Cobungra vs Dinner Plain
Dinner Plain is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 47 in Cobungra. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Cobungra, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Cobungra tends to suit people living alone, couples, and older residents, while Dinner Plain suits young adults.
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
Cobungra
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 35%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 72%)
- But Dinner Plain has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Dinner Plain
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (15% vs 30%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Cobungra
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $269/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Dinner Plain
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (300 min vs 309 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (394.7 km vs 406.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Cobungra
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 7%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Cobungra
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (9.4% vs -44.3%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Cobungra and Dinner Plain 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
Dinner Plain rents higher ($269/wk vs $0/wk); Dinner Plain has more residents (128 vs 58).
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 58 | 128 +121% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +9.4% | -44.3% |
| Median age | 47 | 37 |
| Median household income | $74,724/yr | $117,000/yr +57% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | — | $269/wk (not reported on the other side) |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).
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 (19.0%).
Property market
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $830,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $515,000 |
| Median land price | — | $140,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 125 days from 7 sales |
Zoning mix
Cobungra has more rural and farming land (39% vs 0%); Dinner Plain has more land zoned for conservation (29% vs 7%).
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks and recreation | 54% | 60% |
| Rural and farming | 39% | 0% |
| Environmental | 7% | 29% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 8% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 1% | 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
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 32 across Alpine same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -42% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — | Higher than 50% of VIC |
| Income | Higher than 40% of VIC | Higher than 89% of VIC |
| Schools | — | Higher than 24% of VIC |
| Walkability | Higher than 5% of VIC | Higher than 48% of VIC |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 86% of VIC |
| EV adoption | Higher than 49% of VIC same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 17% of VIC | Higher than 65% of VIC |
Liveability
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 96/100 | High 99/100 |
| Crime | Low 28/100 | Low 23/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| 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
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 3 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Cobungra
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Dinner Plain
- Bright P-12 College Dinner Plain Annexe Secondary Government · Combined
- Bright P-12 College-Dinner Plain Annexe Primary Government · Combined
- School for Student Leadership Government · Secondary
Amenities in the suburb
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 1 |
| Waterways | 22 | 0 |
Mobility
Cobungra sits further from the CBD (406.3 km vs 394.7 km).
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 406.3 km +3% vs other | 394.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 309 min | 300 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 3898 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 40 postcode 3898 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 (65.0%).
Setting
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,240 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 1,438 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 20/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 37 premises | 0% 201 premises |
Climate
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,604 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 16.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | -3.3°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,945/yr same for both | |
| Council | Alpine same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Indi same for both | |
| Member | Helen Haines same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Cobungra | Dinner Plain | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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