At roughly 404 people per square kilometre, Park Orchards is semi-rural. An upgrade here frequently involves the distributor's side as well as ours. At roughly 134 metres, Park Orchards sits on the rise east of the city, with a mix of overhead and underground supply across its streets.
Being around 25 kilometres from the city, Park Orchards has modern meter arrangements that simplify the distributor side. The boundary between Manningham and Maroondah runs through Park Orchards, which we check when public land is involved.
We work across Donvale, Nunawading and Ringwood North on the same trip, and Park Orchards sits in the middle of that loop. Park Orchards spans roughly 9.5 square kilometres of Manningham. Postcode 3114, and 3835 people at the 2021 census.
For what it is worth on site: At the 2021 census, Park Orchards recorded a population of 3,835. The decade a suburb went up tells us what the point of attachment will look like. We are in and out of Park Orchards and its neighbours constantly. That run includes Donvale, Nunawading, Ringwood North and Warrandyte.
The run from Boronia to Park Orchards is about 11.3 kilometres north-west. That is a normal day for us, not a special trip. A second note on how the suburb came to be: == History ==
In 1902, prominent Victorian orchardist, Tom Petty, purchased 559 acres (226 ha) of land north of the Mitcham district and converted it to 80 orchard blocks.
It is also worth knowing that In 1925, South Melbourne timber merchants, Australias Sharp and John Taylor, purchased Petty's land and launched the Park Orchards Country Club Estate.