Baddaginnie vs Tarnook
In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Tarnook, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Baddaginnie tends to suit older residents, while Tarnook suits people living alone.
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
- Baddaginnie has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
- Tarnook carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 54/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Tarnook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $260/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Baddaginnie
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (130 min vs 140 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (196.8 km vs 204.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Baddaginnie
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 11%)
- But Tarnook carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 54/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Tarnook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.7% vs 2.7%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Baddaginnie and Tarnook 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
Baddaginnie rents higher ($260/wk vs $0/wk); Baddaginnie has more residents (347 vs 103).
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 347 +70% vs other | 103 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +2.7% | +15.7% |
| Median age | 49 | 51 |
| Median household income | $62,608/yr | $80,132/yr +28% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $260/wk (not reported on the other side) | — |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.3%).
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 (2.9%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.5%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $505,800 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 96% | 99% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 3% | 1% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 0% |
| 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
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 235 across Benalla same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +65% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 23% of VIC | Higher than 47% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 80% of VIC | Higher than 52% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 50% of VIC | Higher than 67% of VIC |
Liveability
Baddaginnie is more walkable (23 vs 0).
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Baddaginnie carries more flood risk (67 vs 0); Baddaginnie carries more crime risk (54 vs 15).
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 14/100 | Low 23/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 54/100 | Low 15/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 67/100 | 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
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Baddaginnie
- Peranbin Primary College-Baddaginnie Campus Government · Primary
Schools in Tarnook
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 5 | 0 |
| Waterways | 11 | 0 |
Mobility
Tarnook sits further from the CBD (204.9 km vs 196.8 km).
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 23/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 196.8 km | 204.9 km +4% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 130 min | 140 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 3670 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 69 postcode 3670 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.3%).
Setting
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 191 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 178 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 162 premises | 0% 40 premises |
Climate
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 484 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,119/yr same for both | |
| Council | Benalla same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Indi same for both | |
| Member | Helen Haines same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Baddaginnie | Tarnook | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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