Glenmore vs Mount Wallace

Glenmore is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 46 in Mount Wallace. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Mount Wallace, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Glenmore tends to suit people living alone, while Mount Wallace suits 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

Glenmore

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 80/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (56% vs 48%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (106% vs 95%)

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

First-home buyers

Glenmore

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (19% vs 34%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Glenmore

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (4% vs 17%)
  • has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $275/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Glenmore

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (77.1 km vs 98.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Glenmore carries lower crime risk (20/100 vs 80/100)
  • Mount Wallace has more residents already 65 and over (21% vs 5%)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Glenmore

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (19.0% vs 3.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Glenmore Mount Wallace
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.

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Walkability 0 / 0
Glenmore — Walkability: 0/100 Mount Wallace — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 80 / 20
Glenmore — Safety: 80/100 Mount Wallace — Safety: 20/100
Low fire risk 68 / 46
Glenmore — Low fire risk: 68/100 Mount Wallace — Low fire risk: 46/100
Low flood risk 68 / 80
Glenmore — Low flood risk: 68/100 Mount Wallace — Low flood risk: 80/100

Demographics

Mount Wallace rents higher ($275/wk vs $100/wk); Mount Wallace has more residents (117 vs 75).

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Population 75 117
+56% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +19.0% +3.5%
Median age 37 46
Median household income $125,632/yr
+34% vs other
 $83,200/yr
Median weekly rent $100/wk $275/wk
+175% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Glenmore Mount Wallace
0-4 9.3% / 5.1%
Glenmore — 0-4: 9.3% Mount Wallace — 0-4: 5.1%
5-14 9.3% / 10.3%
Glenmore — 5-14: 9.3% Mount Wallace — 5-14: 10.3%
15-19 9.3% / 5.1%
Glenmore — 15-19: 9.3% Mount Wallace — 15-19: 5.1%
20-24 12.0% / 4.3%
Glenmore — 20-24: 12.0% Mount Wallace — 20-24: 4.3%
25-34 10.7% / 8.5%
Glenmore — 25-34: 10.7% Mount Wallace — 25-34: 8.5%
35-44 22.7% / 15.4%
Glenmore — 35-44: 22.7% Mount Wallace — 35-44: 15.4%
45-54 6.7% / 16.2%
Glenmore — 45-54: 6.7% Mount Wallace — 45-54: 16.2%
55-64 13.3% / 16.2%
Glenmore — 55-64: 13.3% Mount Wallace — 55-64: 16.2%
65-74 5.3% / 11.1%
Glenmore — 65-74: 5.3% Mount Wallace — 65-74: 11.1%
75-84 — / 10.3%
Glenmore — 75-84: not among its largest Mount Wallace — 75-84: 10.3%
85+ — / —
Glenmore — 85+: not among its largest Mount Wallace — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Glenmore 37.5% couple families
Glenmore — Couple Families: 37.5% Glenmore — Lone Person: 43.8% Glenmore — Group Household: 0.0% Glenmore — One Parent Families: 18.8%
Mount Wallace 47.8% couple families
Mount Wallace — Couple Families: 47.8% Mount Wallace — Lone Person: 17.4% Mount Wallace — Group Household: 34.8% Mount Wallace — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Glenmore 16.7% renting
Glenmore — Owned Outright: 55.6% Glenmore — Mortgage: 27.8% Glenmore — Renting: 16.7%
Mount Wallace 16.2% renting
Mount Wallace — Owned Outright: 51.4% Mount Wallace — Mortgage: 32.4% Mount Wallace — Renting: 16.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Glenmore 105.9% houses
Glenmore — Houses: 105.9% Glenmore — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Mount Wallace 95.3% houses
Mount Wallace — Houses: 95.3% Mount Wallace — Flats / Apartments: 4.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Certificate III & IV 14.7% / 25.6%
Glenmore — Certificate III & IV: 14.7% Mount Wallace — Certificate III & IV: 25.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.3% / 6.8%
Glenmore — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3% Mount Wallace — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 12.0% / —
Glenmore — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 12.0% Mount Wallace — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest
Bachelor Degree 4.0% / 6.8%
Glenmore — Bachelor Degree: 4.0% Mount Wallace — Bachelor Degree: 6.8%
Postgraduate Degree — / 2.6%
Glenmore — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Mount Wallace — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.6%).

Property market

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Median house price — $1,000,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Mount Wallace has more rural and farming land (99% vs 76%).

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Rural and farming 76% 99%
Parks and recreation 23% 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

Glenmore Mount Wallace
New dwellings approved 338
across Moorabool
same for both
Approvals change year on year +4%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Glenmore Mount Wallace
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 93% of VIC Higher than 51% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 35% of VIC Higher than 27% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 65% of VIC Higher than 68% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 13% of VIC Higher than 30% of VIC

Liveability

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
same for both

Risk profile

Mount Wallace carries more crime risk (80 vs 20); Mount Wallace carries more bushfire risk (54 vs 32).

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Bushfire Low
32/100
 Moderate
54/100
Crime Low
20/100
 High
80/100
Flood Low
32/100
 Low
20/100
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

Glenmore Mount Wallace
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

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Waterways 2 1

Mobility

Mount Wallace sits further from the CBD (98.8 km vs 77.1 km).

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 77.1 km 98.8 km
+28% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 69 min 72 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 3340
 0.8%
postcode 3342
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 42
postcode 3340
 48
postcode 3342

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.

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Car (driver) 58.1% / 63.8%
Glenmore — Car (driver): 58.1% Mount Wallace — Car (driver): 63.8%
Worked from Home 41.9% / 27.7%
Glenmore — Worked from Home: 41.9% Mount Wallace — Worked from Home: 27.7%
Car (passenger) — / 8.5%
Glenmore — Car (passenger): not among its largest Mount Wallace — Car (passenger): 8.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (63.8%).

Setting

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Elevation 264 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 419 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 39.8 km 41.0 km

NBN connectivity

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Connectivity score 16/100 27/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
15 premises
 0%
56 premises

Climate

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Annual rainfall 578 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Average residential rate $1,979/yr
same for both
Council Moorabool
same for both

Federal electorate

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Division Hawke
same for both
Member Sam Rae
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Glenmore Mount Wallace
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Glenmore

Rural Students Young Families

Mount Wallace

Rural

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