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Plenty

Ranked #1 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for wealth. 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
Plenty suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Wealth100#1 of 216
Value100#1 of 216
Safety76#52 of 216
Active58#86 of 216

Plenty suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
58
#86 of 216
Safety
76
#52 of 216
Wealth
100
#1 of 216
Value
100
#1 of 216
Parks
42
#135 of 216
Cafés
28
#163 of 216
Transit
2
#212 of 216
Green space
54
#93 of 216
Active & healthy
54
#86 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
4
#212 of 216

Plenty crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,575
Area11.14 km²
Postcode3090
Median household income$3,190/wk
Median rent$392/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$1,630,000 (low volume: 5 sales; up 1.2% YoY, up 4.6% QoQ)
Crime rate38.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 89% of offences are against property, 11% against the person
Parks7 (83.4 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)0 — 0 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 1.91 km, secondary 2.79 km
Families score41/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park55.5% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues65
Public transport stops17 (17 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunWesterfolds junior parkrun (8.97 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Thomas the Apostle Primary School (1.93 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 Plenty

Population
2,575
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$3,190/wk
Median rent
$392/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$1,630,000

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

Common questions about Plenty

What is the postcode for Plenty?

The postcode for Plenty, Melbourne is 3090.

Is Plenty a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Plenty is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #1 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 Plenty safe?

Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Melbourne, scoring 76/100 for safety and ranking #52 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 38 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 Plenty good for families?

It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 76/100, parks 42/100 and green space 54/100, with a median age of 44. It has 0 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 1.9 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 Plenty expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $1,630,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 1.2% YoY, up 4.6% QoQ. Median rent is $392 a week, and household income ranks #1 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 100/100 for value.

Does Plenty have good public transport?

It scores 2/100 for transit, #212 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Plenty?

56% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 83.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 for green space.

Is Plenty good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Westerfolds junior parkrun, 9.0 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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