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Toorak

Ranked #1 of 216 Melbourne suburbs for active. 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
Toorak suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Melbourne
Active98#1 of 216
Wealth92#17 of 216
Value73#58 of 216
Transit71#64 of 216

Toorak suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
98
#1 of 216
Safety
51
#106 of 216
Wealth
92
#17 of 216
Value
73
#58 of 216
Parks
4
#211 of 216
Cafés
18
#179 of 216
Transit
71
#64 of 216
Green space
4
#212 of 216
Active & healthy
47
#126 of 216
Schools nearby (OSM)
67
#64 of 216

Toorak crime rate, rent, prices and other numbers

Population12,817
Area4.09 km²
Postcode3142
Median household income$2,533/wk
Median rent$486/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)$6,900,000 (24 sales this quarter; down 16.5% YoY, down 12.1% QoQ)
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)$917,000 (85 sales this quarter; up 13.9% YoY, down 27.5% QoQ)
Crime rate59.1 incidents per 1,000 people — 90% of offences are against property, 10% against the person
Parks5 (0.19 ha per 1,000 people)
Schools (government data)4 — 4 primary, 3 secondary; nearest primary 0.31 km, secondary 0.31 km
Families score45/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park33.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues336
Public transport stops84 (2 train stations, 49 tram/light-rail stops, 33 bus stops)
Nearest parkrunStudley parkrun (4.55 km)
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)6 schools in the suburb — nearest is St Catherine's School (0.47 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 Toorak

Population
12,817
Median age
47 years
Median household income
$2,533/wk
Median rent
$486/wk
Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$6,900,000
Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025)
$917,000

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

Common questions about Toorak

What is the postcode for Toorak?

The postcode for Toorak, Melbourne is 3142.

Is Toorak a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Toorak is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is active, 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 Toorak safe?

It is around the middle of the pack for Melbourne, scoring 51/100 for safety and ranking #106 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 59 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 Toorak good for families?

Mixed, and the weak spot is parks and green space. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 51/100, parks 4/100 and green space 4/100, with a median age of 47. It has 4 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 Toorak expensive to live in?

The median house sale price was $6,900,000 in Oct–Dec 2025 (Victorian Property Sales Report), down 16.5% YoY, down 12.1% QoQ. Median rent is $486 a week, and household income ranks #17 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 73/100 for value.

Does Toorak have good public transport?

It scores 71/100 for transit, #64 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Toorak?

33% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 4/100 for green space.

Is Toorak good for running?

The nearest parkrun is Studley parkrun, 4.5 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 98/100 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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