Corinella vs Grantville
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Corinella: a median of $672,000, against $605,000 in Grantville, and rent is higher there too.
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
Corinella
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (42/100 vs 81/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 42%)
- has more separate houses rather than flats (99% vs 88%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Grantville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($605,000 vs $672,500)
Weighs house prices, land 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
Grantville
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (104.4 km vs 109.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here
- Corinella carries lower crime risk (42/100 vs 81/100)
- Grantville has more units and townhouses to downsize into (12% vs 1%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Corinella
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (49.3% vs 40.6%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Corinella and Grantville 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
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,181 +1% vs other | 1,168 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +49.3% | +40.6% |
| Median age | 53 | 52 |
| Median household income | $60,788/yr +5% vs other | $57,564/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk +6% vs other | $300/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.1%).
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 (7.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $672,500 | $605,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $360,000 | $387,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 72 days from 34 sales | 65 days from 22 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.
9 vs 10 sales
29 vs 31 sales
33 vs 17 sales
Zoning mix
Corinella has more rural and farming land (79% vs 61%).
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 79% | 61% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 16% |
| Residential | 7% | 13% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 11% | 3% |
| Parks and recreation | 3% | 7% |
| Planning zones cover 99% of Corinella and 100% of Grantville. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| 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
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 393 across Bass Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +0% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.6% $560/wk on $808K | 3.7% $500/wk on $704K |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 39% of VIC | Higher than 22% of VIC |
| Income | Higher than 21% of VIC | Higher than 16% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 72% of VIC | Higher than 69% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 30% of VIC | Higher than 43% of VIC |
| EV adoption | Higher than 66% of VIC | Higher than 65% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 91% of VIC | Higher than 81% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 41% of VIC | Higher than 46% of VIC |
Liveability
Corinella scores higher overall (39 vs 24).
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | D |
| Score | 39/100 | 24/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Grantville carries more bushfire risk (14 vs 0); Grantville carries more crime risk (81 vs 42).
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | Low 14/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 42/100 | High 81/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 69/100 | Moderate 66/100 |
| Coastal erosion | Moderate 67/100 | Moderate 68/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 1 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Corinella
- Bass Valley Primary School Government · Primary at peers
Schools in Grantville
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 1 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 2 | 1 |
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 3 |
| Childcare | 2 | 1 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 2 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 1 |
| Beaches | 1 | 0 |
Mobility
Corinella sits further from the CBD (109.3 km vs 104.4 km).
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 109.3 km +4% vs other | 104.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 87 min | 85 min |
| Public transport score | 30/100 | 28/100 |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 7.5 7-9am + 5-7pm | 4.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 2 min scheduled, not actual | 3 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.7% postcode 3984 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 49 postcode 3984 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 (77.5%).
Setting
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 8 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 96 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.6 km 4.2 km to a named beach | 2.0 km |
NBN connectivity
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 81/100 | 73/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 68% 889 premises | 52% 780 premises |
Climate
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 704 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 24.1°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 8.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,727/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bass Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Monash same for both | |
| Member | Mary Aldred same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Corinella | Grantville | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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