Bundoora vs Plenty

Bundoora is the younger of the two, with a median age of 38 against 44 in Plenty. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Plenty, the large majority of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Plenty: a median of $1.59 million, against $875,000 in Bundoora. Bundoora is closer to the city centre: 17.2 km, against 27.8 km. On these figures, Bundoora tends to suit young adults, people living alone, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Plenty 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

They split

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

  • Bundoora has more childcare (17 vs 0)
  • Plenty is already more of a family suburb (85% vs 59%)

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

First-home buyers

Bundoora

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper houses ($875,000 vs $1,590,000)
  • has cheaper land ($980,000 vs $1,200,000)
  • But Plenty leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 28%)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Bundoora has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 4%)
  • Plenty leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 23%)

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

Commuting to the city

Bundoora

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 12/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (17.2 km vs 27.8 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (33 min vs 41 min)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Bundoora

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (24% vs 1%)
  • has more GPs (11 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (95/100 vs 12/100)
  • But Plenty carries lower crime risk (56/100 vs 77/100)

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

Investors

Plenty

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (8.9% vs -2.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Bundoora Plenty
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.

Bundoora Plenty
Walkability 95 / 12
Bundoora — Walkability: 95/100 Plenty — Walkability: 12/100
Safety 23 / 44
Bundoora — Safety: 23/100 Plenty — Safety: 44/100
Low fire risk 44 / 37
Bundoora — Low fire risk: 44/100 Plenty — Low fire risk: 37/100
Low flood risk 58 / 64
Bundoora — Low flood risk: 58/100 Plenty — Low flood risk: 64/100

Demographics

Bundoora has more residents (28,068 vs 2,575); Plenty has higher household incomes ($165,880 vs $86,736).

Bundoora Plenty
Population 28,068
+91% vs other
 2,575
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.0% +8.9%
Median age 38 44
Median household income $86,736/yr $165,880/yr
+91% vs other
Median weekly rent $381/wk $392/wk
+3% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Bundoora Plenty
0-4 4.8% / 3.0%
Bundoora — 0-4: 4.8% Plenty — 0-4: 3.0%
5-14 9.6% / 13.6%
Bundoora — 5-14: 9.6% Plenty — 5-14: 13.6%
15-19 6.2% / 8.5%
Bundoora — 15-19: 6.2% Plenty — 15-19: 8.5%
20-24 9.7% / 7.8%
Bundoora — 20-24: 9.7% Plenty — 20-24: 7.8%
25-34 15.7% / 7.0%
Bundoora — 25-34: 15.7% Plenty — 25-34: 7.0%
35-44 12.1% / 10.3%
Bundoora — 35-44: 12.1% Plenty — 35-44: 10.3%
45-54 12.9% / 18.0%
Bundoora — 45-54: 12.9% Plenty — 45-54: 18.0%
55-64 11.3% / 14.8%
Bundoora — 55-64: 11.3% Plenty — 55-64: 14.8%
65-74 9.0% / 8.1%
Bundoora — 65-74: 9.0% Plenty — 65-74: 8.1%
75-84 6.1% / 4.5%
Bundoora — 75-84: 6.1% Plenty — 75-84: 4.5%
85+ 2.6% / 4.2%
Bundoora — 85+: 2.6% Plenty — 85+: 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Bundoora 44.2% couple families
Bundoora — Couple Families: 44.2% Bundoora — Lone Person: 30.3% Bundoora — One Parent Families: 15.1% Bundoora — Group Household: 8.3% Bundoora — Other Families: 2.1%
Plenty 78.0% couple families
Plenty — Couple Families: 78.0% Plenty — Lone Person: 12.9% Plenty — One Parent Families: 6.8% Plenty — Group Household: 1.1% Plenty — Other Families: 1.3%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Bundoora 28.6% renting
Bundoora — Owned Outright: 37.9% Bundoora — Mortgage: 33.5% Bundoora — Renting: 28.6%
Plenty 4.1% renting
Plenty — Owned Outright: 45.2% Plenty — Mortgage: 50.8% Plenty — Renting: 4.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Bundoora Plenty
Bachelor Degree 15.6% / 13.8%
Bundoora — Bachelor Degree: 15.6% Plenty — Bachelor Degree: 13.8%
Certificate III & IV 10.2% / 13.8%
Bundoora — Certificate III & IV: 10.2% Plenty — Certificate III & IV: 13.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 7.8%
Bundoora — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Plenty — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Postgraduate Degree 6.9% / 3.9%
Bundoora — Postgraduate Degree: 6.9% Plenty — Postgraduate Degree: 3.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / 1.9%
Bundoora — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Plenty — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.6%).

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.

Bundoora Plenty
China 7.6% / —
Bundoora — China: 7.6% Plenty — China: not among its largest
India 4.0% / 1.2%
Bundoora — India: 4.0% Plenty — India: 1.2%
Italy 2.2% / 1.9%
Bundoora — Italy: 2.2% Plenty — Italy: 1.9%
England 1.3% / 2.7%
Bundoora — England: 1.3% Plenty — England: 2.7%
Sri Lanka 2.2% / 0.4%
Bundoora — Sri Lanka: 2.2% Plenty — Sri Lanka: 0.4%
Greece 2.0% / 0.6%
Bundoora — Greece: 2.0% Plenty — Greece: 0.6%
New Zealand — / 0.7%
Bundoora — New Zealand: not among its largest Plenty — New Zealand: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Bundoora 76.1% houses
Bundoora — Houses: 76.1% Bundoora — Townhouses: 14.8% Bundoora — Flats / Apartments: 9.1%
Plenty 99.3% houses
Plenty — Houses: 99.3% Plenty — Townhouses: 0.0% Plenty — Flats / Apartments: 0.7%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Bundoora Plenty
Median house price $875,000 $1,590,000
Median unit price $432,750 —
Median land price $980,000 $1,200,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 24 days
from 316 sales
 48 days
from 18 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.

Bundoora Plenty
3 bed $850K / $1.53M
Bundoora — 3 bed: $850K (314 sales) Plenty — 3 bed: $1.53M (6 sales)

314 vs 6 sales

4 bed $1M / $1.57M
Bundoora — 4 bed: $1M (136 sales) Plenty — 4 bed: $1.57M (20 sales)

136 vs 20 sales

5 bed $1.02M / $2.44M
Bundoora — 5 bed: $1.02M (28 sales) Plenty — 5 bed: $2.44M (6 sales)

28 vs 6 sales

Zoning mix

Plenty has more land zoned for conservation (52% vs 0%).

Bundoora Plenty
Environmental 0% 52%
Residential 43% 21%
Infrastructure and transport 23% 4%
Parks and recreation 23%
same for both
Other and special use 7% 0%
Industrial 3% 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

Bundoora Plenty
New dwellings approved 722
across Banyule
 98
across Nillumbik
Approvals change year on year -75% +8%

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.

Bundoora Plenty
Houses 3.8%
$600/wk on $820K
 —
Units 5.3%
$460/wk on $450K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Bundoora Plenty
House price Higher than 63% of VIC —
Income Higher than 57% of VIC Higher than 99% of VIC
Schools Higher than 62% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 98% of VIC Higher than 74% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 39% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 79% of VIC Higher than 87% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 96% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 54% of VIC —
Rental yield (units) Higher than 76% of VIC —

Liveability

Bundoora is more walkable (95 vs 12).

Bundoora Plenty
Grade B
same for both
Score 57/100 58/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Bundoora carries more crime risk (77 vs 56).

Bundoora Plenty
Bushfire Moderate
56/100
 Moderate
63/100
Crime High
77/100
 Moderate
56/100
Flood Moderate
42/100
 Low
36/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 8
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Bundoora Plenty
Inside the suburb 7 0
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 3 0
Rated below peers 1 0
Universities within 10 km 2
Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus, 0.0 km
 2
Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus, 5.8 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 5.4% 4.1%

Schools in Bundoora

  • Northside Christian College Independent · Combined above peers
  • St Damian's School Catholic · Primary above peers
  • Bundoora Secondary College Government · Secondary at peers
  • Norris Bank Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Parade College Catholic · Secondary at peers
  • Bundoora Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Plenty

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

Amenities in the suburb

Bundoora Plenty
Supermarkets 8 0
Cafes & restaurants 46 2
Parks & reserves 75 8
Childcare 17 0
GPs 11 0
Pharmacies 6 0
Hospitals 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 3 0
Fuel stations 2 1
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 7 17

Mobility

Plenty sits further from the CBD (27.8 km vs 17.2 km).

Bundoora Plenty
Walkability score 95/100 12/100
Distance to Melbourne 17.2 km 27.8 km
+62% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 33 min 41 min
Public transport score 80/100
Tram · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 638.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
 75.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 3083
 1.4%
postcode 3090
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 27
postcode 3083
 48
postcode 3090

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.

Bundoora Plenty
Car (driver) 62.1% / 63.6%
Bundoora — Car (driver): 62.1% Plenty — Car (driver): 63.6%
Worked from Home 26.0% / 30.8%
Bundoora — Worked from Home: 26.0% Plenty — Worked from Home: 30.8%
Car (passenger) 4.6% / 4.3%
Bundoora — Car (passenger): 4.6% Plenty — Car (passenger): 4.3%
Train 2.7% / 0.7%
Bundoora — Train: 2.7% Plenty — Train: 0.7%
Bus 1.6% / 0.3%
Bundoora — Bus: 1.6% Plenty — Bus: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (63.6%).

Setting

Bundoora Plenty
Elevation 102 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 121 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 19.3 km 24.7 km

NBN connectivity

Bundoora Plenty
Connectivity score 90/100 80/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 56%
12,524 premises
 63%
984 premises

Climate

Bundoora Plenty
Annual rainfall 534 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Bundoora Plenty
PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 —
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Bundoora Plenty
Average residential rate $1,787/yr $2,696/yr
Council Banyule Nillumbik

Federal electorate

Bundoora Plenty
Division Jagajaga Mcewen
Member Kate Thwaites Rob Mitchell
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Bundoora Plenty
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Bundoora

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Trams Transport Hub

Plenty

Acreage Outer Premium Quiet River

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