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3557 · Greater Bendigo · 718 residents
Goornong is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. The town is and on the Midland Highway, 159 kilometres (99 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne. Goornong earns a AusScore of 62 (C) — solid overall liveability. Its standout strength is excellent public transport. 5 school zones fall within its boundaries.
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. With only 718 residents here, a handful of incidents still moves the rate a lot — read these with that in mind.
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 — climbed from 18 to 22 per 1,000 residents in Goornong (down from a 43 peak in 2024). That keeps it 22% below the typical Victorian suburb — a reassuring sign for anyone living here. Most safety measures here have worsened over ten years.
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 Greater Bendigo and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Greater Bendigo with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Greater Bendigo council has risen from 3.6 to 5.3 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 3.0 in 2018. Since that low it has climbed about 74% — 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.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
4 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Goornong Station · in this suburb
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.