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Ormond

Ranked #5 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Ormond suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Schools nearby (OSM)94#5 of 216
Safety84#36 of 216
Value73#59 of 216
Active66#62 of 216

Ormond suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
66
#62 of 216
Safety
84
#36 of 216
Wealth
52
#104 of 216
Value
73
#59 of 216
Parks
6
#210 of 216
Cafés
25
#167 of 216
Transit
60
#87 of 216
Green space
17
#195 of 216
Active & healthy
35
#177 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
94
#5 of 216

Ormond crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,328
Area2.02 km²
Postcode3204
Median household income$2,062/wk
Median rent$395/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$2,015,000 (16 sales this quarter; up 4.5% YoY, up 13.6% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$503,000 (57 sales this quarter; down 18.7% YoY, down 21.4% QoQ)
Crime rate33.3 incidents per 1,000 people — 79% of offences are against property, 21% against the person
Parks3 (0.99 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 4 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.47 km, secondary 0.47 km
Families score58/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park62.4% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues27
Public transport stops32 (1 train station, 31 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunKarkarook parkrun (5.79 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Oakwood School (0.15 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 Ormond

Population
8,328
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,062/wk
Median rent
$395/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$2,015,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$503,000

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

Common questions about Ormond

What is the postcode for Ormond?

The postcode for Ormond, Melbourne is 3204.

Is Ormond a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Ormond is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #5 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 6 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Ormond safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Melbourne, scoring 84/100 for safety and ranking #36 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 Ormond good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 84/100, parks 6/100 and green space 17/100, with a median age of 37. It has 4 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.5 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 Ormond expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $2,015,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 4.5% YoY, up 13.6% QoQ. Median rent is $395 a week, and household income ranks #104 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 73/100 for value.

Does Ormond have good public transport?

It scores 60/100 for transit, #87 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Ormond?

62% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 17/100 for green space.

Is Ormond good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Karkarook parkrun, 5.8 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 66/100 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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