The land that is now Huntingdale was originally inhabited by the Wurundjeri and Boon wurrung people of the Kulin nation.

[4] The temple provides free meals to the community, as well as aid and support for women and children in domestic violence situations and for recent Indian migrants to Australia.

[5] Along Huntingdale Road there is a small commercial strip which straddles the neighbouring suburb of Oakleigh.

There are several services and facilities including the Huntingdale mosque, a halal butcher, a grocery, a fruit market, a Subway restaurant, an IGA, restaurants and cafés, a laundromat, a pharmacist, a 24-hour gym, and a post office.

Golfers play at the course of the Huntingdale Golf Club on Windsor Avenue in the neighbouring suburb of Oakleigh South.

[9] The station is frequently used by students who attend the nearby Monash University Clayton Campus.