Craigie vs Golden Point
Golden Point is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 49 in Craigie. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Craigie, most households are couple families. In Golden Point, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Craigie tends to suit couples, while Golden Point suits people living alone.
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
Craigie
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 91/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (64% vs 39%)
- But Golden Point has more parks and reserves (7 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Craigie
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 23%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Craigie
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $290/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Too close to call
Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Craigie
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 91/100)
- has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 20%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Where they sit
Craigie and Golden Point 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
Golden Point rents higher ($290/wk vs $0/wk); Golden Point has more residents (2,217 vs 62).
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 62 | 2,217 +3476% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +8.8% | — |
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Median household income | $88,816/yr +23% vs other | $68,068/yr |
| Median weekly rent | — | $290/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 (17.7%).
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 (14.2%).
Zoning mix
Craigie has more rural and farming land (55% vs 0%); Craigie has more land zoned for conservation (33% vs 0%).
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 0% | 67% |
| Rural and farming | 55% | 0% |
| Environmental | 33% | 0% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 16% |
| Parks and recreation | 8% | 11% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 3% | 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
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 40 across Central Goldfields same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +129% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 59% of VIC | Higher than 29% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 62% of VIC | Higher than 13% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 14% of VIC same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 12% of VIC | Higher than 99% of VIC |
Liveability
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — | D |
| Score | — | 17/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 3/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Craigie carries more bushfire risk (91 vs 0); Golden Point carries more crime risk (91 vs 11).
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 91/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 11/100 | High 91/100 |
| Flood | High 82/100 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 | 1 within 5 km |
Schools
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Craigie
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Golden Point
- Mount Clear College-G Place Campus Government · Secondary
- Sovereign Hill School Government · Secondary · Special school
Amenities in the suburb
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 0 | 6 |
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 7 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| GPs | 0 | 1 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 1 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 2 |
| EV chargers | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 2 | 15 |
Mobility
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 171 km | 172.9 km +1% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 121 min | 124 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 3465 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 36 postcode 3465 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 (85.7%).
Setting
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 216 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 234 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 15/100 | 100/100 |
| Most common technology | Satellite (Sky Muster) | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 10 premises | 100% 1,328 premises |
Climate
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 510 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,555/yr same for both | |
| Council | Central Goldfields same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mallee same for both | |
| Member | Anne Webster same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Craigie | Golden Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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