Bendigo vs Long Gully

Long Gully is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 43 in Bendigo. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses and about half of households are people living alone. In Bendigo, about half of households rent. In Long Gully, most households own their home. Houses cost more in Bendigo: a median of $650,000, against $520,000 in Long Gully, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Long Gully 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

Bendigo

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (9 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (9 vs 2)
  • has more parks and reserves (13 vs 10)
  • But Long Gully carries lower crime risk (84/100 vs 98/100)

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

First-home buyers

Long Gully

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($217,500 vs $480,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($520,000 vs $650,000)
  • has cheaper units ($400,000 vs $455,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Bendigo leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 25%)
  • Long Gully has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $290/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Bendigo

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 75/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bendigo

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (18 vs 1)
  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 75/100)
  • But Long Gully carries lower crime risk (84/100 vs 98/100)

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

Investors

Long Gully

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.4% vs 3.8%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bendigo Long Gully
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.

Bendigo Long Gully
Walkability 95 / 75
Bendigo — Walkability: 95/100 Long Gully — Walkability: 75/100
Safety 2 / 16
Bendigo — Safety: 2/100 Long Gully — Safety: 16/100
Low fire risk 100 / 42
Bendigo — Low fire risk: 100/100 Long Gully — Low fire risk: 42/100
Low flood risk 30 / 59
Bendigo — Low flood risk: 30/100 Long Gully — Low flood risk: 59/100

Demographics

Bendigo has more residents (5,652 vs 3,420); Bendigo has higher household incomes ($74,308 vs $51,428).

Bendigo Long Gully
Population 5,652
+39% vs other
 3,420
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.5% +1.1%
Median age 43 38
Median household income $74,308/yr
+31% vs other
 $51,428/yr
Median weekly rent $290/wk
+14% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bendigo Long Gully
0-4 4.5% / 6.2%
Bendigo — 0-4: 4.5% Long Gully — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 8.4% / 12.1%
Bendigo — 5-14: 8.4% Long Gully — 5-14: 12.1%
15-19 5.3% / 5.2%
Bendigo — 15-19: 5.3% Long Gully — 15-19: 5.2%
20-24 7.7% / 7.3%
Bendigo — 20-24: 7.7% Long Gully — 20-24: 7.3%
25-34 15.3% / 14.7%
Bendigo — 25-34: 15.3% Long Gully — 25-34: 14.7%
35-44 10.6% / 11.1%
Bendigo — 35-44: 10.6% Long Gully — 35-44: 11.1%
45-54 13.5% / 11.1%
Bendigo — 45-54: 13.5% Long Gully — 45-54: 11.1%
55-64 13.9% / 11.1%
Bendigo — 55-64: 13.9% Long Gully — 55-64: 11.1%
65-74 12.4% / 11.1%
Bendigo — 65-74: 12.4% Long Gully — 65-74: 11.1%
75-84 5.8% / 7.0%
Bendigo — 75-84: 5.8% Long Gully — 75-84: 7.0%
85+ 2.4% / 2.6%
Bendigo — 85+: 2.4% Long Gully — 85+: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bendigo 51.5% lone person
Bendigo — Lone Person: 51.5% Bendigo — Couple Families: 23.6% Bendigo — One Parent Families: 15.8% Bendigo — Group Household: 6.9% Bendigo — Other Families: 2.2%
Long Gully 45.9% lone person
Long Gully — Lone Person: 45.9% Long Gully — Couple Families: 21.3% Long Gully — One Parent Families: 25.5% Long Gully — Group Household: 5.6% Long Gully — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bendigo 45.5% renting
Bendigo — Owned Outright: 31.6% Bendigo — Mortgage: 22.8% Bendigo — Renting: 45.5%
Long Gully 44.3% renting
Long Gully — Owned Outright: 28.5% Long Gully — Mortgage: 27.2% Long Gully — Renting: 44.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bendigo Long Gully
Certificate III & IV 12.9% / 15.1%
Bendigo — Certificate III & IV: 12.9% Long Gully — Certificate III & IV: 15.1%
Bachelor Degree 16.2% / 6.2%
Bendigo — Bachelor Degree: 16.2% Long Gully — Bachelor Degree: 6.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.8% / 5.6%
Bendigo — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8% Long Gully — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6%
Postgraduate Degree 6.5% / 1.4%
Bendigo — Postgraduate Degree: 6.5% Long Gully — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.9% / 1.4%
Bendigo — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.9% Long Gully — 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.

Bendigo Long Gully
England 2.0% / 1.5%
Bendigo — England: 2.0% Long Gully — England: 1.5%
India 2.3% / 0.6%
Bendigo — India: 2.3% Long Gully — India: 0.6%
Thailand 0.9% / 1.6%
Bendigo — Thailand: 0.9% Long Gully — Thailand: 1.6%
Myanmar 0.7% / 1.5%
Bendigo — Myanmar: 0.7% Long Gully — Myanmar: 1.5%
Philippines 0.8% / 0.5%
Bendigo — Philippines: 0.8% Long Gully — Philippines: 0.5%
New Zealand 0.8% / 0.4%
Bendigo — New Zealand: 0.8% Long Gully — New Zealand: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bendigo 81.8% houses
Bendigo — Houses: 81.8% Bendigo — Townhouses: 14.9% Bendigo — Flats / Apartments: 3.2%
Long Gully 91.5% houses
Long Gully — Houses: 91.5% Long Gully — Townhouses: 6.1% Long Gully — Flats / Apartments: 2.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bendigo Long Gully
Median house price $650,000 $520,000
Median unit price $455,000 $400,000
Median land price $480,000 $217,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 40 days
from 96 sales
 30 days
from 22 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Bendigo Long Gully
2 bed $560K / $458K
Bendigo — 2 bed: $560K (45 sales) Long Gully — 2 bed: $458K (28 sales)

45 vs 28 sales

3 bed $649K / $526K
Bendigo — 3 bed: $649K (122 sales) Long Gully — 3 bed: $526K (76 sales)

122 vs 76 sales

4 bed $892K / $680K
Bendigo — 4 bed: $892K (38 sales) Long Gully — 4 bed: $680K (16 sales)

38 vs 16 sales

Zoning mix

Bendigo has more commercially zoned land (19% vs 0%).

Bendigo Long Gully
Residential 48% 57%
Commercial 19% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 16% 19%
Parks and recreation 12% 13%
Industrial 1% 9%
Other and special use 3% 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

Bendigo Long Gully
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.

Bendigo Long Gully
Houses 3.8%
$560/wk on $765K
 4.4%
$480/wk on $562K
Units 5.3%
$450/wk on $442K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Bendigo Long Gully
House price Higher than 29% of VIC Higher than 15% of VIC
Income Higher than 40% of VIC Higher than 11% of VIC
Schools Higher than 38% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 98% of VIC Higher than 91% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 62% of VIC Higher than 42% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 67% of VIC Higher than 66% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 76% of VIC
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 75% of VIC —

Liveability

Bendigo scores higher overall (41 vs 22); Bendigo is more walkable (95 vs 75).

Bendigo Long Gully
Grade C D
Score 41/100 22/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 high-need area
decile 1/10

Risk profile

Long Gully carries more bushfire risk (58 vs 0); Bendigo carries more flood risk (70 vs 41).

Bendigo Long Gully
Bushfire None
0/100
 Moderate
58/100
Crime High
98/100
 High
84/100
Flood High
70/100
 Moderate
41/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 9
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Bendigo Long Gully
Inside the suburb 9 1
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 4 1
Universities within 10 km 1
Bendigo Campus, 3.1 km
 1
Bendigo Campus, 5.4 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 1.9% 0.8%

Schools in Bendigo

  • Creek Street Christian College Independent · Combined above peers
  • Camp Hill Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Catherine McAuley College Catholic · Secondary below peers
  • Girton Grammar School Independent · Combined below peers
  • St Kilian's School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • Bendigo Senior Secondary College Government · Secondary

Schools in Long Gully

  • St Peter's School Catholic · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Bendigo Long Gully
Supermarkets 5 1
Cafes & restaurants 66 2
Parks & reserves 13 10
Childcare 9 2
GPs 18 1
Pharmacies 8 1
Hospitals 2 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 8 1
Fuel stations 5 1
EV chargers 2 0
Waterways 18 17

Mobility

Bendigo Long Gully
Walkability score 95/100 75/100
Distance to Melbourne 152.4 km 153 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 113 min 112 min
Public transport score 77/100
Rail
 74/100
Peak arrivals per hour 281.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 30.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 3550
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 34
postcode 3550
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.

Bendigo Long Gully
Car (driver) 60.6% / 75.8%
Bendigo — Car (driver): 60.6% Long Gully — Car (driver): 75.8%
Worked from Home 18.2% / 10.5%
Bendigo — Worked from Home: 18.2% Long Gully — Worked from Home: 10.5%
Walked Only 13.2% / 2.2%
Bendigo — Walked Only: 13.2% Long Gully — Walked Only: 2.2%
Car (passenger) 4.5% / 7.9%
Bendigo — Car (passenger): 4.5% Long Gully — Car (passenger): 7.9%
Bicycle 1.5% / 1.5%
Bendigo — Bicycle: 1.5% Long Gully — Bicycle: 1.5%
Bus 1.3% / 1.6%
Bendigo — Bus: 1.3% Long Gully — Bus: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.8%).

Setting

Bendigo Long Gully
Elevation 224 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 240 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bendigo Long Gully
Connectivity score 63/100 64/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 32%
5,084 premises
 34%
1,810 premises

Climate

Bendigo Long Gully
Annual rainfall 598 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Bendigo Long Gully
Average residential rate $1,949/yr
same for both
Council Greater Bendigo
same for both

Federal electorate

Bendigo Long Gully
Division Bendigo
same for both
Member Lisa Chesters
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bendigo Long Gully
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bendigo

Parks Professionals River

Long Gully

Affordable Gentrifying Large Blocks Parks River

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