Blackwood vs Lyonville

Blackwood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 54 in Lyonville. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Blackwood, most households are people living alone. In Lyonville, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Lyonville: a median of $890,000, against $598,000 in Blackwood. On these figures, Blackwood tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Lyonville 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

Lyonville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (29/100 vs 55/100)

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

First-home buyers

Blackwood

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($228,500 vs $1,575,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($597,500 vs $890,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 26%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Blackwood

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (71 min vs 85 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (87.9 km vs 103.3 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lyonville

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (29/100 vs 55/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 16%)

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

Investors

Blackwood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (31.2% vs 8.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Blackwood Lyonville
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.

Blackwood Lyonville
Walkability 0 / 5
Blackwood — Walkability: 0/100 Lyonville — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 45 / 71
Blackwood — Safety: 45/100 Lyonville — Safety: 71/100
Low fire risk 17 / 100
Blackwood — Low fire risk: 17/100 Lyonville — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 77 / 100
Blackwood — Low flood risk: 77/100 Lyonville — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Blackwood has more residents (387 vs 189); Lyonville skews older (54 vs 47).

Blackwood Lyonville
Population 387
+51% vs other
 189
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +31.2% +8.0%
Median age 47 54
Median household income $74,048/yr $73,320/yr
Median weekly rent $305/wk $310/wk
+2% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blackwood Lyonville
0-4 6.5% / 6.3%
Blackwood — 0-4: 6.5% Lyonville — 0-4: 6.3%
5-14 10.3% / 7.9%
Blackwood — 5-14: 10.3% Lyonville — 5-14: 7.9%
15-19 3.9% / 3.7%
Blackwood — 15-19: 3.9% Lyonville — 15-19: 3.7%
20-24 2.1% / —
Blackwood — 20-24: 2.1% Lyonville — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 8.3% / 8.5%
Blackwood — 25-34: 8.3% Lyonville — 25-34: 8.5%
35-44 15.2% / 11.1%
Blackwood — 35-44: 15.2% Lyonville — 35-44: 11.1%
45-54 22.2% / 16.9%
Blackwood — 45-54: 22.2% Lyonville — 45-54: 16.9%
55-64 16.5% / 20.1%
Blackwood — 55-64: 16.5% Lyonville — 55-64: 20.1%
65-74 11.6% / 17.5%
Blackwood — 65-74: 11.6% Lyonville — 65-74: 17.5%
75-84 3.9% / 7.9%
Blackwood — 75-84: 3.9% Lyonville — 75-84: 7.9%
85+ — / —
Blackwood — 85+: not among its largest Lyonville — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blackwood 55.9% lone person
Blackwood — Lone Person: 55.9% Blackwood — Couple Families: 23.7% Blackwood — One Parent Families: 16.1% Blackwood — Group Household: 4.2%
Lyonville 48.9% lone person
Lyonville — Lone Person: 48.9% Lyonville — Couple Families: 31.1% Lyonville — One Parent Families: 11.1% Lyonville — Group Household: 8.9%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Blackwood 10.1% renting
Blackwood — Owned Outright: 38.6% Blackwood — Mortgage: 51.3% Blackwood — Renting: 10.1%
Lyonville 0.0% renting
Lyonville — Owned Outright: 57.1% Lyonville — Mortgage: 42.9% Lyonville — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Blackwood Lyonville
England 4.7% / 1.6%
Blackwood — England: 4.7% Lyonville — England: 1.6%
New Zealand 3.1% / 1.6%
Blackwood — New Zealand: 3.1% Lyonville — New Zealand: 1.6%
Italy — / 2.1%
Blackwood — Italy: not among its largest Lyonville — Italy: 2.1%
Scotland 1.8% / —
Blackwood — Scotland: 1.8% Lyonville — Scotland: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.7%).

Qualifications

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

Blackwood Lyonville
Certificate III & IV 15.5% / 15.3%
Blackwood — Certificate III & IV: 15.5% Lyonville — Certificate III & IV: 15.3%
Bachelor Degree 16.5% / 13.8%
Blackwood — Bachelor Degree: 16.5% Lyonville — Bachelor Degree: 13.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.0% / 12.2%
Blackwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.0% Lyonville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 12.2%
Postgraduate Degree 5.2% / 5.3%
Blackwood — Postgraduate Degree: 5.2% Lyonville — Postgraduate Degree: 5.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.6% / 3.7%
Blackwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.6% Lyonville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Blackwood 99.4% houses
Blackwood — Houses: 99.4% Blackwood — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Lyonville 100.0% houses
Lyonville — Houses: 100.0% Lyonville — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Blackwood Lyonville
Median house price $597,500 $890,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $228,500 $1,575,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 46 days
from 7 sales
 84 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Lyonville has more rural and farming land (21% vs 0%).

Blackwood Lyonville
Parks and recreation 92% 75%
Rural and farming 0% 21%
Environmental 4% 0%
Residential 2%
same for both
Infrastructure and transport 1% 2%
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

Blackwood Lyonville
New dwellings approved 338
across Moorabool
 104
across Hepburn
Approvals change year on year +4% -6%

Ranking within VIC

Blackwood Lyonville
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 40% of VIC Higher than 39% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 59% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 89% of VIC Higher than 87% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 14% of VIC Higher than 44% of VIC

Liveability

Blackwood Lyonville
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Blackwood carries more bushfire risk (83 vs 0); Blackwood carries more flood risk (23 vs 0).

Blackwood Lyonville
Bushfire High
83/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
55/100
 Low
29/100
Flood Low
23/100
 None
0/100
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

Blackwood Lyonville
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Blackwood

  • Frankston Special Developmental School-Blackwood Special Schools Outdoor Education Centre Government · Secondary · Special school

Schools in Lyonville

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

Amenities in the suburb

Blackwood Lyonville
Cafes & restaurants 3 0
Parks & reserves 2 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 9 6

Mobility

Lyonville sits further from the CBD (103.3 km vs 87.9 km).

Blackwood Lyonville
Walkability score 0/100 5/100
Distance to Melbourne 87.9 km 103.3 km
+18% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 71 min 85 min
Electric vehicle share 1.6%
postcode 3458
 1.4%
postcode 3461
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 50
postcode 3458
 48
postcode 3461

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.

Blackwood Lyonville
Car (driver) 59.2% / 53.3%
Blackwood — Car (driver): 59.2% Lyonville — Car (driver): 53.3%
Worked from Home 34.4% / 46.7%
Blackwood — Worked from Home: 34.4% Lyonville — Worked from Home: 46.7%
Car (passenger) 3.2% / —
Blackwood — Car (passenger): 3.2% Lyonville — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Walked Only 3.2% / —
Blackwood — Walked Only: 3.2% Lyonville — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (59.2%).

Setting

Blackwood Lyonville
Elevation 658 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 727 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Blackwood Lyonville
Connectivity score 17/100 29/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
51 premises
 0%
144 premises

Climate

Blackwood Lyonville
Annual rainfall 778 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Blackwood Lyonville
Average residential rate $1,979/yr $1,748/yr
Council Moorabool Hepburn

Federal electorate

Blackwood Lyonville
Division Hawke Ballarat
Member Sam Rae Catherine King
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Blackwood Lyonville
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Blackwood

Affordable Rural

Lyonville

Quiet Retirees River Rural

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