Lalor, VIC 3075

Good neighbour hood

I have lived in lalor for 10 years now and the strong Melbourne wind that sometimes blow my front doors wide open in the middle of the night, which can be very visible from the front. Never have I experienced a breaking even in that kind of situation. Best suburb in Melbourne!

Pick up 3br detached brick house built in 1970s on 560-600m2 stable ground no sinking floors block under 20kms from CBD for under $650k land at $1k per m2, pay for 14sq house on block under $50k stay between Dalton & Edgars Rd for easy access to Epping Plaza & Costco

Not too far from the CBD, just 17km.
We moved to Lalor 3 years now and felt in love with this place. It takes us 2 mins drive to Costco ,Epping Plaza and Northern Hospital.
This place is so convenient as we have lots of different places to shop and it multicultural.
We are going to knock down and rebuild as we can’t afford to buy anywhere in Lalor for double storey 4 bedrooms house anymore.

Good for families with young kids, close to schools both public and private/catholic schools. Lots of sports clubs nearby. Plenty of small shops to go to. Multi cultural. We moved here 10+ years ago. We considered moving and have checked suburbs in the Northeast because we wanted a bigger block of land but it is more convenient to live here. I work near the city and I don’t want to go on a morning and afternoon traffic specially we have small kids to drop off and pick up at school/childcare. In this area that I live in Lalor is just 5 to 7 minutes drive to Costco and Epping Plaza but I still love to go to the local butcher shop, coffee shops, and visit the small shops around. People are alright different cultures but mostly decent people. I once left my shopping bag/car and house keys in one of the shops, I went back and approached the lady who works there she handed me my bag and said the guy found it on the table. Like other places there are of course some rotten tomatoes around luckily I haven’t met one yet.

10 minutes drive to Northern Hospital too. Transport to city is excellent both public or private. The con like any other suburb in Melbourne on taking the train is the parking, it is hard to find a parking spot after 8 am.

CBD is 18 kms away only.

Very close to the Northern Hospital and Epping Plaza
Has 2 shopping centres of its own
Smoking is notoriously bad here
Reasonable distance to the city
Has a bad reputation for crime, but not sure this is true
Very nice shopping strip on Station St
Elderly European population - feels like little Macedonia. In fact, there's an area with streets named Ohrid, Bitola, St Nikola and Prilep lol. Good place if you like some nice pastry - Burek.
2 different poles - East being older more established and West having parkland and brand new houses

Full of bogans and migrants who don't want to assimilate into Australian culture. Smoking cigarette is like breathing fresh air at the supermarkets and shops. Whittlesea is the worst suburb in Australia and it's worth reading news before moving into this suburb. Thomastown and Lalor make me feel like I am in a third-world country people are yet to evolve fully. Absolute garbage of a place.

Moved back here from the West with my partner and young family 5 years ago. It’s a great place to live with a big variety of house options including the red brick homes behind Station street which were built in the 50s- with character and great for restoring, the 1960s homes on huge blocks and newer modern homes in the Carlingford and Mosaic estates. We are happily living and investing in the area.

Great mix of cultures including European and Middle Eastern which makes for delicious delis and restaurants, burek, and Lebanese pizzas at Lalor shops and hub. Plenty of Kindergartens (offering brilliant programs like Bush Kinder) Catholic and public schools with great teachers to choose from. Fantastic developments in the suburb including the Community Veg Garden and new upgrades to local parks and footy fields not to mention plenty
of events supported by the Whittlesea Council.

We are also a couple minutes away from Pacific Epping, Costco, the Northern Hospital and Lalor Station which is a huge convenience for all.

Highly recommend people consider Lalor as a place to live and enjoy.

Been living here for almost ten years and I wouldn't leave. There's all the shops you'd want, easy links to the city, easy links to various freeways for a weekend away and easy access to the airport.

The comments about crime on here are ridiculous, that same crime happens elsewhere too. I lived in Northcote for a while and then St Kilda and Mentone before that, and the same crime mentioned in the below comments happened there too. Unfortunately, it happens everywhere.

Definitely put Lalor on your list to check out when looking at suburbs to live in, it's really good!