Drouin East vs Brandy Creek

Brandy Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 45 in Drouin East. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Brandy Creek tends to suit families with children.

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

Brandy Creek

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 89/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (76% vs 60%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Brandy Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $298/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Brandy Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (100.6 km vs 102.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Brandy Creek

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 89/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 14%)

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

Drouin East and Brandy Creek drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Hides rows where both suburbs match

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.

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Walkability 0 / 0
Drouin East — Walkability: 0/100 Brandy Creek — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 11 / 63
Drouin East — Safety: 11/100 Brandy Creek — Safety: 63/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Drouin East — Low fire risk: 100/100 Brandy Creek — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 59
Drouin East — Low flood risk: 100/100 Brandy Creek — Low flood risk: 59/100

Demographics

Drouin East rents higher ($298/wk vs $0/wk); Drouin East has more residents (177 vs 94).

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Population 177
+47% vs other
 94
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.7% -6.0%
Median age 45 42
Median household income $79,248/yr $110,500/yr
+39% vs other
Median weekly rent $298/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Drouin East Brandy Creek
0-4 2.8% / 5.3%
Drouin East — 0-4: 2.8% Brandy Creek — 0-4: 5.3%
5-14 13.6% / 16.0%
Drouin East — 5-14: 13.6% Brandy Creek — 5-14: 16.0%
15-19 5.6% / —
Drouin East — 15-19: 5.6% Brandy Creek — 15-19: not among its largest
20-24 5.6% / 3.2%
Drouin East — 20-24: 5.6% Brandy Creek — 20-24: 3.2%
25-34 13.0% / 9.6%
Drouin East — 25-34: 13.0% Brandy Creek — 25-34: 9.6%
35-44 6.2% / 12.8%
Drouin East — 35-44: 6.2% Brandy Creek — 35-44: 12.8%
45-54 20.3% / 20.2%
Drouin East — 45-54: 20.3% Brandy Creek — 45-54: 20.2%
55-64 15.8% / 9.6%
Drouin East — 55-64: 15.8% Brandy Creek — 55-64: 9.6%
65-74 9.0% / 16.0%
Drouin East — 65-74: 9.0% Brandy Creek — 65-74: 16.0%
75-84 3.4% / 5.3%
Drouin East — 75-84: 3.4% Brandy Creek — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ 1.7% / —
Drouin East — 85+: 1.7% Brandy Creek — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Drouin East 53.5% couple families
Drouin East — Couple Families: 53.5% Drouin East — Lone Person: 39.5% Drouin East — One Parent Families: 7.0% Drouin East — Other Families: 0.0%
Brandy Creek 52.9% couple families
Brandy Creek — Couple Families: 52.9% Brandy Creek — Lone Person: 0.0% Brandy Creek — One Parent Families: 23.5% Brandy Creek — Other Families: 23.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Drouin East 13.0% renting
Drouin East — Owned Outright: 49.3% Drouin East — Mortgage: 37.7% Drouin East — Renting: 13.0%
Brandy Creek 0.0% renting
Brandy Creek — Owned Outright: 37.5% Brandy Creek — Mortgage: 62.5% Brandy Creek — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Drouin East 90.9% houses
Drouin East — Houses: 90.9% Drouin East — Flats / Apartments: 9.1%
Brandy Creek 100.0% houses
Brandy Creek — Houses: 100.0% Brandy Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Certificate III & IV 18.1% / 23.4%
Drouin East — Certificate III & IV: 18.1% Brandy Creek — Certificate III & IV: 23.4%
Bachelor Degree 9.6% / 10.6%
Drouin East — Bachelor Degree: 9.6% Brandy Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.3% / 6.4%
Drouin East — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.3% Brandy Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.3% / 5.3%
Drouin East — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3% Brandy Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 5.3%
Postgraduate Degree 1.7% / 3.2%
Drouin East — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7% Brandy Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.4%).

Property market

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Median house price — $665,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Rural and farming 96% 100%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 0%
Residential 1% 0%
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

Drouin East Brandy Creek
New dwellings approved 619
across Baw Baw
same for both
Approvals change year on year +49%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Drouin East Brandy Creek
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 46% of VIC Higher than 84% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 26% of VIC Higher than 49% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 57% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 73% of VIC Higher than 65% of VIC

Liveability

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Brandy Creek carries more flood risk (41 vs 0); Drouin East carries more crime risk (89 vs 37).

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
89/100
 Low
37/100
Flood None
0/100
 Moderate
41/100
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

Drouin East Brandy Creek
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

Amenities in the suburb

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Childcare 2 0

Mobility

Drouin East sits further from the CBD (102.9 km vs 100.6 km).

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 102.9 km
+2% vs other
 100.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 79 min 78 min
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 3818
 0.6%
postcode 3821
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 3818
 55
postcode 3821

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.

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Car (driver) 78.3% / 70.0%
Drouin East — Car (driver): 78.3% Brandy Creek — Car (driver): 70.0%
Worked from Home 14.5% / 30.0%
Drouin East — Worked from Home: 14.5% Brandy Creek — Worked from Home: 30.0%
Train 3.6% / —
Drouin East — Train: 3.6% Brandy Creek — Train: not among its largest
Bicycle 3.6% / —
Drouin East — Bicycle: 3.6% Brandy Creek — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.3%).

Setting

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Elevation 174 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 136 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 37.4 km 39.9 km

NBN connectivity

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Connectivity score 39/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
81 premises
 0%
43 premises

Climate

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Annual rainfall 1,090 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Average residential rate $2,138/yr
same for both
Council Baw Baw
same for both

Federal electorate

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Division Monash
same for both
Member Mary Aldred
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Drouin East Brandy Creek
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Drouin East

Rural

Brandy Creek

Rural

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