Croydon Park is predominantly a residential suburb, with a warehousing presence on the northern edges near Regency Road.

[3] After World War II a large part of the suburb was developed into a housing estate for returned soldiers.

Today however, the area has started to attract interest from many home buyers due to its close proximity to the CBD, and affordable houses on large blocks of land.

Croydon Park Primary School was closed at the end of 1997 due to declining enrolments.

[6] 46.3% of people living in Croydon Park were born in Australia, with the other top responses for country of birth were Vietnam (11.4%), India (4.7%), Greece (4.1%), Italy (2.1%), Myanmar (1.9%).

[6] 38.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were, 15.3% Vietnamese, 7.6% Greek, 3.6% Italian, 2.4% Mandarin, 2.1% Punjabi.

[6] The religious make up of Croydon Park is 22.6% Catholic, 21.2% No Religion, 11.4% Buddhism, and 10.4% Eastern Orthodox, while 1.2% were of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.

The zoning review is intended to enable the future development of the land for residential, retail, and commercial uses.

The current plan includes a shopping precinct along the northern boundary with Regency Rd, with the remaining southern half zoned residential.