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Kings Park

Ranked #41 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for safety. 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
Kings Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Safety81#41 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)78#37 of 216
Transit63#81 of 216
Green space62#71 of 216

Kings Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
25
#179 of 216
Safety
81
#41 of 216
Wealth
3
#211 of 216
Value
8
#199 of 216
Parks
61
#76 of 216
Cafés
7
#211 of 216
Transit
63
#81 of 216
Green space
62
#71 of 216
Active & healthy
28
#201 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
78
#37 of 216

Kings Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,203
Area1.24 km²
Postcode3021
Median household income$1,224/wk
Median rent$321/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$669,000 (22 sales this quarter; up 8.6% YoY, up 1.0% QoQ)
Crime rate34.5 incidents per 1,000 people — 71% of offences are against property, 29% against the person
Parks10 (1.52 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.24 km, secondary 1.53 km
Families score72/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park99.8% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues15
Public transport stops23 (23 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunBrimbank parkrun (5.49 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Copperfield College Kings Park Junior Campus (0.33 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 Kings Park

Population
8,203
Median age
38 years
Median household income
$1,224/wk
Median rent
$321/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$669,000

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 Kings Park — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Kings Park

What is the postcode for Kings Park?

The postcode for Kings Park, Melbourne is 3021.

Is Kings Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kings Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is safety, ranking #41 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 5 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Kings Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Melbourne, scoring 81/100 for safety and ranking #41 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 34 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 Kings Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 81/100, parks 61/100 and green space 62/100, with a median age of 38. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Kings Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $669,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 8.6% YoY, up 1.0% QoQ. Median rent is $321 a week, and household income ranks #211 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 8/100 for value.

Does Kings Park have good public transport?

It scores 63/100 for transit, #81 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kings Park?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 62/100 for green space.

Is Kings Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Brimbank parkrun, 5.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 25/100 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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