Dandenong Melbourne
Street-level neighbourhood data for Dandenong - transport, schools, safety, and local amenities.
Is Dandenong a good place to live?
Dandenong can work well for value or access, but it asks buyers and renters to look more closely at safety context and street-by-street variation.
Best for
Top catchment school
Dandenong North Primary School
ICSEA 955 - Below national average
Peak transit frequency
Every 12 min
Schools in Dandenong
Dandenong North Primary School
government · primary
Wooranna Park Primary School
government · primary
Dandenong Primary School
government · primary
Dandenong West Primary School
government · primary
ICSEA from ACARA. National average = 1000.
Safety
This area (LGA: Greater Dandenong) has an elevated crime rate of 13,139 offences per 100,000 residents (2025), compared to the Melbourne metro average of ~9,500. Check the Crime Statistics Agency for a category-level breakdown.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria (2025).
Every address in Dandenong is different
Two houses 500m apart can be in different school catchments, on different tram lines, and under different planning overlays. Get the exact profile for your specific address.
Search your address in Dandenong ->Sources and methodology
These suburb pages summarise Placio's current suburb-level data. They are useful for orientation, but the final decision should still happen at the exact address because school catchments, planning overlays and transit access can change within the same suburb.
- Public Transport Victoria for service frequency.
- ACARA My School for school ICSEA context.
- Crime Statistics Agency Victoria for LGA-level safety context.
- ABS Census, OpenStreetMap and supporting amenity data for suburb context.