Park Orchards - Melbourne Suburbs

Park Orchards

Park Orchards is a small suburb located 23km North East of Melbourne’s Central District. The City of Manningham is Park Orchard’s local municipality. Post code is 3114.

Park Orchards is described as a beautiful, quiet and peaceful suburb by local residents. It is surrounded by woodlands and greenery. This suburb is not known to have an active night life. It is mostly home to families, professionals, country lovers and retirees. There are not many shopping options and restaurants within the suburb, therefore, you would have to visit surrounding suburbs to shop (which are not too far away). 

Demographics

Let’s have a look at some demographics in Park Orchards.

According to 2011 census, Park Orchards had a population of about 3,718 people. The average age of people living in this suburb are 41 years of age. 79.2% of the residents of this suburb were born in Australia. Other top countries where people were born includes 5.5% people from England, 1.7% from Italy, 1.0% from South Africa, 0.7% make up from New Zealand, etc. About 88.2% of people living in this suburb speak only English. Main occupations include 24.6% of Professionals, Managers 21.1%, Admin workers 15.3%, 12.7% tech and tradies, Sales 11.2%, Community workers 7.7, 2.3% of labour workers. Employment in major industries consists of 12.7% of people in Construction, Healthcare would make up 11.9%, Retail 10.5%, Manufacturing 8.8%, Education 8.3%, etc. Houses which are fully owned in this suburb made up 48.5% and 46.6% in the process of purchasing homes via mortgage.

Median individual income for Park Orchards residents is $720 per week and median family income is $2329 per week. 

Real Estate

Following from year 2018, if you are looking to buy a property, the median of buying a house in Park Orchards for a 3 bedroom house would be 1.49 million and for 4 bedroom housewould total up to $1.535 million. Median Rent would be $675 per week and the demand to rent houses in this suburb is very high.

Transport

The suburb is close to major arterials, so there is easy access to Eastlink and Eastern freeway. It takes approximately 30 min to reach Melbourne CBD via car. If you are looking for the nearest rail station, it would take about 20 min via bus to reach Ringwood Rail station. There are also bus services available in Park Orchards. Here is a look at the general timetable forthe bus: 

Parks and Reserves

Park Orchards is a quiet and peaceful suburb which is surrounded by greenery and woodland. Popular areas to visit for trail walking, hiking, etc. are:

Sport Clubs 

Domeney reserve is a large recreational reserve located on Park Orchard Knees Road. This reserve provides many facilities such as netball, basketball court, sporting oval, playgrounds, BBQ and picnic areas. The reserve hosts clubs which include Park Orchards Senior Football Club, Park Orchards Cricket Club and Park Orchards/ North Ringwood Parish Junior Football Club. 

Park Orchards Tennis Club, Steeler’s Basketball Club, BMX Club and Park Orchards Netball Association are also clubs in this suburb.

Other Places to Visit near Park Orchards

Nearest Supermarket

Large supermarkets such as Coles and Woolworths would be located 8 min away at Eastland Shopping Centre on Maroondah Hwy & Warrandyte Rd. 

Schools

Park Orchards Primary, St Anne’s Catholic Primary School and Park Orchards Kindergarten are the main schools in this suburb.

Health

The main clinic where you can find your local GP and nurse in Park Orchards is at Park Orchards Family Practice located at Warrandyte Rd. The practice provides a range of services concerning men’s health, woman’s health, children’s health, chronic disease management, travel medicine and healthcare assessments. The closest hospital would be approximately 13 minutes away at Maroondah Hospital, located at Davey Dr. Ringwood East. Ringwood Private Hospital is also 13 minutes away located at Mt. Dandenong Road Ringwood East.