Moonee Ponds has an unusually strong field of dentists — 10 of the 25 servicing the area have earned a recent Word of Mouth Service Award (40% award rate), with 1,686 customer reviews and an average rating of 4.9 stars.
What it costs
Reviewed dentist jobs in Moonee Ponds have a median price of $280 — the middle 50% of jobs fall between $190 and $305 — 10% above the Victorian average. Nearby: Ascot Vale ($280), Essendon ($280), Travancore ($280). Prices have risen 35% since 2011 (from $203 to $275 median), averaging 2.5% per year. Three in four reviewed jobs come in at or below $305 — a useful sanity-check number when comparing quotes.
About this suburb
Incomes in Moonee Ponds run above the national median ($2,111/week vs $1,748/week), and dentists pricing follows — sitting 10% above the Victorian average. Worth getting multiple quotes to find the right value point within that range.
What locals say
Over the 2007–2026 window, dentists in Moonee Ponds have moved from 4.5/5 to 4.9/5 — genuine improvement in customer-reported quality. Review activity here is higher than typical: Moonee Ponds averages 84.3 new dentist reviews a year — 189% above the Victorian average — a larger sample than most suburbs in the state.
Based on 1,686 customer reviews collected on Word of Mouth between 2007–2026, and ABS Census 2021 data.
