Brookfield vs Hopetoun Park

Brookfield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 38 in Hopetoun Park. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Hopetoun Park: a median of $1.5 million, against $605,000 in Brookfield, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Brookfield tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while Hopetoun Park suits 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

Brookfield

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (11 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)
  • But Hopetoun Park is already more of a family suburb (88% vs 74%)

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

First-home buyers

Brookfield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($605,000 vs $1,500,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Brookfield has a bigger rental market to choose from (30% vs 2%)
  • Hopetoun Park leaves renters under less rental stress (15% vs 21%)

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

Commuting to the city

Brookfield

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (40/100 vs 0/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (48 km vs 51.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Brookfield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (40/100 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 population growth.

Where they sit

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

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
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.

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Walkability 40 / 0
Brookfield — Walkability: 40/100 Hopetoun Park — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 57 / 54
Brookfield — Safety: 57/100 Hopetoun Park — Safety: 54/100
Low fire risk 34 / 30
Brookfield — Low fire risk: 34/100 Hopetoun Park — Low fire risk: 30/100
Low flood risk 87 / 35
Brookfield — Low flood risk: 87/100 Hopetoun Park — Low flood risk: 35/100

Demographics

Brookfield has more residents (10,782 vs 914); Hopetoun Park has higher household incomes ($133,224 vs $85,384).

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Population 10,782
+92% vs other
 914
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +17.0% +14.5%
Median age 32 38
Median household income $85,384/yr $133,224/yr
+56% vs other
Median weekly rent $350/wk $375/wk
+7% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
0-4 8.9% / 4.4%
Brookfield — 0-4: 8.9% Hopetoun Park — 0-4: 4.4%
5-14 17.9% / 20.8%
Brookfield — 5-14: 17.9% Hopetoun Park — 5-14: 20.8%
15-19 6.4% / 7.2%
Brookfield — 15-19: 6.4% Hopetoun Park — 15-19: 7.2%
20-24 6.1% / 6.6%
Brookfield — 20-24: 6.1% Hopetoun Park — 20-24: 6.6%
25-34 15.2% / 6.6%
Brookfield — 25-34: 15.2% Hopetoun Park — 25-34: 6.6%
35-44 15.9% / 17.4%
Brookfield — 35-44: 15.9% Hopetoun Park — 35-44: 17.4%
45-54 10.4% / 17.4%
Brookfield — 45-54: 10.4% Hopetoun Park — 45-54: 17.4%
55-64 8.2% / 10.4%
Brookfield — 55-64: 8.2% Hopetoun Park — 55-64: 10.4%
65-74 6.8% / 7.8%
Brookfield — 65-74: 6.8% Hopetoun Park — 65-74: 7.8%
75-84 3.1% / 1.6%
Brookfield — 75-84: 3.1% Hopetoun Park — 75-84: 1.6%
85+ 1.0% / 0.3%
Brookfield — 85+: 1.0% Hopetoun Park — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Brookfield 55.0% couple families
Brookfield — Couple Families: 55.0% Brookfield — Lone Person: 22.4% Brookfield — One Parent Families: 18.8% Brookfield — Other Families: 1.5% Brookfield — Group Household: 2.3%
Hopetoun Park 82.7% couple families
Hopetoun Park — Couple Families: 82.7% Hopetoun Park — Lone Person: 9.9% Hopetoun Park — One Parent Families: 5.0% Hopetoun Park — Other Families: 2.5% Hopetoun Park — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Brookfield 30.0% renting
Brookfield — Owned Outright: 24.2% Brookfield — Mortgage: 45.8% Brookfield — Renting: 30.0%
Hopetoun Park 2.4% renting
Hopetoun Park — Owned Outright: 32.3% Hopetoun Park — Mortgage: 65.3% Hopetoun Park — Renting: 2.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Certificate III & IV 13.4% / 18.5%
Brookfield — Certificate III & IV: 13.4% Hopetoun Park — Certificate III & IV: 18.5%
Bachelor Degree 8.3% / 6.1%
Brookfield — Bachelor Degree: 8.3% Hopetoun Park — Bachelor Degree: 6.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.2% / 7.0%
Brookfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.2% Hopetoun Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.0%
Postgraduate Degree 2.8% / 1.1%
Brookfield — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8% Hopetoun Park — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / 2.0%
Brookfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Hopetoun Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.5%).

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.

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
India 7.5% / 0.4%
Brookfield — India: 7.5% Hopetoun Park — India: 0.4%
New Zealand 3.1% / 1.4%
Brookfield — New Zealand: 3.1% Hopetoun Park — New Zealand: 1.4%
England 2.1% / 1.0%
Brookfield — England: 2.1% Hopetoun Park — England: 1.0%
Philippines 2.4% / 0.5%
Brookfield — Philippines: 2.4% Hopetoun Park — Philippines: 0.5%
Pakistan 1.4% / —
Brookfield — Pakistan: 1.4% Hopetoun Park — Pakistan: not among its largest
Italy — / 1.0%
Brookfield — Italy: not among its largest Hopetoun Park — Italy: 1.0%
Greece — / 0.7%
Brookfield — Greece: not among its largest Hopetoun Park — Greece: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Brookfield 89.7% houses
Brookfield — Houses: 89.7% Brookfield — Townhouses: 10.3%
Hopetoun Park 101.2% houses
Hopetoun Park — Houses: 101.2% Hopetoun Park — Townhouses: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses

Property market

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Median house price $605,000 $1,500,000
Median unit price $450,000 —
Median land price $364,250 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 32 days
from 153 sales
 92 days
from 5 sales

Zoning mix

Hopetoun Park has more rural and farming land (41% vs 11%).

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Residential 65% 47%
Rural and farming 11% 41%
Infrastructure and transport 11% 12%
Parks and recreation 7% 0%
Environmental 5% 0%
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

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
New dwellings approved 4,602
across Melton
 338
across Moorabool
Approvals change year on year +5% +4%

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.

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Houses 3.8%
$470/wk on $637K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
House price Higher than 24% of VIC —
Income Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 95% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 84% of VIC Higher than 44% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 82% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 72% of VIC Higher than 65% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 98% of VIC Higher than 64% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 57% of VIC —

Liveability

Brookfield is more walkable (40 vs 0); Brookfield scores higher overall (44 vs 35).

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Grade C
same for both
Score 44/100 35/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Hopetoun Park carries more flood risk (65 vs 13).

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Bushfire Moderate
66/100
 High
70/100
Crime Moderate
43/100
 Moderate
46/100
Flood Low
13/100
 Moderate
65/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Brookfield

  • Melton Christian College Independent · Combined at peers
  • Binap Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Hopetoun Park

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

Amenities in the suburb

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Parks & reserves 3 0
Childcare 11 0
Waterways 7 2

Mobility

Hopetoun Park sits further from the CBD (51.2 km vs 48 km).

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Walkability score 40/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 48 km 51.2 km
+7% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 45 min 44 min
Electric vehicle share 0.9%
postcode 3338
 0.7%
postcode 3340
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 57
postcode 3338
 42
postcode 3340

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.

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Car (driver) 73.1% / 71.7%
Brookfield — Car (driver): 73.1% Hopetoun Park — Car (driver): 71.7%
Worked from Home 17.5% / 22.7%
Brookfield — Worked from Home: 17.5% Hopetoun Park — Worked from Home: 22.7%
Car (passenger) 5.7% / 4.5%
Brookfield — Car (passenger): 5.7% Hopetoun Park — Car (passenger): 4.5%
Train 3.1% / —
Brookfield — Train: 3.1% Hopetoun Park — Train: not among its largest
Bicycle — / 1.1%
Brookfield — Bicycle: not among its largest Hopetoun Park — Bicycle: 1.1%
Walked Only 0.4% / —
Brookfield — Walked Only: 0.4% Hopetoun Park — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.1%).

Setting

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Elevation 119 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 142 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 31.1 km 34.1 km

NBN connectivity

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Connectivity score 96/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 92%
4,078 premises
 0%
273 premises

Climate

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Annual rainfall 482 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.2°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
PM2.5 4.4 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Average residential rate $1,779/yr $1,979/yr
Council Melton Moorabool

Federal electorate

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Division Hawke
same for both
Member Sam Rae
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Brookfield Hopetoun Park
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Brookfield

Family Large Blocks Multicultural Outer Young Families

Hopetoun Park

Acreage Family Outer Premium

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