The suburb features a great distribution of open space and a good-sized retail sector. Culture, retail, cafes, trams, employment and walkability are all among Prahrans key strengths. The Property Council of Australia's latest Office Market Report, released today, shows that over the last six months of 2017, Gold Coast office vacancy fell from 11.3 to 10.6 per cent off the back of positive market demand and building . On the other hand are the suburbs low scores for culture, employment, open space and walkability. The suburbs overall rank has dropped since the last study due to the addition of measuring walkability where Ivanhoe ranks above average but not excellently. Its increased culture score is behind its improved overall rank along with excellent retail and cafes thanks to Eastland Shopping Centre. More in the way of culture, retail, employment, walkability, cafes and better train access is needed for a better overall score. The increased number of cafes in the area are behind Upper Ferntree Gullys higher ranking in this years study. Its biggest strengths are the trams, culture, employment and walkability, plus the third best access to secondary schools. The suburb also ranks in the top 10 for culture, retail, employment and total education. It is in the bottom 10 suburbs for tree cover, and topographic variation. Despite recording weak scores for retail, cafes, walkability, and trains, Essendon West is balanced out by having a very low crime rate, plenty of hills and open space (the equal eighth best in Melbourne). Sunshine West has a better crime score than its sibling suburbs and excellent proximity to education, but lags behind in almost all other areas. Crime of the Week - Sex Crime - Wantirna South - Thursday 15 December This improvement can be attributed to Docklands cultural rank (third city-wide), plus very strong retail, cafe, employment and walkability scores. The suburbs less desirable qualities are the limited topographic variation, congestion and crime rate. Surrey Hills may not have the highest scores for culture, cafes and shops but it does have great trains, access to primary schools and low crime. It scores the highest for its physical attributes including tree cover and topographic variation, along with cafes and employment. Tecomais a small suburb between Belgrave and Upwey in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges. That being said, the suburb still ranks in the top 10 for culture and in the top 25 for cafes and employment. The liveability of Berwicks neighbour Narre Warren has improved thanks to recording far fewer congested roads than as recorded in the previous study. There are more Separate house (77%) in this suburb. Maidstone ranks poorly in most other categories, mainly cafes, access to trains, education, tree cover and topographic variation. Cafes, trams, employment and walkability are the categories Brunswick East scores most favourably in. The suburb is best for trams, tree cover, employment and cafes. The best things about Park Orchards are its low crime and natural landscape with plenty of trees and hills. Crime is also relatively high. Based on its location 10 kilometres south-east of the CBD and bordering Brighton, the suburb performs best in the proximity to coast category. South Morang has an excellent amount of open space and great topographic variation. Whats dragging down its overall rank most is the very high crime score, which is the third worst in the city.
