Bonnie Brook vs Deanside

Deanside is the younger of the two, with a median age of 29 against 39 in Bonnie Brook. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Deanside, most households are couple families. Deanside is closer to the city centre: 33 km, against 39.2 km. On these figures, Bonnie Brook tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Deanside 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

Deanside

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 59%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (101% vs 86%)
  • But Bonnie Brook has more childcare (5 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Deanside

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 32%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Deanside

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 23%)

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

Commuting to the city

Deanside

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (33 km vs 39.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Bonnie Brook has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 4%)
  • Deanside is more walkable (23/100 vs 0/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield.

Where they sit

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

Bonnie Brook Deanside
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.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Walkability 0 / 23
Bonnie Brook — Walkability: 0/100 Deanside — Walkability: 23/100
Safety 0 / 1
Bonnie Brook — Safety: 0/100 Deanside — Safety: 1/100
Low fire risk 15 / 10
Bonnie Brook — Low fire risk: 15/100 Deanside — Low fire risk: 10/100
Low flood risk 69 / 71
Bonnie Brook — Low flood risk: 69/100 Deanside — Low flood risk: 71/100

Demographics

Deanside has more residents (654 vs 333); Deanside has higher household incomes ($114,920 vs $84,500).

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Population 333 654
+96% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) —
same for both
Median age 39 29
Median household income $84,500/yr $114,920/yr
+36% vs other
Median weekly rent $381/wk $401/wk
+5% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
0-4 4.8% / 8.6%
Bonnie Brook — 0-4: 4.8% Deanside — 0-4: 8.6%
5-14 8.4% / 19.0%
Bonnie Brook — 5-14: 8.4% Deanside — 5-14: 19.0%
15-19 4.2% / 6.3%
Bonnie Brook — 15-19: 4.2% Deanside — 15-19: 6.3%
20-24 5.1% / 8.4%
Bonnie Brook — 20-24: 5.1% Deanside — 20-24: 8.4%
25-34 20.4% / 22.0%
Bonnie Brook — 25-34: 20.4% Deanside — 25-34: 22.0%
35-44 13.5% / 20.0%
Bonnie Brook — 35-44: 13.5% Deanside — 35-44: 20.0%
45-54 4.8% / 8.3%
Bonnie Brook — 45-54: 4.8% Deanside — 45-54: 8.3%
55-64 15.6% / 5.4%
Bonnie Brook — 55-64: 15.6% Deanside — 55-64: 5.4%
65-74 15.9% / 3.4%
Bonnie Brook — 65-74: 15.9% Deanside — 65-74: 3.4%
75-84 4.5% / 0.9%
Bonnie Brook — 75-84: 4.5% Deanside — 75-84: 0.9%
85+ 0.9% / —
Bonnie Brook — 85+: 0.9% Deanside — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bonnie Brook 43.2% couple families
Bonnie Brook — Couple Families: 43.2% Bonnie Brook — Lone Person: 37.0% Bonnie Brook — One Parent Families: 16.0% Bonnie Brook — Group Household: 3.7% Bonnie Brook — Other Families: 0.0%
Deanside 57.3% couple families
Deanside — Couple Families: 57.3% Deanside — Lone Person: 18.7% Deanside — One Parent Families: 18.7% Deanside — Group Household: 2.9% Deanside — Other Families: 2.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bonnie Brook 18.5% renting
Bonnie Brook — Owned Outright: 47.2% Bonnie Brook — Mortgage: 34.3% Bonnie Brook — Renting: 18.5%
Deanside 24.5% renting
Deanside — Owned Outright: 13.5% Deanside — Mortgage: 62.0% Deanside — Renting: 24.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Bachelor Degree 12.3% / 17.6%
Bonnie Brook — Bachelor Degree: 12.3% Deanside — Bachelor Degree: 17.6%
Certificate III & IV 12.3% / 9.0%
Bonnie Brook — Certificate III & IV: 12.3% Deanside — Certificate III & IV: 9.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.0% / 8.1%
Bonnie Brook — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.0% Deanside — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 6.1%
Bonnie Brook — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Deanside — Postgraduate Degree: 6.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 1.5%
Bonnie Brook — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Deanside — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).

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.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
India 8.7% / 12.7%
Bonnie Brook — India: 8.7% Deanside — India: 12.7%
Philippines 1.2% / 6.4%
Bonnie Brook — Philippines: 1.2% Deanside — Philippines: 6.4%
New Zealand 1.5% / 2.8%
Bonnie Brook — New Zealand: 1.5% Deanside — New Zealand: 2.8%
Sri Lanka 2.1% / 1.7%
Bonnie Brook — Sri Lanka: 2.1% Deanside — Sri Lanka: 1.7%
Iraq — / 2.9%
Bonnie Brook — Iraq: not among its largest Deanside — Iraq: 2.9%
England 0.9% / —
Bonnie Brook — England: 0.9% Deanside — England: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (12.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bonnie Brook 86.3% houses
Bonnie Brook — Houses: 86.3% Bonnie Brook — Flats / Apartments: 13.7%
Deanside 101.0% houses
Deanside — Houses: 101.0% Deanside — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Median house price $668,000 $690,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $342,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 5 days
from 3 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
3 bed $595K / $590K
Bonnie Brook — 3 bed: $595K (31 sales) Deanside — 3 bed: $590K (20 sales)

31 vs 20 sales

4 bed $685K / $698K
Bonnie Brook — 4 bed: $685K (77 sales) Deanside — 4 bed: $698K (75 sales)

77 vs 75 sales

5 bed $1.01M / $870K
Bonnie Brook — 5 bed: $1.01M (8 sales) Deanside — 5 bed: $870K (11 sales)

8 vs 11 sales

Zoning mix

Deanside has more land zoned for conservation (40% vs 6%); Bonnie Brook has more rural and farming land (29% vs 0%).

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Residential 56% 53%
Environmental 6% 40%
Rural and farming 29% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 5%
Other and special use 4% 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

Bonnie Brook Deanside
New dwellings approved 4,602
across Melton
same for both
Approvals change year on year +5%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Houses 3.9%
$540/wk on $722K
 3.8%
$530/wk on $720K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bonnie Brook Deanside
House price Higher than 33% of VIC Higher than 39% of VIC
Income Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 87% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 58% of VIC Higher than 81% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 73% of VIC Higher than 94% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 85% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of VIC Higher than 99% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 60% of VIC Higher than 56% of VIC

Liveability

Deanside is more walkable (23 vs 0).

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Grade — C
Score — 37/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Bushfire High
85/100
 High
90/100
Crime High
100/100
 High
99/100
Flood Low
31/100
 Low
29/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 3
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1
same for both

Schools in Bonnie Brook

  • Deanside Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Deanside

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

Amenities in the suburb

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Cafes & restaurants 4 0
Parks & reserves 5 4
Childcare 5 0
Waterways 2 3

Mobility

Bonnie Brook sits further from the CBD (39.2 km vs 33 km).

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Walkability score 0/100 23/100
Distance to Melbourne 39.2 km
+16% vs other
 33 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 37 min 34 min
Public transport score 77/100
Bus
 57/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 28.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 12.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 2.5 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.3%
postcode 3335
 1.6%
postcode 3336
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings —
postcode 3335
 89
postcode 3336

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.

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Car (driver) 55.8% / 61.8%
Bonnie Brook — Car (driver): 55.8% Deanside — Car (driver): 61.8%
Worked from Home 25.4% / 28.1%
Bonnie Brook — Worked from Home: 25.4% Deanside — Worked from Home: 28.1%
Car (passenger) 6.5% / 4.9%
Bonnie Brook — Car (passenger): 6.5% Deanside — Car (passenger): 4.9%
Walked Only 10.1% / 1.1%
Bonnie Brook — Walked Only: 10.1% Deanside — Walked Only: 1.1%
Train 2.2% / 2.1%
Bonnie Brook — Train: 2.2% Deanside — Train: 2.1%
Bus — / 2.1%
Bonnie Brook — Bus: not among its largest Deanside — Bus: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (61.8%).

Setting

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Elevation 114 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 95 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 23.6 km 18.6 km

NBN connectivity

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Connectivity score 98/100 99/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 97%
2,975 premises
 99%
2,440 premises

Climate

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Annual rainfall 518 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.0°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bonnie Brook Deanside
PM2.5 4.4 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Average residential rate $1,779/yr
same for both
Council Melton
same for both

Federal electorate

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Division Gorton
same for both
Member Alice Jordan-Baird
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bonnie Brook Deanside
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bonnie Brook

Multicultural Outer

Deanside

Acreage Family Multicultural Outer River Young Families

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