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3228 · Surf Coast · 18,534 residents
Torquay is a town in Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, which faces Bass Strait, 21 km south of Geelong and is the gateway to the Great Ocean Road. It is bordered on the west by Spring Creek and its coastal features include Point Danger and Zeally Bay. Torquay earns a AusScore of 74 (A) — excellent overall liveability. Its standout strength is excellent public transport. 3 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $685 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.
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 25 to 21 per 1,000 residents in Torquay (down from a 25 peak in 2016). That keeps it 26% below the typical Victorian suburb — a reassuring sign for anyone living here. Most safety measures here have worsened over ten years.
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 Surf Coast and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Surf Coast with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Surf Coast council has risen from 1.5 to 2.7 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 0.9 in 2018. Since that low it has climbed about 204% — 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.
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.
4 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Waurn Ponds Station · 15.9 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.