Chum Creek vs Healesville

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Chum Creek, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Chum Creek tends to suit couples, while Healesville suits people living alone.

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

  • Chum Creek carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 60/100)
  • Healesville has more childcare (8 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Chum Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 27%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Healesville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (18% vs 7%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Chum Creek is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)
  • Healesville sits closer to the CBD (65.8 km vs 69.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Chum Creek

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (17/100 vs 60/100)
  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)
  • But Healesville has more GPs (4 vs 0)

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

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

Chum Creek Healesville
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.

Chum Creek Healesville
Walkability 13 / 4
Chum Creek — Walkability: 13/100 Healesville — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 83 / 40
Chum Creek — Safety: 83/100 Healesville — Safety: 40/100
Low fire risk 1 / 4
Chum Creek — Low fire risk: 1/100 Healesville — Low fire risk: 4/100
Low flood risk 100 / 42
Chum Creek — Low flood risk: 100/100 Healesville — Low flood risk: 42/100

Demographics

Healesville has more residents (7,589 vs 981); Chum Creek has higher household incomes ($98,904 vs $76,544).

Chum Creek Healesville
Population 981 7,589
+674% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -0.2% +1.7%
Median age 45 46
Median household income $98,904/yr
+23% vs other
 $76,544/yr
Median weekly rent $361/wk
+3% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Chum Creek Healesville
0-4 3.8% / 5.1%
Chum Creek — 0-4: 3.8% Healesville — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 13.5% / 11.4%
Chum Creek — 5-14: 13.5% Healesville — 5-14: 11.4%
15-19 5.2% / 5.6%
Chum Creek — 15-19: 5.2% Healesville — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 4.7% / 4.5%
Chum Creek — 20-24: 4.7% Healesville — 20-24: 4.5%
25-34 11.2% / 10.2%
Chum Creek — 25-34: 11.2% Healesville — 25-34: 10.2%
35-44 10.6% / 11.6%
Chum Creek — 35-44: 10.6% Healesville — 35-44: 11.6%
45-54 13.1% / 13.2%
Chum Creek — 45-54: 13.1% Healesville — 45-54: 13.2%
55-64 16.1% / 14.9%
Chum Creek — 55-64: 16.1% Healesville — 55-64: 14.9%
65-74 14.5% / 11.9%
Chum Creek — 65-74: 14.5% Healesville — 65-74: 11.9%
75-84 5.6% / 8.4%
Chum Creek — 75-84: 5.6% Healesville — 75-84: 8.4%
85+ 1.6% / 3.4%
Chum Creek — 85+: 1.6% Healesville — 85+: 3.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Chum Creek 52.2% couple families
Chum Creek — Couple Families: 52.2% Chum Creek — Lone Person: 26.1% Chum Creek — One Parent Families: 16.7% Chum Creek — Group Household: 3.7% Chum Creek — Other Families: 1.2%
Healesville 39.2% couple families
Healesville — Couple Families: 39.2% Healesville — Lone Person: 39.7% Healesville — One Parent Families: 17.3% Healesville — Group Household: 2.9% Healesville — Other Families: 0.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Chum Creek 6.6% renting
Chum Creek — Owned Outright: 41.7% Chum Creek — Mortgage: 51.7% Chum Creek — Renting: 6.6%
Healesville 17.7% renting
Healesville — Owned Outright: 41.3% Healesville — Mortgage: 41.0% Healesville — Renting: 17.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Chum Creek Healesville
Certificate III & IV 20.9% / 16.7%
Chum Creek — Certificate III & IV: 20.9% Healesville — Certificate III & IV: 16.7%
Bachelor Degree 10.9% / 10.9%
Chum Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.9% Healesville — Bachelor Degree: 10.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.9% / 9.1%
Chum Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.9% Healesville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1%
Postgraduate Degree 2.9% / 3.1%
Chum Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.9% Healesville — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.2% / 2.2%
Chum Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2% Healesville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.9%).

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.

Chum Creek Healesville
England 5.8% / 5.4%
Chum Creek — England: 5.8% Healesville — England: 5.4%
New Zealand 1.5% / 1.7%
Chum Creek — New Zealand: 1.5% Healesville — New Zealand: 1.7%
Netherlands 1.3% / 0.9%
Chum Creek — Netherlands: 1.3% Healesville — Netherlands: 0.9%
Germany 1.1% / 0.8%
Chum Creek — Germany: 1.1% Healesville — Germany: 0.8%
Scotland — / 0.8%
Chum Creek — Scotland: not among its largest Healesville — Scotland: 0.8%
France 0.6% / —
Chum Creek — France: 0.6% Healesville — France: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.8%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Chum Creek 100.0% houses
Chum Creek — Houses: 100.0% Chum Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Chum Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Healesville 89.3% houses
Healesville — Houses: 89.3% Healesville — Townhouses: 10.0% Healesville — Flats / Apartments: 0.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Chum Creek Healesville
Median house price $825,000 $805,500
Median unit price — $610,175
Median land price — $537,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 68 days
from 6 sales
 30 days
from 75 sales

Zoning mix

Chum Creek has more land zoned for conservation (34% vs 6%); Chum Creek has more rural and farming land (55% vs 29%).

Chum Creek Healesville
Infrastructure and transport 2% 56%
Rural and farming 55% 29%
Environmental 34% 6%
Parks and recreation 9% 5%
Residential 0% 3%
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

Chum Creek Healesville
New dwellings approved 416
across Yarra Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year -57%
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.

Chum Creek Healesville
Houses — 3.8%
$650/wk on $888K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Chum Creek Healesville
House price Higher than 34% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC
Income Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 44% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 5% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 76% of VIC Higher than 65% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 87% of VIC Higher than 38% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 68% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 76% of VIC Higher than 79% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 55% of VIC

Liveability

Chum Creek is more walkable (13 vs 4); Chum Creek scores higher overall (49 vs 23).

Chum Creek Healesville
Grade C D
Score 49/100 23/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Healesville carries more flood risk (58 vs 0); Healesville carries more crime risk (60 vs 17).

Chum Creek Healesville
Bushfire High
99/100
 High
96/100
Crime Low
17/100
 Moderate
60/100
Flood None
0/100
 Moderate
58/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Chum Creek Healesville
Inside the suburb 1 4
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Chum Creek

  • Chum Creek Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Healesville

  • Healesville Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Healesville High School Government · Secondary below peers
  • St Brigid's School Catholic · Primary below peers
  • Worawa Aboriginal College Independent · Secondary · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Chum Creek Healesville
Supermarkets 0 4
Cafes & restaurants 0 15
Parks & reserves 2 17
Childcare 0 8
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 2
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 4
Fuel stations 0 4
EV chargers 0 2
Waterways 1 80

Mobility

Chum Creek sits further from the CBD (69.6 km vs 65.8 km).

Chum Creek Healesville
Walkability score 13/100 4/100
Distance to Melbourne 69.6 km
+5% vs other
 65.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 74 min 73 min
Electric vehicle share 0.8%
postcode 3777
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 42
postcode 3777
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.

Chum Creek Healesville
Car (driver) 69.7% / 65.9%
Chum Creek — Car (driver): 69.7% Healesville — Car (driver): 65.9%
Worked from Home 24.3% / 24.9%
Chum Creek — Worked from Home: 24.3% Healesville — Worked from Home: 24.9%
Car (passenger) 4.5% / 3.9%
Chum Creek — Car (passenger): 4.5% Healesville — Car (passenger): 3.9%
Walked Only 1.5% / 3.6%
Chum Creek — Walked Only: 1.5% Healesville — Walked Only: 3.6%
Train — / 0.8%
Chum Creek — Train: not among its largest Healesville — Train: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.7%).

Setting

Chum Creek Healesville
Elevation 179 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 156 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Chum Creek Healesville
Connectivity score 63/100 69/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 38%
334 premises
 45%
3,775 premises

Climate

Chum Creek Healesville
Annual rainfall 1,215 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 22.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.8°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Chum Creek Healesville
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Chum Creek Healesville
Average residential rate $2,161/yr
same for both
Council Yarra Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

Chum Creek Healesville
Division Casey
same for both
Member Aaron Violi
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Chum Creek

Acreage

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