Amphitheatre vs Elmhurst
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Amphitheatre: a median of $505,000, against $318,000 in Elmhurst, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Elmhurst tends to suit people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.
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
Amphitheatre
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 89/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (39% vs 28%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here
- Amphitheatre leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 24%)
- Elmhurst has cheaper houses ($318,500 vs $505,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Elmhurst
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($97/wk vs $233/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 22%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Amphitheatre
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (179 km vs 189.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Amphitheatre carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 89/100)
- Elmhurst has more residents already 65 and over (39% vs 34%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Elmhurst
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (1.1% vs -10.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Amphitheatre and Elmhurst drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Amphitheatre rents higher ($233/wk vs $97/wk); Amphitheatre has higher household incomes ($54,600 vs $40,248).
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 223 +17% vs other | 185 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -10.1% | +1.1% |
| Median age | 56 | 58 |
| Median household income | $54,600/yr +26% vs other | $40,248/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $233/wk +58% vs other | $97/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.3%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $505,000 | $318,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Amphitheatre has more land zoned for conservation (50% vs 33%); Elmhurst has more rural and farming land (58% vs 42%).
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 42% | 58% |
| Environmental | 50% | 33% |
| Parks and recreation | 6% | 4% |
| Residential | 0% | 3% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 2% |
| 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
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 45 across Pyrenees same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +100% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 13% of VIC | Higher than 4% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 81% of VIC | Higher than 80% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 13% of VIC | Higher than 10% of VIC |
Liveability
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 |
Risk profile
Elmhurst carries more crime risk (89 vs 26); Elmhurst carries more bushfire risk (72 vs 48).
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 48/100 | High 72/100 |
| Crime | Low 26/100 | High 89/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| 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
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Amphitheatre
- Amphitheatre Primary School Government · Primary
Schools in Elmhurst
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 4 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 same for both | |
| Waterways | 23 | 6 |
Mobility
Elmhurst sits further from the CBD (189.8 km vs 179 km).
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 23/100 | 22/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 179 km | 189.8 km +6% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 133 min | 137 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 3468 | 0.0% postcode 3469 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 55 postcode 3468 | 52 postcode 3469 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.7%).
Setting
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 300 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 298 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 16/100 | 15/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 65 premises | 0% 52 premises |
Climate
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 508 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,584/yr same for both | |
| Council | Pyrenees same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mallee same for both | |
| Member | Anne Webster same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Amphitheatre | Elmhurst | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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