Coimadai vs Long Forest
Long Forest is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 47 in Coimadai. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.
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
Long Forest
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 63/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (85% vs 73%)
- But Coimadai has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Long Forest
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 25%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Coimadai
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($320/wk vs $520/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Long Forest
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (46 min vs 59 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (54.1 km vs 63.7 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Long Forest
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (43/100 vs 63/100)
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
Coimadai and Long Forest 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
Long Forest rents higher ($520/wk vs $320/wk); Long Forest has higher household incomes ($126,724 vs $96,668).
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 409 +16% vs other | 343 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -1.7% | -5.0% |
| Median age | 47 | 44 |
| Median household income | $96,668/yr | $126,724/yr +31% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk | $520/wk +62% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.9%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $1,070,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Long Forest has more rural and farming land (58% vs 46%).
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 46% | 58% |
| Parks and recreation | 30% | 37% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 15% | 5% |
| Other and special use | 5% | 0% |
| Environmental | 3% | 1% |
| 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
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 338 across Moorabool same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +4% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 67% of VIC | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 51% of VIC | Higher than 38% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 65% of VIC same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 26% of VIC | Higher than 21% of VIC |
Liveability
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 | advantaged area decile 7/10 |
Risk profile
Coimadai carries more crime risk (63 vs 43); Coimadai carries more bushfire risk (83 vs 66).
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 83/100 | Moderate 66/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 63/100 | Moderate 43/100 |
| Flood | Low 27/100 | Low 29/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 2 within 5 km |
Schools
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Coimadai
- Coimadai Primary School Government · Primary above peers
Schools in Long Forest
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 1 |
| Childcare | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 3 | 1 |
Mobility
Coimadai sits further from the CBD (63.7 km vs 54.1 km).
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 63.7 km +15% vs other | 54.1 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 59 min | 46 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.7% postcode 3340 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 42 postcode 3340 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 (68.6%).
Setting
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 238 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 175 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 42.8 km | 36.5 km |
NBN connectivity
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 25/100 | 22/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 143 premises | 0% 66 premises |
Climate
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 778 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4.4 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | — same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,979/yr same for both | |
| Council | Moorabool same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Hawke same for both | |
| Member | Sam Rae same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Coimadai | Long Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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