Glen Park vs Invermay

Invermay is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 51 in Glen Park. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Glen Park tends to suit 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

Invermay

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (54/100 vs 95/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (84% vs 67%)

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

Glen Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $325/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Glen Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (112.9 km vs 121.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Invermay

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (54/100 vs 95/100)

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

Glen Park and Invermay 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 Park Invermay
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 Park Invermay
Walkability 0 / 0
Glen Park — Walkability: 0/100 Invermay — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 5 / 46
Glen Park — Safety: 5/100 Invermay — Safety: 46/100
Low fire risk 23 / 25
Glen Park — Low fire risk: 23/100 Invermay — Low fire risk: 25/100
Low flood risk 83 / 30
Glen Park — Low flood risk: 83/100 Invermay — Low flood risk: 30/100

Demographics

Invermay rents higher ($325/wk vs $0/wk); Invermay has more residents (900 vs 110).

Glen Park Invermay
Population 110 900
+718% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.8% +7.8%
Median age 51 45
Median household income $95,316/yr $121,940/yr
+28% vs other
Median weekly rent — $325/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Glen Park Invermay
0-4 5.5% / 3.6%
Glen Park — 0-4: 5.5% Invermay — 0-4: 3.6%
5-14 14.5% / 17.6%
Glen Park — 5-14: 14.5% Invermay — 5-14: 17.6%
15-19 7.3% / 8.7%
Glen Park — 15-19: 7.3% Invermay — 15-19: 8.7%
20-24 6.4% / 3.3%
Glen Park — 20-24: 6.4% Invermay — 20-24: 3.3%
25-34 5.5% / 5.6%
Glen Park — 25-34: 5.5% Invermay — 25-34: 5.6%
35-44 5.5% / 10.1%
Glen Park — 35-44: 5.5% Invermay — 35-44: 10.1%
45-54 10.9% / 15.4%
Glen Park — 45-54: 10.9% Invermay — 45-54: 15.4%
55-64 21.8% / 14.2%
Glen Park — 55-64: 21.8% Invermay — 55-64: 14.2%
65-74 18.2% / 16.8%
Glen Park — 65-74: 18.2% Invermay — 65-74: 16.8%
75-84 2.7% / 4.4%
Glen Park — 75-84: 2.7% Invermay — 75-84: 4.4%
85+ 3.6% / 0.7%
Glen Park — 85+: 3.6% Invermay — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Glen Park 66.7% couple families
Glen Park — Couple Families: 66.7% Glen Park — Lone Person: 33.3% Glen Park — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Invermay 72.5% couple families
Invermay — Couple Families: 72.5% Invermay — Lone Person: 16.3% Invermay — One Parent Families: 11.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Glen Park 0.0% renting
Glen Park — Owned Outright: 68.6% Glen Park — Mortgage: 31.4% Glen Park — Renting: 0.0%
Invermay 6.1% renting
Invermay — Owned Outright: 54.9% Invermay — Mortgage: 39.0% Invermay — Renting: 6.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Glen Park 100.0% houses
Glen Park — Houses: 100.0% Glen Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Invermay 98.2% houses
Invermay — Houses: 98.2% Invermay — Flats / Apartments: 1.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Glen Park Invermay
Certificate III & IV 16.4% / 13.7%
Glen Park — Certificate III & IV: 16.4% Invermay — Certificate III & IV: 13.7%
Bachelor Degree 13.6% / 14.9%
Glen Park — Bachelor Degree: 13.6% Invermay — Bachelor Degree: 14.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.5% / 7.9%
Glen Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.5% Invermay — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 5.6%
Glen Park — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% Invermay — Postgraduate Degree: 5.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.7% / 3.1%
Glen Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.7% Invermay — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Property market

Glen Park Invermay
Median house price — $1,245,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Invermay has more rural and farming land (90% vs 34%).

Glen Park Invermay
Rural and farming 34% 90%
Parks and recreation 48% 9%
Infrastructure and transport 18% 1%
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 Park Invermay
New dwellings approved 1,451
across Ballarat
same for both
Approvals change year on year +42%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Glen Park Invermay
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 66% of VIC Higher than 92% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 36% of VIC Higher than 62% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 38% of VIC Higher than 39% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 72% of VIC Higher than 71% of VIC

Liveability

Glen Park Invermay
Grade — C
Score — 36/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Invermay carries more flood risk (70 vs 17); Glen Park carries more crime risk (95 vs 54).

Glen Park Invermay
Bushfire High
77/100
 High
75/100
Crime High
95/100
 Moderate
54/100
Flood Low
17/100
 High
70/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 3
within 5 km

Schools

Glen Park Invermay
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 1
Federation University Ballarat, 8.8 km
 1
Federation University Ballarat, 7.0 km

Schools in Glen Park

  • Glen Park Primary School Government · Primary

Schools in Invermay

  • Invermay Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Glen Park Invermay
Childcare 0 1
Waterways 5 14

Mobility

Invermay sits further from the CBD (121.7 km vs 112.9 km).

Glen Park Invermay
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 112.9 km 121.7 km
+8% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 89 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3352
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 51
postcode 3352
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.

Glen Park Invermay
Car (driver) 79.5% / 71.4%
Glen Park — Car (driver): 79.5% Invermay — Car (driver): 71.4%
Worked from Home 20.5% / 21.4%
Glen Park — Worked from Home: 20.5% Invermay — Worked from Home: 21.4%
Car (passenger) — / 5.2%
Glen Park — Car (passenger): not among its largest Invermay — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Walked Only — / 1.2%
Glen Park — Walked Only: not among its largest Invermay — Walked Only: 1.2%
Bus — / 0.7%
Glen Park — Bus: not among its largest Invermay — Bus: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.5%).

Setting

Glen Park Invermay
Elevation 563 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 477 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Glen Park Invermay
Connectivity score 31/100 30/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 3%
39 premises
 0%
322 premises

Climate

Glen Park Invermay
Annual rainfall 714 mm 605 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 25.7°C
Winter min (Jul) — 3.5°C

Council rates

Glen Park Invermay
Average residential rate $2,086/yr
same for both
Council Ballarat
same for both

Federal electorate

Glen Park Invermay
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Glen Park

Rural

Invermay

Acreage Professionals

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