Glen Creek vs Yackandandah

Glen Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 50 in Yackandandah. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Glen Creek, most households are people living alone. In Yackandandah, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Glen Creek tends to suit young adults and people living alone, while Yackandandah suits families with children, couples, and older residents.

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

Yackandandah

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Yackandandah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (22% vs 38%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Glen Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($210/wk vs $306/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Yackandandah

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (208 min vs 232 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (309.6 km vs 323.6 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Yackandandah

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (26% vs 7%)

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

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

Glen Creek Yackandandah
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.

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Walkability 0 / 0
Glen Creek — Walkability: 0/100 Yackandandah — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 76 / 83
Glen Creek — Safety: 76/100 Yackandandah — Safety: 83/100
Low fire risk 19 / 50
Glen Creek — Low fire risk: 19/100 Yackandandah — Low fire risk: 50/100
Low flood risk 100 / 74
Glen Creek — Low flood risk: 100/100 Yackandandah — Low flood risk: 74/100

Demographics

Yackandandah has more residents (2,008 vs 59); Yackandandah rents higher ($306/wk vs $210/wk).

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Population 59 2,008
+3303% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.3% +10.9%
Median age 47 50
Median household income $69,316/yr $87,048/yr
+26% vs other
Median weekly rent $210/wk $306/wk
+46% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Glen Creek Yackandandah
0-4 6.8% / 4.6%
Glen Creek — 0-4: 6.8% Yackandandah — 0-4: 4.6%
5-14 5.1% / 13.4%
Glen Creek — 5-14: 5.1% Yackandandah — 5-14: 13.4%
15-19 10.2% / 5.4%
Glen Creek — 15-19: 10.2% Yackandandah — 15-19: 5.4%
20-24 6.8% / 2.4%
Glen Creek — 20-24: 6.8% Yackandandah — 20-24: 2.4%
25-34 18.6% / 5.5%
Glen Creek — 25-34: 18.6% Yackandandah — 25-34: 5.5%
35-44 — / 11.4%
Glen Creek — 35-44: not among its largest Yackandandah — 35-44: 11.4%
45-54 11.9% / 13.3%
Glen Creek — 45-54: 11.9% Yackandandah — 45-54: 13.3%
55-64 22.0% / 17.9%
Glen Creek — 55-64: 22.0% Yackandandah — 55-64: 17.9%
65-74 6.8% / 13.3%
Glen Creek — 65-74: 6.8% Yackandandah — 65-74: 13.3%
75-84 — / 8.3%
Glen Creek — 75-84: not among its largest Yackandandah — 75-84: 8.3%
85+ — / 4.0%
Glen Creek — 85+: not among its largest Yackandandah — 85+: 4.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Glen Creek 66.7% lone person
Glen Creek — Lone Person: 66.7% Glen Creek — Couple Families: 33.3% Glen Creek — One Parent Families: 0.0% Glen Creek — Group Household: 0.0%
Yackandandah 37.9% lone person
Yackandandah — Lone Person: 37.9% Yackandandah — Couple Families: 48.9% Yackandandah — One Parent Families: 12.1% Yackandandah — Group Household: 1.1%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Glen Creek 20.0% renting
Glen Creek — Owned Outright: 46.7% Glen Creek — Mortgage: 33.3% Glen Creek — Renting: 20.0%
Yackandandah 17.1% renting
Yackandandah — Owned Outright: 46.6% Yackandandah — Mortgage: 36.3% Yackandandah — Renting: 17.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Glen Creek 100.0% houses
Glen Creek — Houses: 100.0% Glen Creek — Townhouses: 0.0% Glen Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Yackandandah 93.5% houses
Yackandandah — Houses: 93.5% Yackandandah — Townhouses: 4.3% Yackandandah — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Bachelor Degree 10.2% / 16.3%
Glen Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.2% Yackandandah — Bachelor Degree: 16.3%
Certificate III & IV 6.8% / 14.3%
Glen Creek — Certificate III & IV: 6.8% Yackandandah — Certificate III & IV: 14.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 9.3%
Glen Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Yackandandah — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3%
Postgraduate Degree 5.1% / 5.4%
Glen Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 5.1% Yackandandah — Postgraduate Degree: 5.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 4.0%
Glen Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Yackandandah — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.3%).

Property market

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Median house price — $830,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $545,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 28 days
from 7 sales

Zoning mix

Yackandandah has more rural and farming land (68% vs 36%).

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Rural and farming 36% 68%
Parks and recreation 63% 29%
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
same for both
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

Glen Creek Yackandandah
New dwellings approved 32
across Alpine
 120
across Indigo
Approvals change year on year -42% +15%

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.

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Houses — 3.4%
$560/wk on $850K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Glen Creek Yackandandah
House price — Higher than 53% of VIC
Income Higher than 31% of VIC Higher than 57% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 12% of VIC Higher than 49% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 51% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 53% of VIC Higher than 94% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 27% of VIC Higher than 65% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 32% of VIC

Liveability

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Grade — B
Score — 51/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

Yackandandah carries more flood risk (26 vs 0); Glen Creek carries more bushfire risk (81 vs 50).

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Bushfire High
81/100
 Moderate
50/100
Crime Low
24/100
 Low
17/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
26/100
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

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Glen Creek

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Yackandandah

  • Yackandandah Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 1
Parks & reserves 0 4
Childcare 0 3
GPs 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 3
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 3 15

Mobility

Glen Creek sits further from the CBD (323.6 km vs 309.6 km).

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 323.6 km
+4% vs other
 309.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 232 min 208 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3691
 2.0%
postcode 3749
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 79
postcode 3691
 85
postcode 3749

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.

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Car (driver) 69.0% / 64.8%
Glen Creek — Car (driver): 69.0% Yackandandah — Car (driver): 64.8%
Worked from Home 31.0% / 24.5%
Glen Creek — Worked from Home: 31.0% Yackandandah — Worked from Home: 24.5%
Walked Only — / 6.5%
Glen Creek — Walked Only: not among its largest Yackandandah — Walked Only: 6.5%
Car (passenger) — / 3.8%
Glen Creek — Car (passenger): not among its largest Yackandandah — Car (passenger): 3.8%
Bicycle — / 0.4%
Glen Creek — Bicycle: not among its largest Yackandandah — Bicycle: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (69.0%).

Setting

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Elevation 726 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 279 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Connectivity score 26/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
27 premises
 0%
827 premises

Climate

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Annual rainfall 984 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Average residential rate $1,945/yr $1,828/yr
Council Alpine Indigo

Federal electorate

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Glen Creek Yackandandah
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Glen Creek

Professionals Rural

Yackandandah

Retirees Rural

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