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Ranked #7 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.

| Population | 2,116 |
| Area | 0.39 km² |
| Postcode | 3032 |
| Median household income | $1,692/wk |
| Median rent | $351/wk |
| Median house price (Oct–Dec 2025) | withheld by source (too few sales in Oct–Dec 2025) |
| Median unit price (Oct–Dec 2025) | $380,000 (37 sales this quarter; up 4.1% YoY, up 6.3% QoQ) |
| Crime rate | 71.4 incidents per 1,000 people — 93% of offences are against property, 7% against the person |
| Parks | 3 (1.83 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Schools (government data) | 1 — 1 primary, 0 secondary; nearest primary 0.15 km, secondary 0.16 km |
| Families score | 69/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10) |
| Within 400m of a park | 96.2% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 1 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 13 |
| Public transport stops | 12 (10 tram/light-rail stops, 2 bus stops) |
| Nearest parkrun | Parkville parkrun (2.33 km) |
| Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning) | 1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Mount Alexander College (0.19 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.
Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Travancore — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.
The postcode for Travancore, Melbourne is 3032.
There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Travancore is measured on 10 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #7 of 216 Melbourne suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Melbourne for 7 of the 10 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.
It is on the less safe side of Melbourne, scoring 38/100 for safety and ranking #135 of 216 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 71 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.
It rates about average on the family measures we can compute — safety 38/100, parks 66/100 and green space 60/100, with a median age of 33. It has 1 school in the suburb, with the nearest primary 0.1 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.
Median rent is $351 a week, and household income ranks #166 of 216 in Melbourne. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 50/100 for value.
It scores 86/100 for transit, #31 of 216 in Melbourne. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
96% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 60/100 for green space.
The nearest parkrun is Parkville parkrun, 2.3 km away, and GPS activity traces put it at 74/100 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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