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Mill Park

Ranked #30 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for green space. 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
Mill Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Green space76#30 of 216
Safety64#78 of 216
Parks63#68 of 216
Active58#85 of 216

Mill Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
58
#85 of 216
Safety
64
#78 of 216
Wealth
25
#162 of 216
Value
43
#123 of 216
Parks
63
#68 of 216
Cafés
28
#162 of 216
Transit
40
#130 of 216
Green space
76
#30 of 216
Active & healthy
46
#131 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
55
#98 of 216

Mill Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population28,712
Area12.73 km²
Postcode3082
Median household income$1,735/wk
Median rent$366/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$891,300 (98 sales this quarter; up 11.4% YoY, up 3.0% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$591,000 (24 sales this quarter; up 9.5% YoY, down 1.3% QoQ)
Crime rate47.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 80% of offences are against property, 20% against the person
Parks59 (7.45 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)6 — 5 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.64 km, secondary 0.64 km
Families score67/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park93.4% of the suburb
Cafés6
Gyms & sport venues102
Public transport stops158 (1 train station, 2 tram/light-rail stops, 155 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunDarebin parkrun (6.89 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)6 schools in the suburb, plus 6 kindergartens — nearest is Mill Park Secondary College (0.26 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 Mill Park

Population
28,712
Median age
40 years
Median household income
$1,735/wk
Median rent
$366/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$891,300
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$591,000

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

Common questions about Mill Park

What is the postcode for Mill Park?

The postcode for Mill Park, Melbourne is 3082.

Is Mill Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Mill Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is green space, ranking #30 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 Mill Park safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 64/100 for safety and ranking #78 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 47 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 Mill Park good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 64/100, parks 63/100 and green space 76/100, with a median age of 40. It has 6 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.6 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 Mill Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $891,300 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 11.4% YoY, up 3.0% QoQ. Median rent is $366 a week, and household income ranks #162 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 43/100 for value.

Does Mill Park have good public transport?

It scores 40/100 for transit, #130 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Mill Park?

93% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 76/100 for green space.

Is Mill Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Darebin parkrun, 6.9 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 58/100 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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