Oak Park has an unusually strong field of dentists — six of the 25 servicing the area have earned a recent Word of Mouth Service Award (24% award rate), with 1,466 customer reviews and an average rating of 4.9 stars.
What it costs
Reviewed dentist jobs in Oak Park have a median price of $280 — the middle 50% of jobs fall between $190 and $310 — 20% above the Victorian average. Nearby: Strathmore ($280), Glenroy ($220), Essendon Fields ($280). Prices have risen 150% since 2013 (from $120 to $300 median), averaging 12.5% per year. Three in four reviewed jobs come in at or below $310 — a useful sanity-check number when comparing quotes.
About this suburb
Incomes in Oak Park run above the national median ($2,201/week vs $1,748/week), and dentists pricing follows — sitting 20% above the Victorian average. Worth getting multiple quotes to find the right value point within that range.
What locals say
Over the 2008–2026 window, dentists in Oak Park have moved from 4.3/5 to 4.9/5 — genuine improvement in customer-reported quality. Review activity here is higher than typical: Oak Park averages 77.2 new dentist reviews a year — 164% above the Victorian average — a larger sample than most suburbs in the state.
Based on 1,466 customer reviews collected on Word of Mouth between 2008–2026, and ABS Census 2021 data.
