Portland, VIC Family Guide
VIC 3305 · Glenelg
Discover Portland with your family: kids' activities, parks, schools and everyday family life.
How Portland rates for families
How we rate suburbs →Each factor is scored 0–5 against a fixed standard (not against other suburbs), and the overall is their average. Here is what we measured and why each scored what it did.
Average of the 7 factors scored so far.
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Kids' activities2.4/5
4 kinds within 3 km
12 kinds or more scores 5 · 5 kinds scores 3 · none scores 0
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School access2.1/5
28.3% of homes within an 800 m walk of a government primary school
70% of homes or more scores 5 · 40% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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Public transport0.0/5
0% of homes near a frequent stop or station
95% of homes or more scores 5 · 60% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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Parks & play0.3/5
7.8% of homes within a 400 m walk of a park
95% of homes or more scores 5 · 70% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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GP access1.2/5
15.4% of homes within 1 km of a GP
75% of homes or more scores 5 · 40% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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Bushfire2.9/5
21.9% of homes in a bushfire-prone area
Under 5% of homes scores 5 · 20% of homes scores 3 · every home scores 0
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Hot days5.0/5
3.9 days a year at 35°C or hotter
5 days or less scores 5 · 15 days scores 3 · 40 days or more scores 0
- Not rated yet:
- Commute to the city (not measured yet)
- Everyday shopping (not measured yet)
- Flood (not rated anywhere yet)
Also known, not scored: Home internet — 93% of homes on fixed-line NBN (true of almost every city suburb, so it does not tell suburbs apart).
Data sources (9)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3, CC BY 4.0 — ASGS Edition 3 allocation file: Suburbs and Localities 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, CC BY 4.0 — Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
- AroundSchools activity directory — AroundSchools activity directory (ACTIVE listings) (AroundSchools own data)
- © State of Victoria (Department of Education), CC BY 4.0 — School Locations 2026 (CC BY 4.0)
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL — OpenStreetMap extract (walking network, OSRM foot profile) (ODbL 1.0)
- © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), CC BY 4.0 — GTFS Schedule (CC BY 4.0)
- Geoscience Australia, National HealthDirect Health Facilities (from Healthdirect Australia's National Health Services Directory), CC BY 4.0 — National HealthDirect Health Facilities – General practice (CC BY 4.0)
- SILO climate data, Queensland Government, CC BY 4.0 — SILO gridded daily maximum temperature (CC BY 4.0)
- © NBN Co Limited, via data.gov.au, CC BY 4.0 — National Broadband Network: Broadband Service Footprints (fixed line) (CC BY 4.0)
Rated 28 October 2026 (method 0.4-draft).
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Explore Portland
Parks, playgrounds and community places to discover nearby.
Activities around Portland
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Sports & local clubs around Portland
Tennis around Portland
2 listed within 5 km of Portland · 2 in Portland
In Portland
In Portland
More sports
- Martial arts (1 in Portland · 1 within 5 km) — Portland Club (0.3 km)
- Other sports (1 in Portland · 1 within 5 km) — Portland Yacht Club (0 km)
- Soccer (1 in Portland · 1 within 5 km) — Portland Soccer Sports and Recreation Club Inc (0.9 km)
Schools within 3 km of Portland
Explore school profiles, admissions and nearby activities.
8 schools within 3 km of the Portland centre, 9 with a Portland address. See all schools with a Portland address
Check official school-zone boundaries on each school profile; proximity is not eligibility. Check a specific address
Parks, playgrounds & community places
Within 3 km (pools 5 km). Features shown only where verified.
Libraries (1)
Sports grounds (2)
Parks (3)
Drainage Reserve
Portland · 1.5 km
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Graham Husson Fauna Park
Portland · 2 km
What's coming up
One-off events and programs listed within 5 km, over the next 60 days.
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A look around Portland
Portland
At a glance
This guide brings together what AroundSchools lists for families in and around Portland: 5 kids' activities within 5 km, 9 schools in Portland, and parks and playgrounds.
- Parks & places
- 5 parks · 1 library
Explore your neighbourhood
Connect schools, activities, events, homes and community places.
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Browse mapped places (19)
- Bayview CollegeSchool
- Portland Primary SchoolSchool
- Portland Bay SchoolSchool
- Portland Secondary CollegeSchool
- St John's Lutheran Primary SchoolSchool
- All Saints Parish SchoolSchool
- Bundarra Primary SchoolSchool
- Portland South Primary SchoolSchool
- Portland Yacht ClubActivity
- Portland ClubActivity
- Portland Soccer Sports and Recreation Club IncActivity
- Portland Lawn Tennis ClubActivity
- Heywood Tennis ClubActivity
- Discovery Bay Coastal ParkPark or community place
- Glenelg Regional LibraryPark or community place
- Drainage ReservePark or community place
- Husson Fauna ParkPark or community place
- Graham Husson Fauna ParkPark or community place
- Cavalier ParkPark or community place
Your council & community
Portland within Glenelg
5 of the council area’s 6 activity providers · 1st of 2 suburbs by number of providers
Council-wide information and places near this suburb have different geographic scopes.
Homes with family context
Homes in and around Portland
A summary. Each home’s page shows the schools and activities around it.
$450k
Median, houses
$270k
Median, units
Recently sold within 5 km of Portland
Homes that have sold nearby. We don’t show sale prices.
Portland, VIC 3305
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Portland, VIC 3305
Property Type: House
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Property Type: Apartment / Unit / Flat
Medians are of settled sales (2025-Q4). Source: Victorian Property Sales Report © State of Victoria (Department of Transport and Planning), CC BY 4.0
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