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3136 · Maroondah · 4,759 residents
Croydon South earns a AusScore of 64 (B) — strong overall liveability. It combines average crime levels and limited public transport. 8 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $600 a week.
Everyday amenities that lift the score
Recorded crime that lowers the score
Safety-weighted, so a very safe suburb with modest amenity outranks a high-amenity suburb with severe crime. Full methodology
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — eased from 36 to 23 per 1,000 residents in Croydon South (down from a 36 peak in 2016). That keeps it 19% below the typical Victorian suburb — a reassuring sign for anyone living here. The picture is mixed across the three measures.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Maroondah and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Maroondah with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Maroondah council has risen from 2.0 to 4.0 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 1.9 in 2021. Since that low it has climbed about 106% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Rents aren't reported separately here — these are figures for Croydon, the nearest reported locality in the same postcode.
Median weekly rent across all rentals. Source: DFFH Rental Report (Residential Tenancies Bond Authority) — © State of Victoria, reused under CC BY 4.0.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
7 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Ringwood East Station · 2.7 km away
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.
Everyday amenities near the suburb centre, from the Vicmap government registers — these feed the parks, retail and family parts of the AusScore.