Point Cook, VIC 3030

Have been living in the area for about 2 years now and I am loving it! Neighbours are friendly and there's a great sense of family and lifestyle. Go for walks and there's always a warm and friendly "Hello" to put a smile on your face. Young families as well as retirees are aplenty and great mix of cultural diversity in the area. There's a good shopping centre in Point Cook Town Centre. The Santuary Lakes shopping centre renovations are currently making strides and looking good but will have shops that are already found in the Town Centre (Coles & Aldi). There will be a Kmart but here's hoping its a 24hr one. Still, if developers and retail giants are pouring more money into the area, it must be a good thing! The beach is close by and the coastal park with native birds and migratory birds makes it a nature lover's paradise. It's like a great weekend getaway without spending hours in the car and all the open space and fresh air does wonders for the tired soul.

Of course, there are some cons and the main cons include:

1) Main issue is course the peak hour traffic! It's a nightmare driving into the CBD or out of the area in the mornings and there really needs to be wider and more road options.

2) A real lack of public transport. Buses don't cover all the estates and are too few and irregular to make it worth taking and relying on them as your main transport.

3) There is next to nothing to do at night. Hope the area will have a multiplex cinema soon! Admittedly some points of Point Cook can look quite ghetto-ish thanks to the small minded, idiotic and rather bored graffiti 'taggers' (not even remotely artistic)

4) Restaurants are mainly found in the Town Centre and there's less than 8 and quality of their food is also rated at less than eight.

Despite all the cons, as a resident and owner, I think the Pros easily outweigh the cons and potential for growth (physical and land value) in Point Cook will be huge. It's only 24km from the CBD and the value of houses are still affordable. Once the area gets more built up and get the infrastructure and services in place, it really will be a slice of country, coast and city heaven.

We moved out of Point Cook after home invasion and it was the best decision. The suburb looks nice but it’s not safe with so many known cases or invasions in the community. Western suburbs and northern suburbs have high home invasions, crime rate and much better prefer eastern suburbs.

Very poor internet, and phone network. Phone keeps constantly dropping around the areas. Increasing break ins and burglary in the area making it unsafe place to be. Melbourne eastern suburbs have more accessibility to everything and convenient, I would avoid west and north.

Close to CBD, good schools, beautiful houses, roads

Been here 5+ years, got all we need nearby

Rising suburb and good for families, but it's just too far. The lack of public transport doesn't do it any good.

Moved to Point Cook two years ago and it has never disappointed. It is closer to CBD and connectivity by road is set to get better when the WestGate tunnel is operational.

I was amazed by the number of beautiful gardens and green open spaces Point Cook have. For example the list below and dozens of other gardens,
- Point Cook Coastal Park
- Crocodile Park
- Sanctuary Lakes South Boulevard Park
- Pirate ship park (Bayview park)
- Boardwalk Boulevard wetlands
- Horace St Playground
- Waterhaven Blvd Park
- Hargrave park
- Alamanda wetland park
- Jamieson Way Reserve etc.

The other notable places in Point Cook are,
- Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary
- RAAF museum
- Cheetham Wetlands Observation Tower
- Skeleton Creek trail
- The 100 Steps of Federation (in Altona Meadows)

The crowd is quite good and friendly too. I had visited quite a few suburb before I zeroed in on Point Cook. Point Cook has a positive vibe and it is one of the good suburbs in outer west/north-west of Melbourne. Also, if you want to get something in eastern or south eastern suburbs in the budget of Point Cook, you will have to go very very far from the CBD.

Also in one of the reviews, somebody mentioned about police helicopter every night. Lol.. Seriously, what do you smoke? I don't remember when was the last time I heard of Police helicopter around.

Wonderful area to live with many parks and great schools

Traffic chaos at rush hours. No local charm. No greenery or reserve just an adobe of artificial turf.

I was surprised to see Point Cook having a low rating compared to other western suburbs. Point Cook has more parks, more and better schools, more entertainment places, compared to other suburbs like Truganina and Tarneit.