Bakery Hill vs Ballarat East

Bakery Hill is the younger of the two, with a median age of 34 against 43 in Ballarat East. In both, most homes are detached houses and about half of households are people living alone. In Bakery Hill, most households rent. In Ballarat East, most households own their home. On these figures, Bakery Hill tends to suit renters, young adults, and share households, while Ballarat East suits older residents.

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

Ballarat East

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 1)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (89% vs 69%)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

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

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Bakery Hill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (55% vs 41%)

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

Commuting to the city

Bakery Hill

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (93/100 vs 71/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Bakery Hill has more units and townhouses to downsize into (31% vs 11%)
  • Ballarat East has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bakery Hill and Ballarat East drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
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.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Walkability 93 / 71
Bakery Hill — Walkability: 93/100 Ballarat East — Walkability: 71/100
Safety 1 / 13
Bakery Hill — Safety: 1/100 Ballarat East — Safety: 13/100
Low fire risk 100 / 29
Bakery Hill — Low fire risk: 100/100 Ballarat East — Low fire risk: 29/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Bakery Hill — Low flood risk: 100/100 Ballarat East — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Ballarat East has more residents (5,937 vs 180); Ballarat East skews older (43 vs 34).

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Population 180 5,937
+3198% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.8% +5.6%
Median age 34 43
Median household income $65,676/yr
+11% vs other
 $58,396/yr
Median weekly rent $313/wk
+7% vs other
 $290/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
0-4 5.6% / 4.4%
Bakery Hill — 0-4: 5.6% Ballarat East — 0-4: 4.4%
5-14 7.8% / 10.5%
Bakery Hill — 5-14: 7.8% Ballarat East — 5-14: 10.5%
15-19 2.8% / 4.2%
Bakery Hill — 15-19: 2.8% Ballarat East — 15-19: 4.2%
20-24 13.3% / 6.3%
Bakery Hill — 20-24: 13.3% Ballarat East — 20-24: 6.3%
25-34 24.4% / 15.0%
Bakery Hill — 25-34: 24.4% Ballarat East — 25-34: 15.0%
35-44 11.1% / 11.7%
Bakery Hill — 35-44: 11.1% Ballarat East — 35-44: 11.7%
45-54 14.4% / 10.6%
Bakery Hill — 45-54: 14.4% Ballarat East — 45-54: 10.6%
55-64 10.6% / 11.8%
Bakery Hill — 55-64: 10.6% Ballarat East — 55-64: 11.8%
65-74 8.9% / 12.0%
Bakery Hill — 65-74: 8.9% Ballarat East — 65-74: 12.0%
75-84 5.0% / 7.9%
Bakery Hill — 75-84: 5.0% Ballarat East — 75-84: 7.9%
85+ — / 5.5%
Bakery Hill — 85+: not among its largest Ballarat East — 85+: 5.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bakery Hill 48.6% lone person
Bakery Hill — Lone Person: 48.6% Bakery Hill — Couple Families: 20.3% Bakery Hill — One Parent Families: 17.6% Bakery Hill — Group Household: 13.5% Bakery Hill — Other Families: 0.0%
Ballarat East 52.2% lone person
Ballarat East — Lone Person: 52.2% Ballarat East — Couple Families: 22.2% Ballarat East — One Parent Families: 16.9% Ballarat East — Group Household: 7.5% Ballarat East — Other Families: 1.2%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bakery Hill 55.3% renting
Bakery Hill — Owned Outright: 25.0% Bakery Hill — Mortgage: 19.7% Bakery Hill — Renting: 55.3%
Ballarat East 41.3% renting
Ballarat East — Owned Outright: 32.9% Ballarat East — Mortgage: 25.9% Ballarat East — Renting: 41.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Bachelor Degree 16.7% / 12.8%
Bakery Hill — Bachelor Degree: 16.7% Ballarat East — Bachelor Degree: 12.8%
Certificate III & IV 11.7% / 14.8%
Bakery Hill — Certificate III & IV: 11.7% Ballarat East — Certificate III & IV: 14.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.6% / 7.5%
Bakery Hill — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.6% Ballarat East — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5.0% / 3.1%
Bakery Hill — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 5.0% Ballarat East — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.7% / 4.4%
Bakery Hill — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7% Ballarat East — Postgraduate Degree: 4.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

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.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
New Zealand 4.4% / 0.9%
Bakery Hill — New Zealand: 4.4% Ballarat East — New Zealand: 0.9%
China 4.4% / —
Bakery Hill — China: 4.4% Ballarat East — China: not among its largest
England 1.7% / 2.6%
Bakery Hill — England: 1.7% Ballarat East — England: 2.6%
India 1.7% / 1.3%
Bakery Hill — India: 1.7% Ballarat East — India: 1.3%
Nepal 1.7% / —
Bakery Hill — Nepal: 1.7% Ballarat East — Nepal: not among its largest
Netherlands — / 0.4%
Bakery Hill — Netherlands: not among its largest Ballarat East — Netherlands: 0.4%
Philippines — / 0.4%
Bakery Hill — Philippines: not among its largest Ballarat East — Philippines: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bakery Hill 69.2% houses
Bakery Hill — Houses: 69.2% Bakery Hill — Townhouses: 26.9% Bakery Hill — Flats / Apartments: 3.8%
Ballarat East 89.3% houses
Ballarat East — Houses: 89.3% Ballarat East — Townhouses: 9.4% Ballarat East — Flats / Apartments: 1.3%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Median house price $564,000 $540,000
Median unit price — $391,000
Median land price — $274,250
Typical days to sell (houses) — 28 days
from 98 sales

Zoning mix

Bakery Hill has more commercially zoned land (61% vs 1%).

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Commercial 61% 1%
Residential 27% 56%
Other and special use 3% 16%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 10%
Parks and recreation 2% 8%
Industrial 0% 4%
Rural and farming 0% 4%
Planning zones cover 99% of Bakery Hill and 100% of Ballarat East. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
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.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Houses — 3.8%
$450/wk on $615K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
House price — Higher than 18% of VIC
Income Higher than 26% of VIC Higher than 16% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 10% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 97% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 52% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 72% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 99% of VIC
same for both
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 54% of VIC

Liveability

Bakery Hill is more walkable (93 vs 71).

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Grade — D
Score — 30/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Ballarat East carries more bushfire risk (71 vs 0); Bakery Hill carries more crime risk (99 vs 87).

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Bushfire None
0/100
 High
71/100
Crime High
99/100
 High
87/100
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 14
within 5 km
 7
within 5 km

Schools

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Inside the suburb 1 4
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 2
Rated below peers 0 1
Universities within 10 km 1
Federation University Ballarat, 1.4 km
 1
Federation University Ballarat, 3.3 km

Schools in Bakery Hill

  • Saints College - Ballarat Campus Catholic · Secondary · Special school

Schools in Ballarat East

  • St Francis Xavier School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Woodmans Hill Secondary College Government · Secondary at peers
  • St Alipius' Parish School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • SEDA College (Victoria) - Multi Ballarat Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 3
same for both
Parks & reserves 0 5
Childcare 1
same for both
GPs 1
same for both
Pharmacies 0 2
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 6 50

Mobility

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Walkability score 93/100 71/100
Distance to Melbourne 113.5 km
+1% vs other
 112.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 82 min 81 min
Public transport score 38/100 76/100
Peak arrivals per hour 5.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 78.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 9.5 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 3350
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 30
postcode 3350
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.

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Car (driver) 43.2% / 65.7%
Bakery Hill — Car (driver): 43.2% Ballarat East — Car (driver): 65.7%
Worked from Home 35.8% / 21.8%
Bakery Hill — Worked from Home: 35.8% Ballarat East — Worked from Home: 21.8%
Walked Only 17.3% / 4.1%
Bakery Hill — Walked Only: 17.3% Ballarat East — Walked Only: 4.1%
Car (passenger) 3.7% / 6.0%
Bakery Hill — Car (passenger): 3.7% Ballarat East — Car (passenger): 6.0%
Bus — / 1.2%
Bakery Hill — Bus: not among its largest Ballarat East — Bus: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (65.7%).

Setting

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Elevation 429 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 452 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Connectivity score 100/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 100%
285 premises
 97%
3,621 premises

Climate

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Annual rainfall 605 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bakery Hill Ballarat East
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bakery Hill

Cafe Culture Nightlife Parks River Townhouses

Ballarat East

Affordable Large Blocks Retirees River

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