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Sunshine West
Ranked #62 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.
Sunshine West suburb profile: score breakdown
Sunshine West crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers
| Population | 18,552 |
| Area | 9.54 km² |
| Median household income | $1,416/wk |
| Median rent | $346/wk |
| Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025) | $809,400 (78 sales this quarter; up 17.3% YoY, up 9.4% QoQ) |
| Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025) | $600,000 (21 sales this quarter; up 3.4% YoY, up 8.1% QoQ) |
| Crime rate | 57.6 incidents per 1,000 people — 84% of offences are against property, 16% against the person |
| Parks | 31 (3.17 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 8 — 5 primary, 2 secondary; nearest primary 0.18 km, secondary 0.65 km |
| Families score | 60/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 73.2% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 24 |
| Public transport stops | 91 (1 train station, 90 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Cruickshank Park parkrun (6.11 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 9 schools in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Glengala Primary School (0.28 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 Sunshine West
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 Sunshine West — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
Common questions about Sunshine West
Is Sunshine West a good suburb?
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Sunshine West is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #62 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 2 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
Is Sunshine West safe?
It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 52/100 for safety and ranking #105 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 58 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 Sunshine West good for families?
It rates below average on the family measures we can compute — safety 52/100, parks 42/100 and green space 40/100, with a median age of 38. It has 8 schools in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.2 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 Sunshine West expensive to live in?
The median house sale price was $809,400 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), up 17.3% YoY, up 9.4% QoQ. Median rent is $346 a week, and household income ranks #198 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 14/100 for value.
Does Sunshine West have good public transport?
It scores 26/100 for transit, #161 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
Are there parks in Sunshine West?
73% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 40/100 for green space.
Is Sunshine West good for running?
The nearest parkrun is Cruickshank Park parkrun, 6.1 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 10/100 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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