Bangholme vs Lyndhurst

Lyndhurst is the younger of the two, with a median age of 33 against 71 in Bangholme. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bangholme, the large majority of households are people living alone. In Lyndhurst, the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Lyndhurst: a median of $985,000, against $560,000 in Bangholme, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Bangholme tends to suit people living alone, older residents, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Lyndhurst suits families with children and couples.

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

Lyndhurst

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (88% vs 20%)
  • has more childcare (5 vs 2)
  • carries lower crime risk (58/100 vs 83/100)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Bangholme has cheaper houses ($560,000 vs $985,000)
  • Lyndhurst leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 103%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Lyndhurst

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (20% vs 9%)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 27%)
  • But Bangholme has cheaper rent ($176/wk vs $430/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Lyndhurst

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a shorter drive in (47 min vs 62 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Bangholme has more residents already 65 and over (66% vs 5%)
  • Lyndhurst carries lower crime risk (58/100 vs 83/100)

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

Investors

Lyndhurst

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (32.7% vs -4.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bangholme Lyndhurst
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.

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Walkability 0 / 5
Bangholme — Walkability: 0/100 Lyndhurst — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 17 / 42
Bangholme — Safety: 17/100 Lyndhurst — Safety: 42/100
Low fire risk 72 / 100
Bangholme — Low fire risk: 72/100 Lyndhurst — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 39 / 58
Bangholme — Low flood risk: 39/100 Lyndhurst — Low flood risk: 58/100

Demographics

Lyndhurst has more residents (8,926 vs 749); Lyndhurst has higher household incomes ($127,192 vs $33,488).

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Population 749 8,926
+1092% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -4.5% +32.7%
Median age 71 33
Median household income $33,488/yr $127,192/yr
+280% vs other
Median weekly rent $176/wk $430/wk
+144% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bangholme Lyndhurst
0-4 1.6% / 8.9%
Bangholme — 0-4: 1.6% Lyndhurst — 0-4: 8.9%
5-14 2.3% / 18.9%
Bangholme — 5-14: 2.3% Lyndhurst — 5-14: 18.9%
15-19 1.5% / 5.4%
Bangholme — 15-19: 1.5% Lyndhurst — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 2.8% / 5.5%
Bangholme — 20-24: 2.8% Lyndhurst — 20-24: 5.5%
25-34 3.2% / 14.5%
Bangholme — 25-34: 3.2% Lyndhurst — 25-34: 14.5%
35-44 4.1% / 22.6%
Bangholme — 35-44: 4.1% Lyndhurst — 35-44: 22.6%
45-54 7.3% / 12.7%
Bangholme — 45-54: 7.3% Lyndhurst — 45-54: 12.7%
55-64 10.8% / 6.5%
Bangholme — 55-64: 10.8% Lyndhurst — 55-64: 6.5%
65-74 27.6% / 4.0%
Bangholme — 65-74: 27.6% Lyndhurst — 65-74: 4.0%
75-84 28.6% / 0.9%
Bangholme — 75-84: 28.6% Lyndhurst — 75-84: 0.9%
85+ 9.5% / 0.3%
Bangholme — 85+: 9.5% Lyndhurst — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bangholme 11.1% couple families
Bangholme — Couple Families: 11.1% Bangholme — Lone Person: 75.1% Bangholme — One Parent Families: 9.2% Bangholme — Group Household: 3.7% Bangholme — Other Families: 0.9%
Lyndhurst 77.7% couple families
Lyndhurst — Couple Families: 77.7% Lyndhurst — Lone Person: 8.6% Lyndhurst — One Parent Families: 10.1% Lyndhurst — Group Household: 2.4% Lyndhurst — Other Families: 1.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bangholme 9.1% renting
Bangholme — Owned Outright: 83.0% Bangholme — Mortgage: 7.9% Bangholme — Renting: 9.1%
Lyndhurst 20.3% renting
Lyndhurst — Owned Outright: 11.1% Lyndhurst — Mortgage: 68.6% Lyndhurst — Renting: 20.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Certificate III & IV 14.8% / 8.4%
Bangholme — Certificate III & IV: 14.8% Lyndhurst — Certificate III & IV: 8.4%
Bachelor Degree 4.4% / 16.2%
Bangholme — Bachelor Degree: 4.4% Lyndhurst — Bachelor Degree: 16.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.1% / 9.1%
Bangholme — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1% Lyndhurst — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.3% / 7.5%
Bangholme — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3% Lyndhurst — Postgraduate Degree: 7.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.4%
Bangholme — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Lyndhurst — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.2%).

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.

Bangholme Lyndhurst
India 1.5% / 19.1%
Bangholme — India: 1.5% Lyndhurst — India: 19.1%
England 10.4% / 1.2%
Bangholme — England: 10.4% Lyndhurst — England: 1.2%
Sri Lanka 1.1% / 5.1%
Bangholme — Sri Lanka: 1.1% Lyndhurst — Sri Lanka: 5.1%
New Zealand 3.2% / 1.7%
Bangholme — New Zealand: 3.2% Lyndhurst — New Zealand: 1.7%
Philippines — / 3.1%
Bangholme — Philippines: not among its largest Lyndhurst — Philippines: 3.1%
Afghanistan — / 2.7%
Bangholme — Afghanistan: not among its largest Lyndhurst — Afghanistan: 2.7%
Scotland 2.5% / —
Bangholme — Scotland: 2.5% Lyndhurst — Scotland: not among its largest
Netherlands 1.9% / —
Bangholme — Netherlands: 1.9% Lyndhurst — Netherlands: not among its largest
China — / 1.7%
Bangholme — China: not among its largest Lyndhurst — China: 1.7%
Italy 1.6% / —
Bangholme — Italy: 1.6% Lyndhurst — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bangholme 98.4% houses
Bangholme — Houses: 98.4% Bangholme — Townhouses: 0.0% Bangholme — Flats / Apartments: 1.6%
Lyndhurst 95.5% houses
Lyndhurst — Houses: 95.5% Lyndhurst — Townhouses: 4.8% Lyndhurst — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Median house price $560,000 $985,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $710,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 32 days
from 92 sales

Zoning mix

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Rural and farming 53% 56%
Infrastructure and transport 44% 11%
Residential 0% 30%
Parks and recreation 0% 2%
Other and special use 2% 1%
Industrial 2% 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

Bangholme Lyndhurst
New dwellings approved 594
across Greater Dandenong
same for both
Approvals change year on year -34%
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.

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Houses — 3.6%
$710/wk on $1.02M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bangholme Lyndhurst
House price — Higher than 65% of VIC
Income Higher than 1% of VIC Higher than 94% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 29% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 77% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 75% of VIC Higher than 87% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 75% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 41% of VIC

Liveability

Lyndhurst scores higher overall (63 vs 18).

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Grade D B
Score 18/100 63/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Bangholme carries more bushfire risk (28 vs 0); Bangholme carries more flood risk (61 vs 42).

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Bushfire Low
28/100
 None
0/100
Crime High
83/100
 Moderate
58/100
Flood Moderate
61/100
 Moderate
42/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 17
within 5 km
 15
within 5 km

Schools

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Bangholme

  • Cornish College Independent · Combined below peers

Schools in Lyndhurst

  • Lyndhurst Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Supermarkets 0 2
Cafes & restaurants 2 4
Parks & reserves 2 3
Childcare 2 5
GPs 1 2
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 4 0

Mobility

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Walkability score 0/100 5/100
Distance to Melbourne 46.3 km 47.3 km
+2% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 62 min 47 min
Public transport score 78/100
Bus
 79/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 29.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 68.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 3175
 1.4%
postcode 3975
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 29
postcode 3175
 72
postcode 3975

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.

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Car (driver) 69.9% / 62.5%
Bangholme — Car (driver): 69.9% Lyndhurst — Car (driver): 62.5%
Worked from Home 20.6% / 26.8%
Bangholme — Worked from Home: 20.6% Lyndhurst — Worked from Home: 26.8%
Walked Only 7.4% / 0.6%
Bangholme — Walked Only: 7.4% Lyndhurst — Walked Only: 0.6%
Car (passenger) 2.2% / 4.2%
Bangholme — Car (passenger): 2.2% Lyndhurst — Car (passenger): 4.2%
Train — / 5.2%
Bangholme — Train: not among its largest Lyndhurst — Train: 5.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.9%).

Setting

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Elevation 6 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 23 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 5.1 km 9.6 km

NBN connectivity

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Connectivity score 59/100 80/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 24%
589 premises
 64%
2,140 premises

Climate

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Annual rainfall 781 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bangholme Lyndhurst
PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 20.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ 0.98 pphm
same for both

Council rates

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Average residential rate $2,123/yr
same for both
Council Greater Dandenong
same for both

Federal electorate

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Division Isaacs
same for both
Member Mark Dreyfus
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bangholme Lyndhurst
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bangholme

Acreage Affordable Outer Retirees River

Lyndhurst

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Young Families

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