Glen Park vs Pootilla
Pootilla 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 and 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
Pootilla
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 67%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Glen Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 31%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Glen Park
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent.
Commuting to the city
Pootilla
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (78 min vs 89 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (107.2 km vs 112.9 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
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 Pootilla 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
Pootilla rents higher ($300/wk vs $0/wk); Glen Park has more residents (110 vs 79).
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 110 +28% vs other | 79 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +6.8% | +5.3% |
| Median age | 51 | 45 |
| Median household income | $95,316/yr +11% vs other | $84,448/yr |
| Median weekly rent | — | $300/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 (21.8%).
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 (16.4%).
Zoning mix
Pootilla has more rural and farming land (78% vs 34%).
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 34% | 78% |
| Parks and recreation | 48% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 18% | 22% |
| 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 | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,451 across Ballarat | 338 across Moorabool |
| Approvals change year on year | +42% | +4% |
Ranking within VIC
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 66% of VIC | Higher than 52% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 36% of VIC | Higher than 32% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 38% of VIC | Higher than 37% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 72% of VIC | Higher than 59% of VIC |
Liveability
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 |
Risk profile
Glen Park carries more flood risk (17 vs 0); Glen Park carries more bushfire risk (77 vs 61).
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 77/100 | Moderate 61/100 |
| Crime | High 95/100 | High 87/100 |
| Flood | Low 17/100 | None 0/100 |
| 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
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
| Universities within 10 km | 1 Federation University Ballarat, 8.8 km | None |
Schools in Glen Park
- Glen Park Primary School Government · Primary
Schools in Pootilla
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 5 | 0 |
Mobility
Glen Park sits further from the CBD (112.9 km vs 107.2 km).
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 112.9 km +5% vs other | 107.2 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 89 min | 78 min |
| 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.5%).
Setting
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 563 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 567 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 31/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 3% 39 premises | 0% 31 premises |
Climate
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 714 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,086/yr | $1,979/yr |
| Council | Ballarat | Moorabool |
Federal electorate
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Ballarat same for both | |
| Member | Catherine King same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Glen Park | Pootilla | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.