[4] In 1886, a settlement started at "2 Mile Spring", opposite the present location of the Broken Hill Hotel, with residential subdivision beginning in 1887.

The Victoria Park Road District was gazetted in 1894 and granted municipality status in 1897, at which point it had a population of 1,197 residents and 350 dwellings.

A tram service commenced in 1905, and by 1917 the population had reached 5,000 residents, and had at their disposal electric lighting, a public library (1903), police station (1906), Victoria Park Post Office (1912), bowling club (1913) and two hotels, as well as several banks and numerous commercial enterprises and factories.

[7] While by 1937 considered a "working man's district", by the mid-1970s the area had a higher-than-average elderly population according to ABS statistics, and the development of townhouses in place of some of the original dwellings saw increasing gentrification as city workers settled in areas closer to the Perth central business district.

The ABS identified property and business services and retail as the primary occupations, followed by health, manufacturing, hospitality and education.

In December 2024, the Boorloo Bridge is planned to open, providing a pedestrian and cycling link to the Perth CBD that bypasses the Causeway.

[9][10] Victoria Park's Leisurelife Centre hosts the club administration office of the Perth Basketball Association.

[11] Victoria Park's only booth, Homestead Seniors Centre, is marginal at federal level, and supports the Australian Labor Party at state elections.

Nearby booths in East Victoria Park consistently support the Australian Labor Party at both levels of government.