Camperdown vs Tesbury
Tesbury is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 51 in Camperdown. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Tesbury tends to suit 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
Camperdown
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (12 vs 0)
- has more childcare (5 vs 0)
- has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
- But Tesbury carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 66/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Tesbury
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (13% vs 23%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Tesbury
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- leaves renters under less rental stress (11% vs 21%)
- has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $240/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Camperdown
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (76/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (140 min vs 147 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (191.7 km vs 198.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Camperdown
ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (76/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (3 vs 0)
- has more residents already 65 and over (31% vs 25%)
- But Tesbury carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 66/100)
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
Camperdown and Tesbury drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Camperdown has more residents (3,354 vs 110); Tesbury has higher household incomes ($97,500 vs $58,656).
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,354 +97% vs other | 110 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -0.4% | -1.8% |
| Median age | 51 | 44 |
| Median household income | $58,656/yr | $97,500/yr +66% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $240/wk +17% vs other | $200/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).
Property market
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $460,000 | — |
| Median unit price | $362,500 | — |
| Median land price | $390,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 65 days from 24 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Tesbury has more rural and farming land (100% vs 70%).
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 70% | 100% |
| Parks and recreation | 14% | 0% |
| Residential | 8% | 0% |
| Environmental | 4% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 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
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 60 across Corangamite same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +117% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.9% $450/wk on $478K | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 11% of VIC | — |
| Income | Higher than 19% of VIC | — |
| Schools | Higher than 83% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 92% of VIC | Higher than 10% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 71% of VIC | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 8% of VIC | Higher than 7% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 75% of VIC | Higher than 39% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 97% of VIC | — |
Liveability
Camperdown is more walkable (76 vs 0).
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | — |
| Score | 51/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Camperdown carries more bushfire risk (36 vs 0); Camperdown carries more flood risk (24 vs 0).
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 36/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 66/100 | Low 16/100 |
| Flood | Low 24/100 | None 0/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 4 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 2 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Camperdown
- Camperdown College Government · Combined above peers
- Mercy Regional College Catholic · Secondary above peers
- St Patrick's School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Camperdown College-Brooke Street Government · Combined
Schools in Tesbury
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 2 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 2 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 12 | 0 |
| Childcare | 5 | 0 |
| GPs | 3 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 2 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 1 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 4 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 3 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 2 | 1 |
Mobility
Tesbury sits further from the CBD (198.7 km vs 191.7 km).
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 76/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 191.7 km | 198.7 km +4% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 140 min | 147 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 3260 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 29 postcode 3260 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.2%).
Setting
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 187 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 143 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 44.5 km | 39.4 km |
NBN connectivity
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 61/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 33% 2,010 premises | 0% 34 premises |
Climate
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 717 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,335/yr same for both | |
| Council | Corangamite same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Wannon same for both | |
| Member | Dan Tehan same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Camperdown | Tesbury | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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