Clarkefield vs Beveridge

Beveridge is the younger of the two, with a median age of 32 against 44 in Clarkefield. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Beveridge, most households are couple families. On these figures, Clarkefield tends to suit people living alone, while Beveridge 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

Beveridge

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (6 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Beveridge

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 32%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Clarkefield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($345/wk vs $400/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Beveridge

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (30/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (46 min vs 55 min)
  • But Clarkefield sits closer to the CBD (49.2 km vs 53 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Clarkefield has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 6%)
  • Beveridge is more walkable (30/100 vs 0/100)

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

Investors

Beveridge

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (99.2% vs -5.3%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Clarkefield Beveridge
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.

Clarkefield Beveridge
Walkability 0 / 30
Clarkefield — Walkability: 0/100 Beveridge — Walkability: 30/100
Safety 11 / 12
Clarkefield — Safety: 11/100 Beveridge — Safety: 12/100
Low fire risk 32 / 34
Clarkefield — Low fire risk: 32/100 Beveridge — Low fire risk: 34/100
Low flood risk 100 / 53
Clarkefield — Low flood risk: 100/100 Beveridge — Low flood risk: 53/100

Demographics

Beveridge has more residents (4,642 vs 303); Clarkefield skews older (44 vs 32).

Clarkefield Beveridge
Population 303 4,642
+1432% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -5.3% +99.2%
Median age 44 32
Median household income $88,348/yr $117,832/yr
+33% vs other
Median weekly rent $345/wk $400/wk
+16% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Clarkefield Beveridge
0-4 5.0% / 10.7%
Clarkefield — 0-4: 5.0% Beveridge — 0-4: 10.7%
5-14 12.5% / 16.5%
Clarkefield — 5-14: 12.5% Beveridge — 5-14: 16.5%
15-19 5.3% / 5.5%
Clarkefield — 15-19: 5.3% Beveridge — 15-19: 5.5%
20-24 4.6% / 5.0%
Clarkefield — 20-24: 4.6% Beveridge — 20-24: 5.0%
25-34 12.5% / 19.4%
Clarkefield — 25-34: 12.5% Beveridge — 25-34: 19.4%
35-44 9.2% / 17.4%
Clarkefield — 35-44: 9.2% Beveridge — 35-44: 17.4%
45-54 14.2% / 11.7%
Clarkefield — 45-54: 14.2% Beveridge — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 16.5% / 7.6%
Clarkefield — 55-64: 16.5% Beveridge — 55-64: 7.6%
65-74 9.6% / 4.8%
Clarkefield — 65-74: 9.6% Beveridge — 65-74: 4.8%
75-84 7.9% / 1.4%
Clarkefield — 75-84: 7.9% Beveridge — 75-84: 1.4%
85+ — / 0.2%
Clarkefield — 85+: not among its largest Beveridge — 85+: 0.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Clarkefield 44.3% couple families
Clarkefield — Couple Families: 44.3% Clarkefield — Lone Person: 31.6% Clarkefield — One Parent Families: 20.3% Clarkefield — Group Household: 3.8% Clarkefield — Other Families: 0.0%
Beveridge 70.7% couple families
Beveridge — Couple Families: 70.7% Beveridge — Lone Person: 14.0% Beveridge — One Parent Families: 12.7% Beveridge — Group Household: 1.9% Beveridge — Other Families: 0.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Clarkefield 16.9% renting
Clarkefield — Owned Outright: 44.6% Clarkefield — Mortgage: 38.6% Clarkefield — Renting: 16.9%
Beveridge 17.7% renting
Beveridge — Owned Outright: 15.9% Beveridge — Mortgage: 66.4% Beveridge — Renting: 17.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Clarkefield Beveridge
Certificate III & IV 15.8% / 15.0%
Clarkefield — Certificate III & IV: 15.8% Beveridge — Certificate III & IV: 15.0%
Bachelor Degree 7.9% / 9.1%
Clarkefield — Bachelor Degree: 7.9% Beveridge — Bachelor Degree: 9.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.0% / 9.0%
Clarkefield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.0% Beveridge — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.3% / 3.3%
Clarkefield — Postgraduate Degree: 1.3% Beveridge — Postgraduate Degree: 3.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.7%
Clarkefield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Beveridge — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).

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.

Clarkefield Beveridge
India — / 7.0%
Clarkefield — India: not among its largest Beveridge — India: 7.0%
Italy 3.3% / 0.8%
Clarkefield — Italy: 3.3% Beveridge — Italy: 0.8%
New Zealand 1.0% / 2.2%
Clarkefield — New Zealand: 1.0% Beveridge — New Zealand: 2.2%
England 1.0% / 1.9%
Clarkefield — England: 1.0% Beveridge — England: 1.9%
Greece 1.0% / —
Clarkefield — Greece: 1.0% Beveridge — Greece: not among its largest
Lebanon 1.0% / —
Clarkefield — Lebanon: 1.0% Beveridge — Lebanon: not among its largest
Philippines — / 0.9%
Clarkefield — Philippines: not among its largest Beveridge — Philippines: 0.9%
Iraq — / 0.8%
Clarkefield — Iraq: not among its largest Beveridge — Iraq: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Clarkefield 100.0% houses
Clarkefield — Houses: 100.0% Clarkefield — Townhouses: 0.0%
Beveridge 99.6% houses
Beveridge — Houses: 99.6% Beveridge — Townhouses: 0.8%
Houses Townhouses

Property market

Clarkefield Beveridge
Median house price — $638,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $614,750
Typical days to sell (houses) — 56 days
from 211 sales

Zoning mix

Clarkefield has more rural and farming land (98% vs 46%); Beveridge has more land zoned for conservation (11% vs 0%).

Clarkefield Beveridge
Rural and farming 98% 46%
Residential 0% 37%
Environmental 0% 11%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 4%
Other and special use 0% 2%
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

Clarkefield Beveridge
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
 1,074
across Mitchell
Approvals change year on year +80% +70%

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.

Clarkefield Beveridge
Houses — 3.9%
$500/wk on $670K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Clarkefield Beveridge
House price — Higher than 31% of VIC
Income Higher than 58% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 31% of VIC Higher than 82% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 96% of VIC
EV adoption — Higher than 70% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 59% of VIC Higher than 96% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 60% of VIC

Liveability

Beveridge is more walkable (30 vs 0).

Clarkefield Beveridge
Grade — C
Score — 38/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Beveridge carries more flood risk (47 vs 0).

Clarkefield Beveridge
Bushfire Moderate
68/100
 Moderate
66/100
Crime High
89/100
 High
88/100
Flood None
0/100
 Moderate
47/100
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

Clarkefield Beveridge
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Clarkefield

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

Schools in Beveridge

  • Beveridge Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Beveridge Primary School-Ambrosia Campus Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Clarkefield Beveridge
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 0 3
Childcare 0 6
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 7 6

Mobility

Beveridge sits further from the CBD (53 km vs 49.2 km).

Clarkefield Beveridge
Walkability score 0/100 30/100
Distance to Melbourne 49.2 km 53 km
+8% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 55 min 46 min
Public transport score 41/100
Rail
 67/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 4.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 18.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 9 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 3430
 0.8%
postcode 3753
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 3430
 98
postcode 3753

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.

Clarkefield Beveridge
Car (driver) 66.2% / 74.8%
Clarkefield — Car (driver): 66.2% Beveridge — Car (driver): 74.8%
Worked from Home 30.1% / 19.1%
Clarkefield — Worked from Home: 30.1% Beveridge — Worked from Home: 19.1%
Car (passenger) 3.7% / 4.0%
Clarkefield — Car (passenger): 3.7% Beveridge — Car (passenger): 4.0%
Train — / 1.1%
Clarkefield — Train: not among its largest Beveridge — Train: 1.1%
Walked Only — / 0.9%
Clarkefield — Walked Only: not among its largest Beveridge — Walked Only: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.8%).

Setting

Clarkefield Beveridge
Elevation 323 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 266 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 40.5 km 40.7 km

NBN connectivity

Clarkefield Beveridge
Connectivity score 30/100 91/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
130 premises
 88%
1,847 premises

Climate

Clarkefield Beveridge
Annual rainfall 518 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Clarkefield Beveridge
Average residential rate $2,065/yr $1,947/yr
Council Macedon Ranges Mitchell

Federal electorate

Clarkefield Beveridge
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Clarkefield Beveridge
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Clarkefield

Outer Trains

Beveridge

Acreage Family Outer Quiet Young Families

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