Ascot vs Bald Hills

Bald Hills is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 44 in Ascot. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Ascot, most households are couple families. In Bald Hills, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Ascot tends to suit couples, while Bald Hills suits families with children.

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

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (67/100 vs 83/100)

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

First-home buyers

Ascot

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 35%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (127.4 km vs 133.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Ascot has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 10%)
  • Bald Hills carries lower crime risk (67/100 vs 83/100)

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

Investors

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (6.5% vs -3.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Ascot Bald Hills
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.

Ascot Bald Hills
Walkability 0 / 0
Ascot — Walkability: 0/100 Bald Hills — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 17 / 33
Ascot — Safety: 17/100 Bald Hills — Safety: 33/100
Low fire risk 100 / 67
Ascot — Low fire risk: 100/100 Bald Hills — Low fire risk: 67/100
Low flood risk 38 / 100
Ascot — Low flood risk: 38/100 Bald Hills — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Ascot has higher household incomes ($105,404 vs $86,632); Ascot skews older (44 vs 40).

Ascot Bald Hills
Population 93 114
+23% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -3.1% +6.5%
Median age 44 40
Median household income $105,404/yr
+18% vs other
 $86,632/yr
Median weekly rent $240/wk
+4% vs other
 $230/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Ascot Bald Hills
0-4 — / 6.1%
Ascot — 0-4: not among its largest Bald Hills — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 17.2% / 16.7%
Ascot — 5-14: 17.2% Bald Hills — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 9.7% / 5.3%
Ascot — 15-19: 9.7% Bald Hills — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 7.5% / 4.4%
Ascot — 20-24: 7.5% Bald Hills — 20-24: 4.4%
25-34 — / 10.5%
Ascot — 25-34: not among its largest Bald Hills — 25-34: 10.5%
35-44 10.8% / 5.3%
Ascot — 35-44: 10.8% Bald Hills — 35-44: 5.3%
45-54 12.9% / 18.4%
Ascot — 45-54: 12.9% Bald Hills — 45-54: 18.4%
55-64 18.3% / 12.3%
Ascot — 55-64: 18.3% Bald Hills — 55-64: 12.3%
65-74 6.5% / 5.3%
Ascot — 65-74: 6.5% Bald Hills — 65-74: 5.3%
75-84 8.6% / 4.4%
Ascot — 75-84: 8.6% Bald Hills — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ 3.2% / —
Ascot — 85+: 3.2% Bald Hills — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Ascot 62.5% couple families
Ascot — Couple Families: 62.5% Ascot — Lone Person: 37.5% Ascot — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Bald Hills 50.0% couple families
Bald Hills — Couple Families: 50.0% Bald Hills — Lone Person: 39.3% Bald Hills — One Parent Families: 10.7%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Ascot 14.3% renting
Ascot — Owned Outright: 64.3% Ascot — Mortgage: 21.4% Ascot — Renting: 14.3%
Bald Hills 0.0% renting
Bald Hills — Owned Outright: 69.4% Bald Hills — Mortgage: 30.6% Bald Hills — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Ascot 100.0% houses
Ascot — Houses: 100.0%
Bald Hills 100.0% houses
Bald Hills — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Ascot Bald Hills
Certificate III & IV 18.3% / 11.4%
Ascot — Certificate III & IV: 18.3% Bald Hills — Certificate III & IV: 11.4%
Bachelor Degree 10.8% / 9.6%
Ascot — Bachelor Degree: 10.8% Bald Hills — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.3% / 4.4%
Ascot — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.3% Bald Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 3.5%
Ascot — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Bald Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.6%
Ascot — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Bald Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.3%).

Zoning mix

Ascot Bald Hills
Rural and farming 100% 99%
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

Ascot Bald Hills
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Ascot Bald Hills
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 77% of VIC Higher than 56% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 44% of VIC Higher than 10% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 52% of VIC Higher than 51% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 63% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC

Liveability

Ascot Bald Hills
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Ascot carries more flood risk (62 vs 0); Bald Hills carries more bushfire risk (33 vs 0).

Ascot Bald Hills
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
33/100
Crime High
83/100
 Moderate
67/100
Flood Moderate
62/100
 None
0/100
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

Ascot Bald Hills
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

Ascot Bald Hills
Waterways 7 0

Mobility

Ascot sits further from the CBD (133.8 km vs 127.4 km).

Ascot Bald Hills
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 133.8 km
+5% vs other
 127.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 94 min 90 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3364
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 53
postcode 3364
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.

Ascot Bald Hills
Car (driver) 40.5% / 66.7%
Ascot — Car (driver): 40.5% Bald Hills — Car (driver): 66.7%
Worked from Home 59.5% / 14.8%
Ascot — Worked from Home: 59.5% Bald Hills — Worked from Home: 14.8%
Car (passenger) — / 11.1%
Ascot — Car (passenger): not among its largest Bald Hills — Car (passenger): 11.1%
Walked Only — / 7.4%
Ascot — Walked Only: not among its largest Bald Hills — Walked Only: 7.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.7%).

Setting

Ascot Bald Hills
Elevation 396 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 436 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Ascot Bald Hills
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
38 premises
 0%
46 premises

Climate

Ascot Bald Hills
Annual rainfall 714 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Ascot Bald Hills
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Ascot Bald Hills
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Ascot Bald Hills
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Ascot

Rural

Bald Hills

Family Rural

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