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Pascoe Vale

Ranked #48 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
Pascoe Vale suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Cafés78#48 of 216
Safety66#73 of 216
Value65#75 of 216
Transit57#94 of 216

Pascoe Vale suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
26
#173 of 216
Safety
66
#73 of 216
Wealth
48
#112 of 216
Value
65
#75 of 216
Parks
32
#159 of 216
Cafés
78
#48 of 216
Transit
57
#94 of 216
Green space
46
#125 of 216
Active & healthy
48
#119 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
44
#130 of 216

Pascoe Vale crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population18,171
Area4.94 km²
Postcode3044
Median household income$2,025/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,050,000 (59 sales this quarter; down 4.2% YoY, down 13.6% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$690,000 (106 sales this quarter; up 7.4% YoY, down 0.4% QoQ)
Crime rate46.7 incidents per 1,000 people — 82% of offences are against property, 18% against the person
Parks19 (1.39 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)5 — 4 primary, 1 secondary; nearest primary 0.74 km, secondary 0.8 km
Families score66/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park91.1% of the suburb
Cafés19
Gyms & sport venues40
Public transport stops80 (1 train station, 79 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunCoburg parkrun (3.07 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Pascoe Vale Primary School (0.69 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 Pascoe Vale

Population
18,171
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$2,025/wk
Median rent
$400/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,050,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$690,000

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

Common questions about Pascoe Vale

What is the postcode for Pascoe Vale?

The postcode for Pascoe Vale, Melbourne is 3044.

Is Pascoe Vale a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Pascoe Vale is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #48 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 4 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Pascoe Vale safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 66/100 for safety and ranking #73 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 Pascoe Vale good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 66/100, parks 32/100 and green space 46/100, with a median age of 36. It has 5 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.7 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 Pascoe Vale expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,050,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), down 4.2% YoY, down 13.6% QoQ. Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #112 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 65/100 for value.

Does Pascoe Vale have good public transport?

It scores 57/100 for transit, #94 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Pascoe Vale?

91% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 46/100 for green space.

Is Pascoe Vale good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Coburg parkrun, 3.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 26/100 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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