Blowhard vs Coghills Creek

Coghills Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 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 Coghills Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Blowhard tends to suit people living alone.

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

Coghills Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 38%)
  • carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 63/100)
  • But Blowhard has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

Coghills Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $150/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Blowhard

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (129.8 km vs 136 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Blowhard is more walkable (20/100 vs 0/100)
  • Coghills Creek carries lower crime risk (35/100 vs 63/100)

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

Investors

Coghills Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.7% vs -2.4%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Blowhard and Coghills Creek 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 Coghills Creek
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 Coghills Creek
Walkability 20 / 0
Blowhard — Walkability: 20/100 Coghills Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 37 / 65
Blowhard — Safety: 37/100 Coghills Creek — Safety: 65/100
Low fire risk 85 / 45
Blowhard — Low fire risk: 85/100 Coghills Creek — Low fire risk: 45/100
Low flood risk 34 / 100
Blowhard — Low flood risk: 34/100 Coghills Creek — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Blowhard rents higher ($150/wk vs $0/wk); Blowhard skews older (56 vs 42).

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Population 82
+2% vs other
 80
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.4% +12.7%
Median age 56 42
Median household income $75,816/yr $81,224/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $150/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Blowhard Coghills Creek
0-4 6.1% / 10.0%
Blowhard — 0-4: 6.1% Coghills Creek — 0-4: 10.0%
5-14 4.9% / 6.2%
Blowhard — 5-14: 4.9% Coghills Creek — 5-14: 6.2%
15-19 6.1% / 8.8%
Blowhard — 15-19: 6.1% Coghills Creek — 15-19: 8.8%
20-24 3.7% / 3.8%
Blowhard — 20-24: 3.7% Coghills Creek — 20-24: 3.8%
25-34 8.5% / 15.0%
Blowhard — 25-34: 8.5% Coghills Creek — 25-34: 15.0%
35-44 — / 12.5%
Blowhard — 35-44: not among its largest Coghills Creek — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 15.9% / 7.5%
Blowhard — 45-54: 15.9% Coghills Creek — 45-54: 7.5%
55-64 26.8% / 13.8%
Blowhard — 55-64: 26.8% Coghills Creek — 55-64: 13.8%
65-74 19.5% / 26.2%
Blowhard — 65-74: 19.5% Coghills Creek — 65-74: 26.2%
75-84 4.9% / 7.5%
Blowhard — 75-84: 4.9% Coghills Creek — 75-84: 7.5%
85+ 4.9% / —
Blowhard — 85+: 4.9% Coghills Creek — 85+: not among its largest

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Blowhard 38.1% couple families
Blowhard — Couple Families: 38.1% Blowhard — Lone Person: 61.9% Blowhard — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Coghills Creek 46.7% couple families
Coghills Creek — Couple Families: 46.7% Coghills Creek — Lone Person: 20.0% Coghills Creek — One Parent Families: 33.3%
Couple Families Lone Person 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%
Coghills Creek 0.0% renting
Coghills Creek — Owned Outright: 70.0% Coghills Creek — Mortgage: 30.0% Coghills Creek — 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%
Coghills Creek 100.0% houses
Coghills Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Certificate III & IV 30.5% / 21.2%
Blowhard — Certificate III & IV: 30.5% Coghills Creek — Certificate III & IV: 21.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.1% / 15.0%
Blowhard — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1% Coghills Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 15.0%
Bachelor Degree 7.3% / 7.5%
Blowhard — Bachelor Degree: 7.3% Coghills Creek — Bachelor Degree: 7.5%

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

Zoning mix

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Rural and farming 99% 100%
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 Coghills Creek
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Blowhard Coghills Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 48% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 79% of VIC Higher than 17% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 38% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 67% of VIC Higher than 54% of VIC

Liveability

Blowhard is more walkable (20 vs 0).

Blowhard Coghills Creek
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); Coghills Creek carries more bushfire risk (55 vs 15).

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Bushfire Low
15/100
 Moderate
55/100
Crime Moderate
63/100
 Low
35/100
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 Coghills Creek
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 Coghills Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Childcare 1 0

Mobility

Coghills Creek sits further from the CBD (136 km vs 129.8 km).

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Walkability score 20/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 129.8 km 136 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 92 min 96 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 Coghills Creek
Car (driver) 71.9% / 58.8%
Blowhard — Car (driver): 71.9% Coghills Creek — Car (driver): 58.8%
Worked from Home 28.1% / 32.4%
Blowhard — Worked from Home: 28.1% Coghills Creek — Worked from Home: 32.4%
Walked Only — / 8.8%
Blowhard — Walked Only: not among its largest Coghills Creek — Walked Only: 8.8%

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

Setting

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Elevation 416 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 410 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

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

Climate

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Annual rainfall 605 mm 537 mm
Summer max (Jan) 25.7°C —
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C —

Council rates

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Blowhard Coghills Creek
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Blowhard

Retirees Rural

Coghills Creek

Retirees Rural Young Families

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