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3810 · Cardinia · 229 residents
Pakenham South is a suburb and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 59 km (37 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. Pakenham South earns a AusScore of 29 (F) — limited overall liveability. It's weighed down by high crime and minimal public transport. 8 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $540 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. With only 229 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 — eased from 105 to 52 per 1,000 residents in Pakenham South (down from a 105 peak in 2016). That leaves it 85% above the typical Victorian suburb — a genuine concern for residents and local businesses. 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 Cardinia and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Cardinia with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Cardinia council has risen from 2.6 to 3.8 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 2.0 in 2017. Since that low it has climbed about 92% — 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 Pakenham, 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.
0 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Pakenham Station · 6.5 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.