Collingwood vs Abbotsford
In both, most households rent, most homes are flats or apartments, and most households are people living alone. Units cost more in Collingwood: a median of $600,000, against $500,000 in Abbotsford. Collingwood is closer to the city centre: 3.4 km, against 4.3 km. On these figures, Abbotsford tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.
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
- Collingwood has more schools inside the suburb (5 vs 2)
- Abbotsford has more parks and reserves (17 vs 10)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Abbotsford
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper units ($500,000 vs $599,500)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Collingwood
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more GPs (7 vs 4)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.
Where they sit
Collingwood and Abbotsford 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
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 9,179 | 9,088 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +7.8% | +11.0% |
| Median age | 33 same for both | |
| Median household income | $110,760/yr | $114,244/yr +3% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $425/wk same for both | |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (36.5%).
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 (4.3%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (33.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,248,500 | $1,331,000 |
| Median unit price | $599,500 | $500,000 |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 26 days from 38 sales | 24 days from 57 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
28 vs 51 sales
26 vs 40 sales
Unit price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
104 vs 98 sales
142 vs 118 sales
16 vs 25 sales
Zoning mix
Collingwood has more commercially zoned land (42% vs 23%); Abbotsford has more industrially zoned land (19% vs 0%).
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 47% | 31% |
| Commercial | 42% | 23% |
| Industrial | 0% | 19% |
| Parks and recreation | 0% | 12% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 10% | 11% |
| Other and special use | 1% | 5% |
| 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
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,675 across Yarra same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +646% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.1% $997/wk on $1.26M | 3.7% $850/wk on $1.2M |
| Units | 5.9% $682/wk on $605K | 5.9% $600/wk on $525K |
Ranking within VIC
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 75% of VIC | Higher than 84% of VIC |
| Income | Higher than 84% of VIC | Higher than 86% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 51% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 99% of VIC | Higher than 98% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 38% of VIC | Higher than 26% of VIC |
| EV adoption | Higher than 94% of VIC | Higher than 95% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 91% of VIC | Higher than 93% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 74% of VIC | Higher than 47% of VIC |
| Rental yield (units) | Higher than 90% of VIC | Higher than 92% of VIC |
Liveability
Abbotsford scores higher overall (72 vs 65).
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B | A |
| Score | 65/100 | 72/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 | very advantaged area decile 10/10 |
Risk profile
Abbotsford carries more flood risk (72 vs 44).
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Crime | High 96/100 | High 92/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 44/100 | High 72/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 20 within 5 km | 17 within 5 km |
Schools
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 5 | 2 |
| Rated above peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 1 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 3 Australian Catholic University-Melbourne Campus, 0.8 km | 3 Australian Catholic University-Melbourne Campus, 1.8 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 2.5% | 2.7% |
Schools in Collingwood
- St Joseph's School Catholic · Primary above peers
- Collingwood College Government · Combined below peers
- Collingwood College-Collingwood Alternative School Government · Combined
- Victorian School Of Languages Government · Combined
- Collingwood English Language School Government · Combined · Special school
Schools in Abbotsford
- Abbotsford Primary School Government · Primary at peers
- Sophia Mundi Steiner School Independent · Combined below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 5 | 7 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 77 | 37 |
| Parks & reserves | 10 | 17 |
| Childcare | 6 | 5 |
| GPs | 7 | 4 |
| Pharmacies | 5 | 1 |
| Police stations | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 4 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 2 | 3 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 2 |
Mobility
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 97/100 | 95/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 3.4 km | 4.3 km +26% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 10 min | 12 min |
| Public transport score | 80/100 Tram · Bus | 95/100 Rail · Tram · Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 357.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 428.5 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 2.1% postcode 3066 | 2.1% postcode 3067 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 5 postcode 3066 | 6 postcode 3067 |
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 (54.5%).
Setting
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 25 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 16 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 6.2 km | 6.5 km |
NBN connectivity
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 81/100 | 85/100 |
| Most common technology | Hybrid fibre-coaxial | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 31% 7,186 premises | 48% 7,088 premises |
Climate
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 534 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 26.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 6.5°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 7.9 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | — same for both | |
| NO₂ | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,937/yr same for both | |
| Council | Yarra same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Melbourne same for both | |
| Member | Sarah Witty same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Collingwood | Abbotsford | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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