1 hectares per 1,000 residents — 32/100 for green space.

Is Glen Huntly good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Karkarook parkrun, 6.7 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 48/100 for how much walking, running and riding actually happens there.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Melbourne: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-12). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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