Bald Hills vs Millingandi

Bald Hills is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 62 in Millingandi. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bald Hills, most households are couple families. In Millingandi, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Bald Hills tends to suit families with children and couples, while Millingandi suits people living alone and 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

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is already more of a family suburb (69% vs 38%)

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

First-home buyers

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (27% vs 41%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Millingandi

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($210/wk vs $375/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Millingandi

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (363 min vs 369 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (524.4 km vs 529.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Millingandi

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (44% vs 16%)

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

Investors

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (22.1% vs 16.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bald Hills Millingandi
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.

Bald Hills Millingandi
Walkability 17 / 14
Bald Hills — Walkability: 17/100 Millingandi — Walkability: 14/100
Safety 83 / 81
Bald Hills — Safety: 83/100 Millingandi — Safety: 81/100
Low fire risk 52 / 46
Bald Hills — Low fire risk: 52/100 Millingandi — Low fire risk: 46/100

Demographics

Bald Hills rents higher ($375/wk vs $210/wk); Bald Hills has higher household incomes ($77,324 vs $44,668).

Bald Hills Millingandi
Population 321 519
+62% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +22.1% +16.4%
Median age 44 62
Median household income $77,324/yr
+42% vs other
 $44,668/yr
Median weekly rent $375/wk
+44% vs other
 $210/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills Millingandi
0-4 4.7% / 3.7%
Bald Hills — 0-4: 4.7% Millingandi — 0-4: 3.7%
5-14 15.9% / 7.5%
Bald Hills — 5-14: 15.9% Millingandi — 5-14: 7.5%
15-19 5.3% / 2.9%
Bald Hills — 15-19: 5.3% Millingandi — 15-19: 2.9%
20-24 3.4% / 1.7%
Bald Hills — 20-24: 3.4% Millingandi — 20-24: 1.7%
25-34 10.3% / 5.6%
Bald Hills — 25-34: 10.3% Millingandi — 25-34: 5.6%
35-44 12.5% / 7.1%
Bald Hills — 35-44: 12.5% Millingandi — 35-44: 7.1%
45-54 15.0% / 10.2%
Bald Hills — 45-54: 15.0% Millingandi — 45-54: 10.2%
55-64 16.2% / 14.6%
Bald Hills — 55-64: 16.2% Millingandi — 55-64: 14.6%
65-74 11.5% / 26.8%
Bald Hills — 65-74: 11.5% Millingandi — 65-74: 26.8%
75-84 3.7% / 15.6%
Bald Hills — 75-84: 3.7% Millingandi — 75-84: 15.6%
85+ 0.9% / 1.9%
Bald Hills — 85+: 0.9% Millingandi — 85+: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills 62.3% couple families
Bald Hills — Couple Families: 62.3% Bald Hills — Lone Person: 31.1% Bald Hills — One Parent Families: 6.6% Bald Hills — Group Household: 0.0%
Millingandi 27.7% couple families
Millingandi — Couple Families: 27.7% Millingandi — Lone Person: 55.4% Millingandi — One Parent Families: 10.8% Millingandi — Group Household: 6.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills 9.6% renting
Bald Hills — Owned Outright: 41.7% Bald Hills — Mortgage: 48.7% Bald Hills — Renting: 9.6%
Millingandi 8.7% renting
Millingandi — Owned Outright: 71.2% Millingandi — Mortgage: 20.1% Millingandi — Renting: 8.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bald Hills Millingandi
Certificate III & IV 23.1% / 18.7%
Bald Hills — Certificate III & IV: 23.1% Millingandi — Certificate III & IV: 18.7%
Bachelor Degree 9.3% / 10.0%
Bald Hills — Bachelor Degree: 9.3% Millingandi — Bachelor Degree: 10.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.9% / 5.8%
Bald Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9% Millingandi — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.8% / 2.3%
Bald Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.8% Millingandi — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3%
Postgraduate Degree 2.8% / 1.9%
Bald Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8% Millingandi — Postgraduate Degree: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.1%).

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.

Bald Hills Millingandi
England 5.0% / 6.4%
Bald Hills — England: 5.0% Millingandi — England: 6.4%
New Zealand 1.6% / 2.1%
Bald Hills — New Zealand: 1.6% Millingandi — New Zealand: 2.1%
Germany 0.9% / 0.6%
Bald Hills — Germany: 0.9% Millingandi — Germany: 0.6%
Netherlands 0.9% / —
Bald Hills — Netherlands: 0.9% Millingandi — Netherlands: not among its largest
South Africa — / 0.8%
Bald Hills — South Africa: not among its largest Millingandi — South Africa: 0.8%
Scotland — / 0.6%
Bald Hills — Scotland: not among its largest Millingandi — Scotland: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.4%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bald Hills 97.4% houses
Bald Hills — Houses: 97.4% Bald Hills — Townhouses: 4.3% Bald Hills — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Millingandi 97.8% houses
Millingandi — Houses: 97.8% Millingandi — Townhouses: 0.0% Millingandi — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bald Hills Millingandi
Median house price $922,500 $995,750
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) — 58 days
from 4 sales

Zoning mix

Bald Hills has more rural and farming land (53% vs 37%); Millingandi has more land zoned for conservation (62% vs 47%).

Bald Hills Millingandi
Environmental 47% 62%
Rural and farming 53% 37%
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

Bald Hills Millingandi
New dwellings approved 109
across Bega Valley
same for both
Approvals change year on year -32%
same for both

Ranking within NSW

Bald Hills Millingandi
House price Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 50% of NSW
Income Higher than 45% of NSW Higher than 7% of NSW
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 68% of NSW Higher than 64% of NSW
Affordability Higher than 50% of NSW Higher than 13% of NSW
EV adoption Higher than 40% of NSW
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 58% of NSW Higher than 57% of NSW

Liveability

Bald Hills Millingandi
Grade — C
Score — 36/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Bald Hills Millingandi
Bushfire Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
54/100
Crime Low
17/100
 Low
19/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Bald Hills Millingandi
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

Bald Hills Millingandi
Waterways 1 2

Mobility

Bald Hills sits further from the CBD (529.8 km vs 524.4 km).

Bald Hills Millingandi
Walkability score 17/100 14/100
Distance to Sydney 529.8 km
+1% vs other
 524.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 369 min 363 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 2549
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 2549
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.

Bald Hills Millingandi
Car (driver) 75.0% / 74.3%
Bald Hills — Car (driver): 75.0% Millingandi — Car (driver): 74.3%
Worked from Home 15.1% / 18.6%
Bald Hills — Worked from Home: 15.1% Millingandi — Worked from Home: 18.6%
Car (passenger) 7.2% / 2.1%
Bald Hills — Car (passenger): 7.2% Millingandi — Car (passenger): 2.1%
Walked Only 2.6% / 5.0%
Bald Hills — Walked Only: 2.6% Millingandi — Walked Only: 5.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.0%).

Setting

Bald Hills Millingandi
Elevation 106 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.5 km 4.7 km

NBN connectivity

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

Climate

Bald Hills Millingandi
Annual rainfall 768 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Bald Hills Millingandi
Average residential rate $1,767/yr
same for both
Council Bega Valley
same for both

Federal electorate

Bald Hills Millingandi
Division Eden-monaro
same for both
Member Kristy Mcbain
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bald Hills Millingandi
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $600,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bald Hills

Acreage

Millingandi

Acreage Retirees

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