Bagshot vs Huntly

Huntly is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 39 in Bagshot. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bagshot, most households are couple families. In Huntly, about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Bagshot: a median of $1.19 million, against $655,000 in Huntly, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Huntly tends to suit families with children 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

Huntly

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (71/100 vs 82/100)

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 houses ($655,000 vs $1,190,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Huntly

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (21% vs 8%)
  • has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $400/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Huntly

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (26/100 vs 10/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (164 km vs 169.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Huntly

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (26/100 vs 10/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (71/100 vs 82/100)

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 23.3%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bagshot 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.

Bagshot 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.

Bagshot Huntly
Walkability 10 / 26
Bagshot — Walkability: 10/100 Huntly — Walkability: 26/100
Safety 18 / 29
Bagshot — Safety: 18/100 Huntly — Safety: 29/100
Low fire risk 100 / 63
Bagshot — Low fire risk: 100/100 Huntly — Low fire risk: 63/100
Low flood risk 53 / 17
Bagshot — Low flood risk: 53/100 Huntly — Low flood risk: 17/100

Demographics

Huntly has more residents (3,585 vs 355); Bagshot skews older (39 vs 32).

Bagshot Huntly
Population 355 3,585
+910% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +23.3% +50.7%
Median age 39 32
Median household income $90,480/yr $97,864/yr
+8% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+10% vs other
 $360/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bagshot Huntly
0-4 3.9% / 9.6%
Bagshot — 0-4: 3.9% Huntly — 0-4: 9.6%
5-14 16.6% / 16.9%
Bagshot — 5-14: 16.6% Huntly — 5-14: 16.9%
15-19 7.3% / 5.6%
Bagshot — 15-19: 7.3% Huntly — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 3.4% / 5.6%
Bagshot — 20-24: 3.4% Huntly — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 12.7% / 16.8%
Bagshot — 25-34: 12.7% Huntly — 25-34: 16.8%
35-44 11.3% / 14.7%
Bagshot — 35-44: 11.3% Huntly — 35-44: 14.7%
45-54 15.2% / 10.5%
Bagshot — 45-54: 15.2% Huntly — 45-54: 10.5%
55-64 17.2% / 10.7%
Bagshot — 55-64: 17.2% Huntly — 55-64: 10.7%
65-74 10.4% / 7.3%
Bagshot — 65-74: 10.4% Huntly — 65-74: 7.3%
75-84 2.3% / 2.1%
Bagshot — 75-84: 2.3% Huntly — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ 0.8% / 0.9%
Bagshot — 85+: 0.8% Huntly — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bagshot 63.9% couple families
Bagshot — Couple Families: 63.9% Bagshot — Lone Person: 16.4% Bagshot — One Parent Families: 13.1% Bagshot — Group Household: 6.6% Bagshot — 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.

Bagshot 8.1% renting
Bagshot — Owned Outright: 37.8% Bagshot — Mortgage: 54.1% Bagshot — Renting: 8.1%
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.

Bagshot Huntly
Certificate III & IV 20.3% / 18.9%
Bagshot — Certificate III & IV: 20.3% Huntly — Certificate III & IV: 18.9%
Bachelor Degree 8.2% / 8.5%
Bagshot — Bachelor Degree: 8.2% Huntly — Bachelor Degree: 8.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.6% / 6.7%
Bagshot — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.6% Huntly — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.5% / 2.2%
Bagshot — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5% Huntly — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.0% / 1.3%
Bagshot — Postgraduate Degree: 2.0% Huntly — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

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.

Bagshot Huntly
India 1.4% / 0.8%
Bagshot — India: 1.4% Huntly — India: 0.8%
England 0.8% / 1.1%
Bagshot — England: 0.8% Huntly — England: 1.1%
Brazil 0.8% / —
Bagshot — Brazil: 0.8% Huntly — Brazil: not among its largest
Myanmar — / 0.6%
Bagshot — Myanmar: not among its largest Huntly — Myanmar: 0.6%
Sri Lanka — / 0.6%
Bagshot — Sri Lanka: not among its largest Huntly — Sri Lanka: 0.6%
New Zealand — / 0.5%
Bagshot — New Zealand: not among its largest Huntly — New Zealand: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (1.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bagshot 100.0% houses
Bagshot — Houses: 100.0%
Huntly 100.0% houses
Huntly — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Bagshot Huntly
Median house price $1,190,000 $655,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $270,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 3 sales
 32 days
from 76 sales

Zoning mix

Bagshot has more rural and farming land (86% vs 45%).

Bagshot Huntly
Rural and farming 86% 45%
Parks and recreation 9% 28%
Residential 3% 24%
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

Bagshot 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.

Bagshot Huntly
Houses — 4.1%
$550/wk on $701K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bagshot Huntly
House price — Higher than 26% of VIC
Income Higher than 60% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 72% of VIC Higher than 82% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 91% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 56% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 91% of VIC Higher than 93% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 73% of VIC

Liveability

Huntly is more walkable (26 vs 10).

Bagshot Huntly
Grade — D
Score — 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 flood risk (83 vs 47).

Bagshot Huntly
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
37/100
Crime High
82/100
 High
71/100
Flood Moderate
47/100
 High
83/100
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

Bagshot 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

Schools in Bagshot

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

Bagshot Huntly
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 7
Childcare 0 3
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 9 16

Mobility

Bagshot sits further from the CBD (169.2 km vs 164 km).

Bagshot Huntly
Walkability score 10/100 26/100
Distance to Melbourne 169.2 km
+3% vs other
 164 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 128 min
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.

Bagshot Huntly
Car (driver) 75.2% / 80.8%
Bagshot — Car (driver): 75.2% Huntly — Car (driver): 80.8%
Worked from Home 19.7% / 13.5%
Bagshot — Worked from Home: 19.7% Huntly — Worked from Home: 13.5%
Car (passenger) 3.2% / 3.4%
Bagshot — Car (passenger): 3.2% Huntly — Car (passenger): 3.4%
Walked Only 1.9% / 1.0%
Bagshot — Walked Only: 1.9% Huntly — Walked Only: 1.0%
Bus — / 1.4%
Bagshot — Bus: not among its largest Huntly — Bus: 1.4%

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

Setting

Bagshot Huntly
Elevation 162 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 176 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bagshot Huntly
Connectivity score 81/100 85/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 73%
433 premises
 73%
1,881 premises

Climate

Bagshot 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

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Bagshot

Rural

Huntly

Acreage Family River Young Families

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