Blowhard vs Bald Hills

Bald Hills is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 56 in Blowhard. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Blowhard, most households are people living alone. In Bald Hills, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Blowhard tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Bald Hills suits families with children and 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Blowhard has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • Bald Hills is already more of a family suburb (61% vs 38%)

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

Blowhard

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($150/wk vs $230/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Blowhard is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
  • Bald Hills sits closer to the CBD (127.4 km vs 129.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Blowhard

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (29% vs 10%)

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

Investors

Bald Hills

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (6.5% vs -2.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Blowhard Bald Hills
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.

Blowhard Bald Hills
Walkability 20 / 0
Blowhard — Walkability: 20/100 Bald Hills — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 37 / 33
Blowhard — Safety: 37/100 Bald Hills — Safety: 33/100
Low fire risk 85 / 67
Blowhard — Low fire risk: 85/100 Bald Hills — Low fire risk: 67/100
Low flood risk 34 / 100
Blowhard — Low flood risk: 34/100 Bald Hills — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bald Hills rents higher ($230/wk vs $150/wk); Blowhard skews older (56 vs 40).

Blowhard Bald Hills
Population 82 114
+39% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.4% +6.5%
Median age 56 40
Median household income $75,816/yr $86,632/yr
+14% vs other
Median weekly rent $150/wk $230/wk
+53% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blowhard Bald Hills
0-4 6.1% / 6.1%
Blowhard — 0-4: 6.1% Bald Hills — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 4.9% / 16.7%
Blowhard — 5-14: 4.9% Bald Hills — 5-14: 16.7%
15-19 6.1% / 5.3%
Blowhard — 15-19: 6.1% Bald Hills — 15-19: 5.3%
20-24 3.7% / 4.4%
Blowhard — 20-24: 3.7% Bald Hills — 20-24: 4.4%
25-34 8.5% / 10.5%
Blowhard — 25-34: 8.5% Bald Hills — 25-34: 10.5%
35-44 — / 5.3%
Blowhard — 35-44: not among its largest Bald Hills — 35-44: 5.3%
45-54 15.9% / 18.4%
Blowhard — 45-54: 15.9% Bald Hills — 45-54: 18.4%
55-64 26.8% / 12.3%
Blowhard — 55-64: 26.8% Bald Hills — 55-64: 12.3%
65-74 19.5% / 5.3%
Blowhard — 65-74: 19.5% Bald Hills — 65-74: 5.3%
75-84 4.9% / 4.4%
Blowhard — 75-84: 4.9% Bald Hills — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ 4.9% / —
Blowhard — 85+: 4.9% Bald Hills — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blowhard 61.9% lone person
Blowhard — Lone Person: 61.9% Blowhard — Couple Families: 38.1% Blowhard — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Bald Hills 39.3% lone person
Bald Hills — Lone Person: 39.3% Bald Hills — Couple Families: 50.0% Bald Hills — One Parent Families: 10.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Blowhard 24.0% renting
Blowhard — Owned Outright: 60.0% Blowhard — Mortgage: 16.0% Blowhard — Renting: 24.0%
Bald Hills 0.0% renting
Bald Hills — Owned Outright: 69.4% Bald Hills — Mortgage: 30.6% Bald Hills — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Blowhard 100.0% houses
Blowhard — Houses: 100.0%
Bald Hills 100.0% houses
Bald Hills — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Blowhard Bald Hills
Certificate III & IV 30.5% / 11.4%
Blowhard — Certificate III & IV: 30.5% Bald Hills — Certificate III & IV: 11.4%
Bachelor Degree 7.3% / 9.6%
Blowhard — Bachelor Degree: 7.3% Bald Hills — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.1% / 3.5%
Blowhard — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1% Bald Hills — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 4.4%
Blowhard — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Bald Hills — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.6%
Blowhard — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Bald Hills — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (30.5%).

Zoning mix

Blowhard Bald Hills
Rural and farming 99%
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

Blowhard Bald Hills
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Blowhard Bald Hills
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 56% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 79% of VIC Higher than 10% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 38% of VIC Higher than 51% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC

Liveability

Blowhard is more walkable (20 vs 0).

Blowhard Bald Hills
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Blowhard carries more flood risk (66 vs 0); Bald Hills carries more bushfire risk (33 vs 15).

Blowhard Bald Hills
Bushfire Low
15/100
 Low
33/100
Crime Moderate
63/100
 Moderate
67/100
Flood Moderate
66/100
 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

Blowhard Bald Hills
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Blowhard

  • Mount Blowhard Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Bald Hills

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

Amenities in the suburb

Blowhard Bald Hills
Childcare 1 0

Mobility

Blowhard sits further from the CBD (129.8 km vs 127.4 km).

Blowhard Bald Hills
Walkability score 20/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 129.8 km
+2% vs other
 127.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 92 min 90 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3352
 0.5%
postcode 3364
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 51
postcode 3352
 53
postcode 3364

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.

Blowhard Bald Hills
Car (driver) 71.9% / 66.7%
Blowhard — Car (driver): 71.9% Bald Hills — Car (driver): 66.7%
Worked from Home 28.1% / 14.8%
Blowhard — Worked from Home: 28.1% Bald Hills — Worked from Home: 14.8%
Car (passenger) — / 11.1%
Blowhard — Car (passenger): not among its largest Bald Hills — Car (passenger): 11.1%
Walked Only — / 7.4%
Blowhard — Walked Only: not among its largest Bald Hills — Walked Only: 7.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (71.9%).

Setting

Blowhard Bald Hills
Elevation 416 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 436 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Blowhard Bald Hills
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
49 premises
 0%
46 premises

Climate

Blowhard Bald Hills
Annual rainfall 605 mm 714 mm
Summer max (Jan) 25.7°C —
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C —

Council rates

Blowhard Bald Hills
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Blowhard Bald Hills
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Blowhard Bald Hills
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Blowhard

Retirees Rural

Bald Hills

Family Rural

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