Mulgrave is conveniently located between two major freeways, The Eastlink Freeway and Monash Freeway.Other major points of interest in Mulgrave are the Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre, the Village Green Hotel on the south-west corner of Springvale and Ferntree Gully Roads, the Sunday Mulgrave Farmers' Market on the corner of Jacksons and Wellington Roads, and the former Waverley Park AFL/VFL football ground, now a redeveloped housing estate.
According to the last census in 2016 Mulgrave's population was 19,368.