Ascot vs Huntly

Huntly is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 35 in Ascot. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families.

Ascot and Huntly are both small regional Victorian towns with similar housing costs around $650,000–$660,000, though Ascot has a slightly higher median household income at $99,476 versus $97,864. The key differences lie in liveability and risk profiles: Ascot scores significantly higher on the liveability index (46 versus 26) and has substantially lower crime risk (35 versus 72) and bushfire risk (0 versus 39), making it appeal to those prioritising safety and community amenities. Huntly is more walkable (30 versus 10) and offers a higher rental yield at 4.1 percent, which may interest investors, though it carries notably higher flood risk at 83 versus 65.

Written by an AI language model from the figures below. Every number in it is checked against those figures before it is published.

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

  • Ascot carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 71/100)
  • Huntly has more parks and reserves (7 vs 3)

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

First-home buyers

Huntly

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper land ($270,000 vs $700,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Ascot

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (121 min vs 128 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (159.2 km vs 164 km)
  • But Huntly is more walkable (26/100 vs 18/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Ascot carries lower crime risk (25/100 vs 71/100)
  • Huntly is more walkable (26/100 vs 18/100)

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

Investors

Huntly

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (50.7% vs 30.6%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

Ascot and Huntly 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 Huntly
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 Huntly
Walkability 18 / 26
Ascot — Walkability: 18/100 Huntly — Walkability: 26/100
Safety 75 / 29
Ascot — Safety: 75/100 Huntly — Safety: 29/100
Low fire risk 100 / 63
Ascot — Low fire risk: 100/100 Huntly — Low fire risk: 63/100
Low flood risk 38 / 17
Ascot — Low flood risk: 38/100 Huntly — Low flood risk: 17/100

Demographics

Huntly has more residents (3,585 vs 2,571); Ascot skews older (35 vs 32).

Ascot Huntly
Population 2,571 3,585
+39% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +30.6% +50.7%
Median age 35 32
Median household income $99,476/yr
+2% vs other
 $97,864/yr
Median weekly rent $350/wk $360/wk
+3% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Ascot Huntly
0-4 8.8% / 9.6%
Ascot — 0-4: 8.8% Huntly — 0-4: 9.6%
5-14 15.6% / 16.9%
Ascot — 5-14: 15.6% Huntly — 5-14: 16.9%
15-19 5.1% / 5.6%
Ascot — 15-19: 5.1% Huntly — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 5.1% / 5.6%
Ascot — 20-24: 5.1% Huntly — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 14.1% / 16.8%
Ascot — 25-34: 14.1% Huntly — 25-34: 16.8%
35-44 14.3% / 14.7%
Ascot — 35-44: 14.3% Huntly — 35-44: 14.7%
45-54 10.2% / 10.5%
Ascot — 45-54: 10.2% Huntly — 45-54: 10.5%
55-64 11.6% / 10.7%
Ascot — 55-64: 11.6% Huntly — 55-64: 10.7%
65-74 9.5% / 7.3%
Ascot — 65-74: 9.5% Huntly — 65-74: 7.3%
75-84 4.7% / 2.1%
Ascot — 75-84: 4.7% Huntly — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ 0.8% / 0.9%
Ascot — 85+: 0.8% Huntly — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Ascot 54.6% couple families
Ascot — Couple Families: 54.6% Ascot — Lone Person: 23.3% Ascot — One Parent Families: 19.3% Ascot — Group Household: 2.8% Ascot — Other Families: 0.0%
Huntly 54.3% couple families
Huntly — Couple Families: 54.3% Huntly — Lone Person: 22.3% Huntly — One Parent Families: 19.4% Huntly — Group Household: 2.9% Huntly — Other Families: 1.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Ascot 16.6% renting
Ascot — Owned Outright: 35.3% Ascot — Mortgage: 48.1% Ascot — Renting: 16.6%
Huntly 21.4% renting
Huntly — Owned Outright: 24.3% Huntly — Mortgage: 54.3% Huntly — Renting: 21.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Ascot Huntly
Certificate III & IV 17.2% / 18.9%
Ascot — Certificate III & IV: 17.2% Huntly — Certificate III & IV: 18.9%
Bachelor Degree 10.2% / 8.5%
Ascot — Bachelor Degree: 10.2% Huntly — Bachelor Degree: 8.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 6.7%
Ascot — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Huntly — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 2.2%
Ascot — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Huntly — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 1.3%
Ascot — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% Huntly — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).

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.

Ascot Huntly
England 0.9% / 1.1%
Ascot — England: 0.9% Huntly — England: 1.1%
India 1.0% / 0.8%
Ascot — India: 1.0% Huntly — India: 0.8%
Myanmar 1.2% / 0.6%
Ascot — Myanmar: 1.2% Huntly — Myanmar: 0.6%
New Zealand 1.0% / 0.5%
Ascot — New Zealand: 1.0% Huntly — New Zealand: 0.5%
Thailand 0.7% / 0.3%
Ascot — Thailand: 0.7% Huntly — Thailand: 0.3%
Sri Lanka — / 0.6%
Ascot — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Huntly — Sri Lanka: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Ascot 98.6% houses
Ascot — Houses: 98.6% Ascot — Townhouses: 1.1% Ascot — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Huntly 100.0% houses
Huntly — Houses: 100.0% Huntly — Townhouses: 0.0% Huntly — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Ascot Huntly
Median house price $650,000 $655,000
Median unit price $499,000 —
Median land price $700,000 $270,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 23 days
from 19 sales
 32 days
from 76 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Ascot Huntly
3 bed $620K / $618K
Ascot — 3 bed: $620K (23 sales) Huntly — 3 bed: $618K (44 sales)

23 vs 44 sales

4 bed $673K / $675K
Ascot — 4 bed: $673K (19 sales) Huntly — 4 bed: $675K (91 sales)

19 vs 91 sales

Zoning mix

Huntly has more rural and farming land (45% vs 2%).

Ascot Huntly
Parks and recreation 55% 28%
Rural and farming 2% 45%
Residential 26% 24%
Other and special use 15% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 2%
Industrial 0% 1%
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 Huntly
New dwellings approved 885
across Greater Bendigo
same for both
Approvals change year on year +28%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Ascot Huntly
Houses 4.0%
$585/wk on $752K
 4.1%
$550/wk on $701K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Ascot Huntly
House price — Higher than 26% of VIC
Income Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 78% of VIC Higher than 82% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 91% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 56% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 94% of VIC Higher than 93% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 73% of VIC

Liveability

Ascot scores higher overall (51 vs 25); Huntly is more walkable (26 vs 18).

Ascot Huntly
Grade B D
Score 51/100 25/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
same for both

Risk profile

Huntly carries more bushfire risk (37 vs 0); Huntly carries more crime risk (71 vs 25).

Ascot Huntly
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
37/100
Crime Low
25/100
 High
71/100
Flood Moderate
62/100
 High
83/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 5
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Ascot Huntly
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
Bendigo Campus, 8.8 km
 None

Schools in Ascot

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Huntly

  • Huntly Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Ascot Huntly
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 3 7
Childcare 3
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 10 16

Mobility

Huntly sits further from the CBD (164 km vs 159.2 km).

Ascot Huntly
Walkability score 18/100 26/100
Distance to Melbourne 159.2 km 164 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 121 min 128 min
Public transport score 29/100 75/100
Peak arrivals per hour 5.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 38.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 3551
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 64
postcode 3551
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 Huntly
Car (driver) 79.9% / 80.8%
Ascot — Car (driver): 79.9% Huntly — Car (driver): 80.8%
Worked from Home 13.9% / 13.5%
Ascot — Worked from Home: 13.9% Huntly — Worked from Home: 13.5%
Car (passenger) 4.4% / 3.4%
Ascot — Car (passenger): 4.4% Huntly — Car (passenger): 3.4%
Walked Only 0.8% / 1.0%
Ascot — Walked Only: 0.8% Huntly — Walked Only: 1.0%
Bus 0.4% / 1.4%
Ascot — Bus: 0.4% Huntly — Bus: 1.4%
Bicycle 0.6% / —
Ascot — Bicycle: 0.6% Huntly — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.8%).

Setting

Ascot Huntly
Elevation 200 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 176 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Ascot Huntly
Connectivity score 87/100 85/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 69%
1,019 premises
 73%
1,881 premises

Climate

Ascot Huntly
Annual rainfall 553 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 29.6°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.1°C
same for both

Council rates

Ascot Huntly
Average residential rate $1,949/yr
same for both
Council Greater Bendigo
same for both

Federal electorate

Ascot Huntly
Division Bendigo
same for both
Member Lisa Chesters
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Ascot

Acreage Family River Young Families

Huntly

Acreage Family River Young Families

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