Bullioh vs Georges Creek

Georges Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 61 in Bullioh. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bullioh, most households are people living alone. In Georges Creek, most households are couple families. On these figures, Bullioh tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Georges Creek 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

Georges Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 43/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (56% vs 31%)
  • But Bullioh has more parks and reserves (4 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

Georges Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($210/wk vs $250/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Georges Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (368.7 km vs 381.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Bullioh has more residents already 65 and over (49% vs 21%)
  • Georges Creek carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 43/100)

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

Investors

Georges Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (21.0% vs -16.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Bullioh and Georges 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.

Bullioh Georges 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.

Bullioh Georges Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Bullioh — Walkability: 0/100 Georges Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 57 / 80
Bullioh — Safety: 57/100 Georges Creek — Safety: 80/100
Low fire risk 16 / 12
Bullioh — Low fire risk: 16/100 Georges Creek — Low fire risk: 12/100
Low flood risk 65 / 54
Bullioh — Low flood risk: 65/100 Georges Creek — Low flood risk: 54/100

Demographics

Bullioh skews older (61 vs 51); Bullioh rents higher ($250/wk vs $210/wk).

Bullioh Georges Creek
Population 63 75
+19% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -16.0% +21.0%
Median age 61 51
Median household income $75,816/yr
+2% vs other
 $74,048/yr
Median weekly rent $250/wk
+16% vs other
 $210/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bullioh Georges Creek
0-4 7.9% / 4.0%
Bullioh — 0-4: 7.9% Georges Creek — 0-4: 4.0%
5-14 — / 17.3%
Bullioh — 5-14: not among its largest Georges Creek — 5-14: 17.3%
15-19 6.3% / 6.7%
Bullioh — 15-19: 6.3% Georges Creek — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 6.3% / 6.7%
Bullioh — 20-24: 6.3% Georges Creek — 20-24: 6.7%
25-34 9.5% / —
Bullioh — 25-34: 9.5% Georges Creek — 25-34: not among its largest
35-44 — / 9.3%
Bullioh — 35-44: not among its largest Georges Creek — 35-44: 9.3%
45-54 14.3% / 8.0%
Bullioh — 45-54: 14.3% Georges Creek — 45-54: 8.0%
55-64 23.8% / 24.0%
Bullioh — 55-64: 23.8% Georges Creek — 55-64: 24.0%
65-74 22.2% / 21.3%
Bullioh — 65-74: 22.2% Georges Creek — 65-74: 21.3%
75-84 12.7% / —
Bullioh — 75-84: 12.7% Georges Creek — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 14.3% / —
Bullioh — 85+: 14.3% Georges Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bullioh 69.2% lone person
Bullioh — Lone Person: 69.2% Bullioh — Couple Families: 30.8%
Georges Creek 43.8% lone person
Georges Creek — Lone Person: 43.8% Georges Creek — Couple Families: 56.2%
Lone Person Couple Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bullioh 15.2% renting
Bullioh — Owned Outright: 57.6% Bullioh — Mortgage: 27.3% Bullioh — Renting: 15.2%
Georges Creek 0.0% renting
Georges Creek — Owned Outright: 44.0% Georges Creek — Mortgage: 56.0% Georges Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bullioh 100.0% houses
Bullioh — Houses: 100.0%
Georges Creek 100.0% houses
Georges Creek — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

Bullioh Georges Creek
Certificate III & IV 20.6% / 20.0%
Bullioh — Certificate III & IV: 20.6% Georges Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.0%
Bachelor Degree 9.5% / 16.0%
Bullioh — Bachelor Degree: 9.5% Georges Creek — Bachelor Degree: 16.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma — / 12.0%
Bullioh — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: not among its largest Georges Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 12.0%
Postgraduate Degree — / 5.3%
Bullioh — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Georges Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 5.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.8% / —
Bullioh — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.8% Georges Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Zoning mix

Bullioh has more rural and farming land (80% vs 61%).

Bullioh Georges Creek
Rural and farming 80% 61%
Parks and recreation 19% 38%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
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

Bullioh Georges Creek
New dwellings approved 19
across Towong
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Bullioh Georges Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 40% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 63% of VIC Higher than 46% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 10% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 12% of VIC Higher than 9% of VIC

Liveability

Bullioh Georges Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Bullioh carries more crime risk (43 vs 20); Georges Creek carries more flood risk (46 vs 35).

Bullioh Georges Creek
Bushfire High
84/100
 High
88/100
Crime Moderate
43/100
 Low
20/100
Flood Low
35/100
 Moderate
46/100
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

Bullioh Georges Creek
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Bullioh Georges Creek
Parks & reserves 4 0
Waterways 6 2

Mobility

Bullioh sits further from the CBD (381.5 km vs 368.7 km).

Bullioh Georges Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 381.5 km
+3% vs other
 368.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 250 min 247 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 3700
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 61
postcode 3700
same for both

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.

Bullioh Georges Creek
Car (driver) 67.9% / 55.6%
Bullioh — Car (driver): 67.9% Georges Creek — Car (driver): 55.6%
Worked from Home 32.1% / 44.4%
Bullioh — Worked from Home: 32.1% Georges Creek — Worked from Home: 44.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.9%).

Setting

Bullioh Georges Creek
Elevation 445 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 313 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Bullioh Georges Creek
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
16 premises
 0%
21 premises

Climate

Bullioh Georges Creek
Annual rainfall 692 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Bullioh Georges Creek
Average residential rate $1,875/yr
same for both
Council Towong
same for both

Federal electorate

Bullioh Georges Creek
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Bullioh

Quiet Retirees Rural

Georges Creek

Rural

More comparisons

Other comparisons with Bullioh

Bullioh vs Tallangatta Valley Bullioh vs Granya

Other comparisons with Georges Creek

Georges Creek vs Talgarno Georges Creek vs Granya
Full data on Bullioh Full data on Georges Creek
Unlock full address-level data — $29/month

Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.

Save this page for later

We'll email you a link to this page so you can finish reading it on any device. We use your address once to send it and don't keep it.

or