Beremboke vs Mount Wallace
Mount Wallace is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 49 in Beremboke. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Beremboke, most households are couple families. In Mount Wallace, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Beremboke tends to suit couples, while Mount Wallace 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
Beremboke
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (14/100 vs 80/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (86% vs 48%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Beremboke
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 34%)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Mount Wallace
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($275/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Mount Wallace
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (72 min vs 85 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (98.8 km vs 109.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Beremboke carries lower crime risk (14/100 vs 80/100)
- Mount Wallace has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 13%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Beremboke
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (10.7% vs 3.5%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Beremboke and Mount Wallace drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Beremboke has more residents (165 vs 117); Beremboke has higher household incomes ($110,500 vs $83,200).
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 165 +29% vs other | 117 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +10.7% | +3.5% |
| Median age | 49 | 46 |
| Median household income | $110,500/yr +25% vs other | $83,200/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk +8% vs other | $275/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.6%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $950,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Mount Wallace has more rural and farming land (99% vs 75%).
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 75% | 99% |
| Parks and recreation | 24% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% same for both | |
| 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
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 338 across Moorabool same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +4% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 84% of VIC | Higher than 51% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 56% of VIC | Higher than 27% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 69% of VIC | Higher than 68% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 14% of VIC | Higher than 30% of VIC |
Liveability
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Mount Wallace carries more crime risk (80 vs 14); Beremboke carries more bushfire risk (71 vs 54).
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 71/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Crime | Low 14/100 | High 80/100 |
| Flood | Low 27/100 | Low 20/100 |
| 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
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 0 |
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Beremboke sits further from the CBD (109.7 km vs 98.8 km).
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 109.7 km +10% vs other | 98.8 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 85 min | 72 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 3342 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 48 postcode 3342 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.4%).
Setting
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 379 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 419 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 34.3 km | 41.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 17/100 | 27/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 47 premises | 0% 56 premises |
Climate
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 578 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,979/yr same for both | |
| Council | Moorabool same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hawke same for both | |
| Member | Sam Rae same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Beremboke | Mount Wallace | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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