Lilydale Melbourne
Street-level neighbourhood data for Lilydale - transport, schools, safety, and local amenities.
Is Lilydale a good place to live?
Lilydale offers a balanced Melbourne trade-off between transport, amenities and day-to-day liveability, but the exact street still matters.
Best for
Top catchment school
Victoria Road Primary School
ICSEA 1025 - Above national average
Peak transit frequency
Every 15 min
Schools in Lilydale
Victoria Road Primary School
government · primary
Lilydale Primary School
government · primary
ICSEA from ACARA. National average = 1000.
Safety
This area (LGA: Yarra Ranges) has a crime rate of 5,164 offences per 100,000 residents (2025) — well below the Melbourne metro average of ~9,500. One of Melbourne's safer areas.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria (2025).
Every address in Lilydale 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 Lilydale ->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.