Addington vs Learmonth

Learmonth is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 56 in Addington. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Addington tends to suit older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Addington carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 36/100)
  • Learmonth has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Learmonth

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 41%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Addington

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $175/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Learmonth

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (93 min vs 99 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (133.8 km vs 141.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Addington

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 36/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (34% vs 26%)
  • But Learmonth is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Addington and Learmonth drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Addington Learmonth
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Addington Learmonth
Walkability 0 / 10
Addington — Walkability: 0/100 Learmonth — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 78 / 64
Addington — Safety: 78/100 Learmonth — Safety: 64/100
Low fire risk 38 / 77
Addington — Low fire risk: 38/100 Learmonth — Low fire risk: 77/100
Low flood risk 100 / 45
Addington — Low flood risk: 100/100 Learmonth — Low flood risk: 45/100

Demographics

Learmonth has more residents (396 vs 65); Learmonth has higher household incomes ($79,040 vs $54,184).

Addington Learmonth
Population 65 396
+509% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -8.5% -9.6%
Median age 56 45
Median household income $54,184/yr $79,040/yr
+46% vs other
Median weekly rent $150/wk $175/wk
+17% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Addington Learmonth
0-4 6.2% / 4.3%
Addington — 0-4: 6.2% Learmonth — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 13.8% / 12.6%
Addington — 5-14: 13.8% Learmonth — 5-14: 12.6%
15-19 9.2% / 5.1%
Addington — 15-19: 9.2% Learmonth — 15-19: 5.1%
20-24 — / 4.3%
Addington — 20-24: not among its largest Learmonth — 20-24: 4.3%
25-34 15.4% / 8.8%
Addington — 25-34: 15.4% Learmonth — 25-34: 8.8%
35-44 — / 10.9%
Addington — 35-44: not among its largest Learmonth — 35-44: 10.9%
45-54 6.2% / 14.1%
Addington — 45-54: 6.2% Learmonth — 45-54: 14.1%
55-64 15.4% / 15.7%
Addington — 55-64: 15.4% Learmonth — 55-64: 15.7%
65-74 23.1% / 15.4%
Addington — 65-74: 23.1% Learmonth — 65-74: 15.4%
75-84 10.8% / 9.1%
Addington — 75-84: 10.8% Learmonth — 75-84: 9.1%
85+ — / 1.0%
Addington — 85+: not among its largest Learmonth — 85+: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Addington 42.1% couple families
Addington — Couple Families: 42.1% Addington — Lone Person: 36.8% Addington — One Parent Families: 21.1%
Learmonth 43.3% couple families
Learmonth — Couple Families: 43.3% Learmonth — Lone Person: 40.2% Learmonth — One Parent Families: 16.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Addington 0.0% renting
Addington — Owned Outright: 69.2% Addington — Mortgage: 30.8% Addington — Renting: 0.0%
Learmonth 11.8% renting
Learmonth — Owned Outright: 41.2% Learmonth — Mortgage: 47.1% Learmonth — Renting: 11.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Addington 100.0% houses
Addington — Houses: 100.0% Addington — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Learmonth 99.3% houses
Learmonth — Houses: 99.3% Learmonth — Flats / Apartments: 0.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Addington Learmonth
Certificate III & IV 13.8% / 19.7%
Addington — Certificate III & IV: 13.8% Learmonth — Certificate III & IV: 19.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 12.3% / 9.3%
Addington — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 12.3% Learmonth — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3%
Bachelor Degree — / 10.4%
Addington — Bachelor Degree: not among its largest Learmonth — Bachelor Degree: 10.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.3%
Addington — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Learmonth — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.3%
Addington — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Learmonth — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.7%).

Property market

Addington Learmonth
Median house price — $580,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $387,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 55 days
from 5 sales

Zoning mix

Addington has more rural and farming land (99% vs 82%).

Addington Learmonth
Rural and farming 99% 82%
Parks and recreation 0% 15%
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
same for both
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09.

Development activity

Addington Learmonth
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Addington Learmonth
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 12% of VIC Higher than 46% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 71% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 38% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 32% of VIC Higher than 60% of VIC

Liveability

Learmonth is more walkable (10 vs 0).

Addington Learmonth
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Learmonth carries more flood risk (55 vs 0); Addington carries more bushfire risk (62 vs 23).

Addington Learmonth
Bushfire Moderate
62/100
 Low
23/100
Crime Low
22/100
 Low
36/100
Flood None
0/100
 Moderate
55/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Addington Learmonth
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Addington Learmonth
Parks & reserves 0 3
Police stations 0 1
Waterways 2
same for both

Mobility

Addington sits further from the CBD (141.1 km vs 133.8 km).

Addington Learmonth
Walkability score 0/100 10/100
Distance to Melbourne 141.1 km
+5% vs other
 133.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 99 min 93 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3352
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 51
postcode 3352
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Addington Learmonth
Car (driver) 78.9% / 75.3%
Addington — Car (driver): 78.9% Learmonth — Car (driver): 75.3%
Worked from Home 21.1% / 15.7%
Addington — Worked from Home: 21.1% Learmonth — Worked from Home: 15.7%
Car (passenger) — / 5.6%
Addington — Car (passenger): not among its largest Learmonth — Car (passenger): 5.6%
Walked Only — / 3.5%
Addington — Walked Only: not among its largest Learmonth — Walked Only: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.9%).

Setting

Addington Learmonth
Elevation 495 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 460 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Addington Learmonth
Connectivity score 27/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
31 premises
 0%
184 premises

Climate

Addington Learmonth
Annual rainfall 537 mm 605 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 25.7°C
Winter min (Jul) — 3.5°C

Council rates

Addington Learmonth
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Addington Learmonth
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Addington Learmonth
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Addington

Professionals Retirees Rural

Learmonth

Affordable Retirees Rural

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