Bethanga vs Ebden

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bethanga, about half of households are couple families. In Ebden, most households are couple families. On these figures, Ebden 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

Too close to call

Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

First-home buyers

Bethanga

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 26%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Ebden

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (4% vs 14%)
  • has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $260/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Ebden

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (217 min vs 234 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (337.4 km vs 351.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Ebden

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 19%)

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

Investors

Bethanga

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (3.0% vs -19.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bethanga Ebden
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.

Bethanga Ebden
Walkability 0 / 10
Bethanga — Walkability: 0/100 Ebden — Walkability: 10/100
Safety 82 / 74
Bethanga — Safety: 82/100 Ebden — Safety: 74/100
Low fire risk 84 / 86
Bethanga — Low fire risk: 84/100 Ebden — Low fire risk: 86/100
Low flood risk 17 / 2
Bethanga — Low flood risk: 17/100 Ebden — Low flood risk: 2/100

Demographics

Bethanga has more residents (485 vs 110); Bethanga rents higher ($260/wk vs $100/wk).

Bethanga Ebden
Population 485
+77% vs other
 110
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +3.0% -19.1%
Median age 50
same for both
Median household income $95,680/yr $123,448/yr
+29% vs other
Median weekly rent $260/wk
+62% vs other
 $100/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bethanga Ebden
0-4 3.9% / —
Bethanga — 0-4: 3.9% Ebden — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 11.8% / 12.7%
Bethanga — 5-14: 11.8% Ebden — 5-14: 12.7%
15-19 4.5% / 5.5%
Bethanga — 15-19: 4.5% Ebden — 15-19: 5.5%
20-24 1.6% / 9.1%
Bethanga — 20-24: 1.6% Ebden — 20-24: 9.1%
25-34 7.8% / 9.1%
Bethanga — 25-34: 7.8% Ebden — 25-34: 9.1%
35-44 12.4% / 13.6%
Bethanga — 35-44: 12.4% Ebden — 35-44: 13.6%
45-54 16.5% / 12.7%
Bethanga — 45-54: 16.5% Ebden — 45-54: 12.7%
55-64 22.3% / 17.3%
Bethanga — 55-64: 22.3% Ebden — 55-64: 17.3%
65-74 12.6% / 19.1%
Bethanga — 65-74: 12.6% Ebden — 65-74: 19.1%
75-84 4.1% / 6.4%
Bethanga — 75-84: 4.1% Ebden — 75-84: 6.4%
85+ 1.9% / —
Bethanga — 85+: 1.9% Ebden — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bethanga 53.9% couple families
Bethanga — Couple Families: 53.9% Bethanga — Lone Person: 28.7% Bethanga — One Parent Families: 14.8% Bethanga — Group Household: 2.6%
Ebden 69.2% couple families
Ebden — Couple Families: 69.2% Ebden — Lone Person: 30.8% Ebden — One Parent Families: 0.0% Ebden — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bethanga 9.8% renting
Bethanga — Owned Outright: 41.3% Bethanga — Mortgage: 48.9% Bethanga — Renting: 9.8%
Ebden 13.9% renting
Ebden — Owned Outright: 61.1% Ebden — Mortgage: 25.0% Ebden — Renting: 13.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bethanga 98.9% houses
Bethanga — Houses: 98.9% Bethanga — Flats / Apartments: 1.1%
Ebden 105.3% houses
Ebden — Houses: 105.3% Ebden — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Bethanga Ebden
Certificate III & IV 19.4% / 26.4%
Bethanga — Certificate III & IV: 19.4% Ebden — Certificate III & IV: 26.4%
Bachelor Degree 10.7% / 12.7%
Bethanga — Bachelor Degree: 10.7% Ebden — Bachelor Degree: 12.7%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.7% / 7.3%
Bethanga — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.7% Ebden — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 2.7%
Bethanga — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Ebden — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7%
Postgraduate Degree 4.3% / —
Bethanga — Postgraduate Degree: 4.3% Ebden — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.4%).

Property market

Bethanga Ebden
Median house price $722,500 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 72 days
from 3 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Bethanga has more rural and farming land (73% vs 18%); Ebden has more land zoned for conservation (14% vs 0%).

Bethanga Ebden
Rural and farming 73% 18%
Infrastructure and transport 23% 67%
Environmental 0% 14%
Parks and recreation 3% 0%
Residential 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

Bethanga Ebden
New dwellings approved 19
across Towong
 423
across Wodonga
Approvals change year on year — +3%

Ranking within VIC

Bethanga Ebden
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 66% of VIC Higher than 93% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 32% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 54% of VIC Higher than 53% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 59% of VIC Higher than 53% of VIC

Liveability

Ebden is more walkable (10 vs 0).

Bethanga Ebden
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Ebden carries more flood risk (98 vs 83).

Bethanga Ebden
Bushfire Low
16/100
 Low
14/100
Crime Low
18/100
 Low
26/100
Flood High
83/100
 High
98/100
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

Bethanga Ebden
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Bethanga

  • Bethanga Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Ebden

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

Amenities in the suburb

Bethanga Ebden
Parks & reserves 1 2
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 4 0

Mobility

Bethanga sits further from the CBD (351.4 km vs 337.4 km).

Bethanga Ebden
Walkability score 0/100 10/100
Distance to Melbourne 351.4 km
+4% vs other
 337.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 234 min 217 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3691
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 79
postcode 3691
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.

Bethanga Ebden
Car (driver) 67.3% / 75.0%
Bethanga — Car (driver): 67.3% Ebden — Car (driver): 75.0%
Worked from Home 24.7% / 25.0%
Bethanga — Worked from Home: 24.7% Ebden — Worked from Home: 25.0%
Car (passenger) 5.8% / —
Bethanga — Car (passenger): 5.8% Ebden — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 2.2% / —
Bethanga — Walked Only: 2.2% Ebden — Walked Only: not among its largest

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

Setting

Bethanga Ebden
Elevation 311 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 180 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bethanga Ebden
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
222 premises
 0%
54 premises

Climate

Bethanga Ebden
Annual rainfall 692 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Bethanga Ebden
Average residential rate $1,875/yr $2,188/yr
Council Towong Wodonga

Federal electorate

Bethanga Ebden
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bethanga Ebden
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bethanga

Rural

Ebden

Retirees Rural

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