Gembrook vs Labertouche

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gembrook: a median of $930,000, against $729,000 in Labertouche, though rent is higher in Labertouche. On these figures, Labertouche 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

  • Gembrook has more parks and reserves (18 vs 1)
  • Labertouche carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 87/100)

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

First-home buyers

Labertouche

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($729,000 vs $930,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Gembrook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $411/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Labertouche

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (76 min vs 91 min)
  • But Gembrook sits closer to the CBD (77.9 km vs 95.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Labertouche

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (60/100 vs 87/100)

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

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

Gembrook Labertouche
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.

Gembrook Labertouche
Walkability 0 / 13
Gembrook — Walkability: 0/100 Labertouche — Walkability: 13/100
Safety 13 / 40
Gembrook — Safety: 13/100 Labertouche — Safety: 40/100
Low fire risk 5 / 3
Gembrook — Low fire risk: 5/100 Labertouche — Low fire risk: 3/100
Low flood risk 64 / 33
Gembrook — Low flood risk: 64/100 Labertouche — Low flood risk: 33/100

Demographics

Gembrook has more residents (2,559 vs 386); Labertouche rents higher ($411/wk vs $360/wk).

Gembrook Labertouche
Population 2,559
+85% vs other
 386
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.9% +8.4%
Median age 41 43
Median household income $104,104/yr $107,952/yr
+4% vs other
Median weekly rent $360/wk $411/wk
+14% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gembrook Labertouche
0-4 5.3% / 4.7%
Gembrook — 0-4: 5.3% Labertouche — 0-4: 4.7%
5-14 15.1% / 16.1%
Gembrook — 5-14: 15.1% Labertouche — 5-14: 16.1%
15-19 6.3% / 3.9%
Gembrook — 15-19: 6.3% Labertouche — 15-19: 3.9%
20-24 5.8% / 4.4%
Gembrook — 20-24: 5.8% Labertouche — 20-24: 4.4%
25-34 10.4% / 6.0%
Gembrook — 25-34: 10.4% Labertouche — 25-34: 6.0%
35-44 11.5% / 15.0%
Gembrook — 35-44: 11.5% Labertouche — 35-44: 15.0%
45-54 15.0% / 11.7%
Gembrook — 45-54: 15.0% Labertouche — 45-54: 11.7%
55-64 15.0% / 14.8%
Gembrook — 55-64: 15.0% Labertouche — 55-64: 14.8%
65-74 9.8% / 12.4%
Gembrook — 65-74: 9.8% Labertouche — 65-74: 12.4%
75-84 4.9% / 5.4%
Gembrook — 75-84: 4.9% Labertouche — 75-84: 5.4%
85+ 1.1% / 1.6%
Gembrook — 85+: 1.1% Labertouche — 85+: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gembrook 58.2% couple families
Gembrook — Couple Families: 58.2% Gembrook — Lone Person: 25.6% Gembrook — One Parent Families: 12.6% Gembrook — Group Household: 2.4% Gembrook — Other Families: 1.2%
Labertouche 65.9% couple families
Labertouche — Couple Families: 65.9% Labertouche — Lone Person: 28.0% Labertouche — One Parent Families: 6.1% Labertouche — Group Household: 0.0% Labertouche — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Gembrook 12.4% renting
Gembrook — Owned Outright: 33.6% Gembrook — Mortgage: 54.1% Gembrook — Renting: 12.4%
Labertouche 16.4% renting
Labertouche — Owned Outright: 37.9% Labertouche — Mortgage: 45.7% Labertouche — Renting: 16.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Gembrook Labertouche
Certificate III & IV 17.0% / 18.7%
Gembrook — Certificate III & IV: 17.0% Labertouche — Certificate III & IV: 18.7%
Bachelor Degree 10.3% / 7.8%
Gembrook — Bachelor Degree: 10.3% Labertouche — Bachelor Degree: 7.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.6% / 7.5%
Gembrook — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.6% Labertouche — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.6% / 1.6%
Gembrook — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6% Labertouche — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.6% / 1.0%
Gembrook — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6% Labertouche — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).

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.

Gembrook Labertouche
England 4.6% / 3.6%
Gembrook — England: 4.6% Labertouche — England: 3.6%
New Zealand 1.1% / 1.3%
Gembrook — New Zealand: 1.1% Labertouche — New Zealand: 1.3%
Netherlands 0.4% / 0.8%
Gembrook — Netherlands: 0.4% Labertouche — Netherlands: 0.8%
Germany 0.7% / —
Gembrook — Germany: 0.7% Labertouche — Germany: not among its largest
South Africa 0.5% / —
Gembrook — South Africa: 0.5% Labertouche — South Africa: not among its largest
Italy 0.5% / —
Gembrook — Italy: 0.5% Labertouche — Italy: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gembrook 97.5% houses
Gembrook — Houses: 97.5% Gembrook — Flats / Apartments: 2.5%
Labertouche 100.0% houses
Labertouche — Houses: 100.0% Labertouche — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Gembrook Labertouche
Median house price $930,000 $729,000
Median unit price $570,000 —
Median land price $1,160,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 30 days
from 28 sales
 35 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Labertouche has more rural and farming land (89% vs 13%); Gembrook has more land zoned for conservation (18% vs 0%).

Gembrook Labertouche
Rural and farming 13% 89%
Parks and recreation 68% 11%
Environmental 18% 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

Gembrook Labertouche
New dwellings approved 1,323
across Cardinia
 619
across Baw Baw
Approvals change year on year +13% +49%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Gembrook Labertouche
Houses 3.3%
$650/wk on $1.04M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Gembrook Labertouche
House price Higher than 70% of VIC —
Income Higher than 76% of VIC Higher than 80% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 14% of VIC Higher than 74% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 44% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 41% of VIC Higher than 22% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 74% of VIC Higher than 48% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 26% of VIC —

Liveability

Labertouche is more walkable (13 vs 0).

Gembrook Labertouche
Grade D —
Score 28/100 —
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Labertouche carries more flood risk (67 vs 36); Gembrook carries more crime risk (87 vs 60).

Gembrook Labertouche
Bushfire High
95/100
 High
97/100
Crime High
87/100
 Moderate
60/100
Flood Low
36/100
 Moderate
67/100
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

Gembrook Labertouche
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Gembrook

  • Gembrook Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Labertouche

  • Labertouche Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Gembrook Labertouche
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 4 0
Parks & reserves 18 1
Childcare 3 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 436 107

Mobility

Labertouche sits further from the CBD (95.9 km vs 77.9 km).

Gembrook Labertouche
Walkability score 0/100 13/100
Distance to Melbourne 77.9 km 95.9 km
+23% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 91 min 76 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3783
 0.3%
postcode 3816
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 3783
 46
postcode 3816

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.

Gembrook Labertouche
Car (driver) 70.1% / 67.6%
Gembrook — Car (driver): 70.1% Labertouche — Car (driver): 67.6%
Worked from Home 24.6% / 27.0%
Gembrook — Worked from Home: 24.6% Labertouche — Worked from Home: 27.0%
Car (passenger) 2.5% / 2.7%
Gembrook — Car (passenger): 2.5% Labertouche — Car (passenger): 2.7%
Walked Only 1.9% / 2.7%
Gembrook — Walked Only: 1.9% Labertouche — Walked Only: 2.7%
Train 0.7% / —
Gembrook — Train: 0.7% Labertouche — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (70.1%).

Setting

Gembrook Labertouche
Elevation 154 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 108 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 34.6 km 35.0 km

NBN connectivity

Gembrook Labertouche
Connectivity score 58/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the node Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 35%
896 premises
 0%
154 premises

Climate

Gembrook Labertouche
Annual rainfall 1,350 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Gembrook Labertouche
Average residential rate $1,880/yr $2,138/yr
Council Cardinia Baw Baw

Federal electorate

Gembrook Labertouche
Division La Trobe Monash
Member Jason Wood Mary Aldred
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Gembrook Labertouche
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Gembrook

River Rural

Labertouche

River Rural

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