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Oak Park

Ranked #26 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for value. 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
Oak Park suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Value88#26 of 216
Safety85#33 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)73#43 of 216
Wealth69#68 of 216

Oak Park suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
58
#88 of 216
Safety
85
#33 of 216
Wealth
69
#68 of 216
Value
88
#26 of 216
Parks
60
#80 of 216
Cafés
41
#126 of 216
Transit
17
#179 of 216
Green space
66
#58 of 216
Active & healthy
54
#89 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
73
#43 of 216

Oak Park crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,714
Area2.04 km²
Postcode3046
Median household income$2,201/wk
Median rent$401/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,120,000 (21 sales this quarter; up 1.6% YoY, down 8.6% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$749,500 (28 sales this quarter; up 16.3% YoY, up 8.6% QoQ)
Crime rate33.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 83% of offences are against property, 17% against the person
Parks11 (3.2 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)2 — 2 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.28 km, secondary 1.76 km
Families score71/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.3% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues33
Public transport stops12 (1 train station, 11 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCoburg parkrun (4.99 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Oak Park Primary School (0.22 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 Oak Park

Population
6,714
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$2,201/wk
Median rent
$401/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,120,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$749,500

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

Common questions about Oak Park

What is the postcode for Oak Park?

The postcode for Oak Park, Melbourne is 3046.

Is Oak Park a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Oak Park is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #26 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 8 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Oak Park safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Melbourne, scoring 85/100 for safety and ranking #33 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 33 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 Oak Park good for families?

It rates well on the family measures we can compute — safety 85/100, parks 60/100 and green space 66/100, with a median age of 36. It has 2 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.3 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 Oak Park expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,120,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 1.6% YoY, down 8.6% QoQ. Median rent is $401 a week, and household income ranks #68 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 88/100 for value.

Does Oak Park have good public transport?

It scores 17/100 for transit, #179 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Oak Park?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 66/100 for green space.

Is Oak Park good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Coburg parkrun, 5.0 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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