Gundowring vs Kiewa

Kiewa is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 47 in Gundowring. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Gundowring, about half of households are couple families. In Kiewa, most households are couple families. On these figures, Gundowring tends to suit people living alone, while Kiewa suits families with children and couples.

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

  • Gundowring has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
  • Kiewa is already more of a family suburb (79% vs 63%)

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

First-home buyers

Kiewa

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 25%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Gundowring

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $290/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Gundowring

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (339.5 km vs 342.8 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

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

Gundowring Kiewa
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.

Gundowring Kiewa
Walkability 10 / 6
Gundowring — Walkability: 10/100 Kiewa — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 87 / 89
Gundowring — Safety: 87/100 Kiewa — Safety: 89/100
Low fire risk 61 / 72
Gundowring — Low fire risk: 61/100 Kiewa — Low fire risk: 72/100
Low flood risk 17 / 22
Gundowring — Low flood risk: 17/100 Kiewa — Low flood risk: 22/100

Demographics

Kiewa has more residents (483 vs 208); Kiewa has higher household incomes ($110,812 vs $87,412).

Gundowring Kiewa
Population 208 483
+132% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -2.8% +1.9%
Median age 47 41
Median household income $87,412/yr $110,812/yr
+27% vs other
Median weekly rent $250/wk $290/wk
+16% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Gundowring Kiewa
0-4 4.8% / 5.2%
Gundowring — 0-4: 4.8% Kiewa — 0-4: 5.2%
5-14 9.6% / 17.2%
Gundowring — 5-14: 9.6% Kiewa — 5-14: 17.2%
15-19 3.8% / 6.4%
Gundowring — 15-19: 3.8% Kiewa — 15-19: 6.4%
20-24 1.9% / 4.1%
Gundowring — 20-24: 1.9% Kiewa — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 7.2% / 8.9%
Gundowring — 25-34: 7.2% Kiewa — 25-34: 8.9%
35-44 13.0% / 11.2%
Gundowring — 35-44: 13.0% Kiewa — 35-44: 11.2%
45-54 21.2% / 14.3%
Gundowring — 45-54: 21.2% Kiewa — 45-54: 14.3%
55-64 18.8% / 18.0%
Gundowring — 55-64: 18.8% Kiewa — 55-64: 18.0%
65-74 9.6% / 9.3%
Gundowring — 65-74: 9.6% Kiewa — 65-74: 9.3%
75-84 5.3% / 4.3%
Gundowring — 75-84: 5.3% Kiewa — 75-84: 4.3%
85+ 1.4% / —
Gundowring — 85+: 1.4% Kiewa — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Gundowring 51.2% couple families
Gundowring — Couple Families: 51.2% Gundowring — Lone Person: 37.2% Gundowring — One Parent Families: 11.6%
Kiewa 73.6% couple families
Kiewa — Couple Families: 73.6% Kiewa — Lone Person: 20.9% Kiewa — One Parent Families: 5.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Gundowring 16.9% renting
Gundowring — Owned Outright: 52.5% Gundowring — Mortgage: 30.5% Gundowring — Renting: 16.9%
Kiewa 9.3% renting
Kiewa — Owned Outright: 40.7% Kiewa — Mortgage: 50.0% Kiewa — Renting: 9.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Gundowring Kiewa
England 2.4% / 1.0%
Gundowring — England: 2.4% Kiewa — England: 1.0%
China 2.4% / —
Gundowring — China: 2.4% Kiewa — China: not among its largest
Netherlands — / 0.6%
Gundowring — Netherlands: not among its largest Kiewa — Netherlands: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (2.4%).

Qualifications

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

Gundowring Kiewa
Certificate III & IV 23.6% / 19.3%
Gundowring — Certificate III & IV: 23.6% Kiewa — Certificate III & IV: 19.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.6% / 6.6%
Gundowring — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.6% Kiewa — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6%
Bachelor Degree 5.8% / 10.4%
Gundowring — Bachelor Degree: 5.8% Kiewa — Bachelor Degree: 10.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.8% / 2.5%
Gundowring — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.8% Kiewa — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%
Postgraduate Degree 1.4% / 3.3%
Gundowring — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4% Kiewa — Postgraduate Degree: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Gundowring 100.0% houses
Gundowring — Houses: 100.0%
Kiewa 100.0% houses
Kiewa — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Gundowring Kiewa
Median house price — $922,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Gundowring has more rural and farming land (84% vs 57%).

Gundowring Kiewa
Rural and farming 84% 57%
Parks and recreation 16% 42%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 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

Gundowring Kiewa
New dwellings approved 120
across Indigo
same for both
Approvals change year on year +15%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Gundowring Kiewa
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 57% of VIC —
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 73% of VIC Higher than 68% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 54% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 70% of VIC Higher than 61% of VIC

Liveability

Gundowring Kiewa
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Gundowring carries more bushfire risk (39 vs 28).

Gundowring Kiewa
Bushfire Low
39/100
 Low
28/100
Crime Low
13/100
 Low
11/100
Flood High
83/100
 High
78/100
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

Gundowring Kiewa
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

Gundowring Kiewa
Parks & reserves 3 0
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 12 0

Mobility

Kiewa sits further from the CBD (342.8 km vs 339.5 km).

Gundowring Kiewa
Walkability score 10/100 6/100
Distance to Melbourne 339.5 km 342.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 228 min 225 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3691
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 79
postcode 3691
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.

Gundowring Kiewa
Car (driver) 57.5% / 85.3%
Gundowring — Car (driver): 57.5% Kiewa — Car (driver): 85.3%
Worked from Home 31.1% / 10.3%
Gundowring — Worked from Home: 31.1% Kiewa — Worked from Home: 10.3%
Car (passenger) 3.8% / 4.5%
Gundowring — Car (passenger): 3.8% Kiewa — Car (passenger): 4.5%
Walked Only 7.5% / —
Gundowring — Walked Only: 7.5% Kiewa — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (85.3%).

Setting

Gundowring Kiewa
Elevation 213 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 284 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Gundowring Kiewa
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
84 premises
 0%
173 premises

Climate

Gundowring Kiewa
Annual rainfall 692 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 5.0°C
same for both

Council rates

Gundowring Kiewa
Average residential rate $1,828/yr
same for both
Council Indigo
same for both

Federal electorate

Gundowring Kiewa
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Gundowring Kiewa
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Gundowring

Rural

Kiewa

Family Rural

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