Dandenong North, VIC 3175

Bought in Dandenong North a year ago and love my decision. Dandenong North is quite different than Dandenong and Springvale (where occasional crime may occur), as it is more of a residential suburb rather than commerical.

The best streets are north of Halton Rd and Brady Rd near to Waverly Garden shopping centre and Rosewood Downs areas. You wont find any junkies and commission housing here, just friendly and smiling people. There are some good schools like Silverton Primary (which was chosen #1 in Victoria under a cetain category - as per myschool website), Elizabeth Primary.

With Melbourne boundary extending upto Pakenham and Cranbourne, Dandenong North feels like in the centre. You can goto Ringwood, Frankston, Berwick within minutes. Just be careful living near Heatherton Rd as there are some troublemakers there, you cannot go wrong if you live in the northenmost parts of Dandy North.

Bought my PPOR in Dandenong North and love it. Great neighbours, no train station but good bus connectivity if ever need PT. Mostly full block houses - so no parking issues and feels very open. Plenty of green spaces. Waverly Gardens is the main shopping centre which is alright but really amazing connectivity to both M1 and Eastlink - so can get anywhere real fast.

And cannot stress this enough - but great value for money.

It is a quiet and family-friendly suburb. It is a bit far from any train station, and no big shopping center in the suburb. You can go to Dandenong Plaza or Waverley Garden for shopping. One of the safest suburbs in the city of Greater Dandenong. I think no train station and no big shopping center are the reason to make it safe. Good start for young families.

If you are looking at Dandenong North as an option, the smart & savvy buyer should strongly consider looking next door! Noble Park North is a safe, family friendly suburb with M1 and M3 freeways, Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre and excellent schools. Ignore the "Noble Park" part of the title, this area is going to boom right now! Excellent public transport.

It is good suburb to live, which i was scared before coming here, everyone telling about this area no good, but once I come here, I really enjoyed, living peaceful and great neighbours, etc. I really love this area

Peaceful neighbour, if you have a car shopping is cheap and many options,waverley garden shopping centre 7 min,chadstone s.c. 20 mins.,dandenong plaza 5 mins,knox s.c. 15 mins., freeways like eastlink and M1 within reach in 5 mins.,not expensive likes of clayton and mulgrave,schools nearby,pizza places

I am staying at Rosewoord Down area - Outlook Drive.
It is peaceful and quiet place, exclusive and private. This is what i like the best in this small surburb/area. Less complicated.
This suburb itself is not crowded if you do not like a lot of people within a suburb :)

I am lucky to have good neighbours beside us they are nice, friendly and helpful.

- Easy access to public and private hospital and schools
- Many childcare centres, churches
- Great parks and reserves are very close to the area
- Dandenong North esp Rosewood down is consider high demand but low supply suburb and housing prices is on affordable range compare to Mulgrave and Rowville.
- Most of the house are built in the 70s, so it is mostly build on site and pretty good quality houses and houses are pretty big.
- Traffic is low to average and speed bumps in the area forcing the hoons out of the area
- Recent improvement of the street and repainting.
- Easy access to freeways such as M1 and Eastlink.
- Train station is far away unless have to take a bus and thus less dodgy people/neighbours
- Nearby shopping center within 15 mins drive - Waverly Gardens, Dandenong Plaza, Stud Road shopping center, Knox.
- Nearby public golf course. retirement living area
In general, if you are staying within Rosewood down area, it is generally a good place to stay.

Awesome, cheap, 2nd city of Melbourne, pretty much every thing is available
I have lived here for 8 years, neighbours are great, restaurants are good, very multicultural
never had any problems with other people
People say Dandenong station is a bad area but i guarantee any train station in the world after dark is as bad

Thinking that being so close to Mulgrave would make this place OK?

Please don't make the same mistake as I did.

It is horrible for public transport - buses stop at 9pm and takes forever to get to Oakleigh or Dandenong , train station a 2 hour walk away. Yarraman Station is really dodgy and the express trains don't stop there and you need to position yourself to get off at the front of the train so you don't get mugged.

Hey but wait til you get home...more dodgy people and stolen cars dumped in the street. Some of the neighbours were really nice and it had that family feel but there was still a big community of dodgy people around the neighbourhood.

By the way it is over $60 to get a cab home from the city and it take almost an hour to drive there too.

Not very safe to walk around after dark .

The only thing I will miss is the Afghan food places in Dandenong (near the station) - cheap and yum.

I would only really recommend it to Monash Uni Students cause it is really close but my advice is to get a car or have a house mate with a car.

I live in the area between eastlink and gladstone road. It is clean and quiet, neighbors are friendly.
There are both primary and secondary schools close by, as well as the Dandenong hospital.
There are buses that run along gladstone road and oakwood avenue. The Dandenong area is also developing fast with facilities and roads being upgraded. There are trails and reserves nearby if you like exercising.
Access by car is great with access to Princess Hwy, Monash Fwy, and easlink a few minutes away.
Groceries can be done at the Dandenong market or shopping centre, or the waverley gardens shopping centre 5mins away.

Bought a house off outlook drive and could not be happier with the location.
Was quite reserved about buying in Dandenong North but would now recommend it to many first home owners.
Good value for money & a quiet friendly street.

lived outside the park, it was alright during the day, but dont go out at night. Kids smoke dope outside your house and someone got stabbed in the park outside our house the day after we left.

We've moved here about two years ago and have found the neighbourhood quiet, peaceful and clean. Bus stations are accessible, convenience stores (e.g. Brady Road shops) are near, parks are clean, childcare centre is available, and schools (both primary and high schools) are 5-10 minute walks within the area.

Dandenong North is about 7 minutes to Waverley Gardens mall and about 10-minutes to Dandenong Plaza ---which is currently under plans for better roads and improvements, pushing up the price of houses around the area. East link is easily accesible and so is the M1 freeway. The Valley Private Hospital and Dandenong Hospital are between 5-10minutes drive from the area.

If you are looking for a suburb that is near and accessible to everything but not nearly as expensive as Clayton, Mulgrave or the like, then Dandenong North is an excellent alternative.

Its alright but always hear people yelling at night and dogs barking. Hoons speed in court.

We have recently moved to this area and here is what we've found:

- Very nice and peaceful neighbourhood
- We live on 400 – 500 meters distance from Eastlink, but we can’t hear any noise inside or outside the house due to very good sound-proof barriers.
- Traffic is low to average and it seems to me that the local council has spent lots of money to fund speed bumps in the area forcing the hoons out of the area
- Public transport is excellent, with bus lines to major shopping centres and train stations
- Access to public and private hospital and schools
- Many childcare centres
- Great parks and reserves are very close to the area
- Property prices are going up in the area as Dandenong North is emerging as a family living hub