Bellellen vs Pomonal

Pomonal is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 57 in Bellellen. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bellellen, most households are couple families. On these figures, Bellellen tends to suit 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

Pomonal

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

Bellellen

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $250/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Pomonal

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (239.6 km vs 245.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Pomonal

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (10.6% vs 3.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bellellen Pomonal
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.

Bellellen Pomonal
Walkability 0 / 0
Bellellen — Walkability: 0/100 Pomonal — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 53 / 46
Bellellen — Safety: 53/100 Pomonal — Safety: 46/100
Low fire risk 7 / 18
Bellellen — Low fire risk: 7/100 Pomonal — Low fire risk: 18/100
Low flood risk 50 / 89
Bellellen — Low flood risk: 50/100 Pomonal — Low flood risk: 89/100

Demographics

Pomonal rents higher ($250/wk vs $0/wk); Pomonal has more residents (356 vs 59).

Bellellen Pomonal
Population 59 356
+503% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.5% +10.6%
Median age 57 51
Median household income $97,500/yr
+13% vs other
 $84,500/yr
Median weekly rent — $250/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bellellen Pomonal
0-4 8.5% / 4.2%
Bellellen — 0-4: 8.5% Pomonal — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 — / 9.0%
Bellellen — 5-14: not among its largest Pomonal — 5-14: 9.0%
15-19 10.2% / 6.5%
Bellellen — 15-19: 10.2% Pomonal — 15-19: 6.5%
20-24 — / 3.1%
Bellellen — 20-24: not among its largest Pomonal — 20-24: 3.1%
25-34 8.5% / 8.4%
Bellellen — 25-34: 8.5% Pomonal — 25-34: 8.4%
35-44 — / 10.1%
Bellellen — 35-44: not among its largest Pomonal — 35-44: 10.1%
45-54 11.9% / 18.3%
Bellellen — 45-54: 11.9% Pomonal — 45-54: 18.3%
55-64 22.0% / 17.7%
Bellellen — 55-64: 22.0% Pomonal — 55-64: 17.7%
65-74 16.9% / 17.1%
Bellellen — 65-74: 16.9% Pomonal — 65-74: 17.1%
75-84 6.8% / 5.9%
Bellellen — 75-84: 6.8% Pomonal — 75-84: 5.9%
85+ — / 0.8%
Bellellen — 85+: not among its largest Pomonal — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bellellen 62.5% couple families
Bellellen — Couple Families: 62.5% Bellellen — Lone Person: 37.5% Bellellen — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Pomonal 41.9% couple families
Pomonal — Couple Families: 41.9% Pomonal — Lone Person: 41.9% Pomonal — One Parent Families: 16.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bellellen 0.0% renting
Bellellen — Owned Outright: 71.4% Bellellen — Mortgage: 28.6% Bellellen — Renting: 0.0%
Pomonal 7.2% renting
Pomonal — Owned Outright: 52.2% Pomonal — Mortgage: 40.6% Pomonal — Renting: 7.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bellellen 100.0% houses
Bellellen — Houses: 100.0% Bellellen — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Pomonal 97.8% houses
Pomonal — Houses: 97.8% Pomonal — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Bellellen Pomonal
Certificate III & IV 6.8% / 20.2%
Bellellen — Certificate III & IV: 6.8% Pomonal — Certificate III & IV: 20.2%
Bachelor Degree 6.8% / 14.3%
Bellellen — Bachelor Degree: 6.8% Pomonal — Bachelor Degree: 14.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 11.0%
Bellellen — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Pomonal — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.0%
Postgraduate Degree 6.8% / 3.7%
Bellellen — Postgraduate Degree: 6.8% Pomonal — Postgraduate Degree: 3.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5.1% / 1.7%
Bellellen — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 5.1% Pomonal — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.2%).

Property market

Bellellen Pomonal
Median house price — $615,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $322,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 343 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Bellellen has more rural and farming land (100% vs 45%).

Bellellen Pomonal
Rural and farming 100% 45%
Parks and recreation 0% 50%
Environmental 0% 4%
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

Bellellen Pomonal
New dwellings approved 28
across Northern Grampians
 56
across Ararat
Approvals change year on year -62% +80%

Ranking within VIC

Bellellen Pomonal
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 70% of VIC Higher than 53% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 63% of VIC Higher than 3% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 24% of VIC Higher than 22% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 49% of VIC

Liveability

Bellellen Pomonal
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Bellellen carries more flood risk (50 vs 11); Bellellen carries more bushfire risk (93 vs 82).

Bellellen Pomonal
Bushfire High
93/100
 High
82/100
Crime Moderate
47/100
 Moderate
54/100
Flood Moderate
50/100
 Low
11/100
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

Bellellen Pomonal
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bellellen

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Pomonal

  • Pomonal Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bellellen Pomonal
Parks & reserves 2 5
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 0 23

Mobility

Bellellen sits further from the CBD (245.2 km vs 239.6 km).

Bellellen Pomonal
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 245.2 km
+2% vs other
 239.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 171 min 169 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 3381
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 3381
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.

Bellellen Pomonal
Car (driver) 68.4% / 58.0%
Bellellen — Car (driver): 68.4% Pomonal — Car (driver): 58.0%
Worked from Home 31.6% / 22.2%
Bellellen — Worked from Home: 31.6% Pomonal — Worked from Home: 22.2%
Walked Only — / 11.7%
Bellellen — Walked Only: not among its largest Pomonal — Walked Only: 11.7%
Car (passenger) — / 8.0%
Bellellen — Car (passenger): not among its largest Pomonal — Car (passenger): 8.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (68.4%).

Setting

Bellellen Pomonal
Elevation 226 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 303 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bellellen Pomonal
Connectivity score 29/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
24 premises
 0%
181 premises

Climate

Bellellen Pomonal
Annual rainfall 554 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Bellellen Pomonal
Average residential rate $1,730/yr $2,002/yr
Council Northern Grampians Ararat

Federal electorate

Bellellen Pomonal
Division Mallee Wannon
Member Anne Webster Dan Tehan
Party The Nationals Liberal

First Home Owner Grant

Bellellen Pomonal
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bellellen

Professionals Rural

Pomonal

Rural

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