Gundowring vs Sandy Creek
In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Sandy Creek tends to suit 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
Too close to call
Nothing among the 6 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
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
Sandy Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($220/wk vs $250/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Gundowring
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (228 min vs 239 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (339.5 km vs 346.1 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
Sandy Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (11.7% vs -2.8%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Gundowring and Sandy Creek 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
Gundowring rents higher ($250/wk vs $220/wk); Gundowring has higher household incomes ($87,412 vs $77,428).
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 208 +4% vs other | 200 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -2.8% | +11.7% |
| Median age | 47 | 49 |
| Median household income | $87,412/yr +11% vs other | $77,428/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $250/wk +12% vs other | $220/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).
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 (23.6%).
Zoning mix
Gundowring has more rural and farming land (84% vs 71%).
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 84% | 71% |
| Parks and recreation | 16% | 29% |
| 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 | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 120 across Indigo same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +15% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 57% of VIC | Higher than 45% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 73% of VIC | Higher than 75% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 54% of VIC | Higher than 50% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 70% of VIC | Higher than 16% of VIC |
Liveability
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 8/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Gundowring carries more flood risk (83 vs 0).
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 39/100 | Moderate 40/100 |
| Crime | Low 13/100 | Low 11/100 |
| Flood | High 83/100 | 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 same for both | |
Schools
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Gundowring
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Sandy Creek
- Upper Sandy Creek Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 3 | 1 |
| Waterways | 12 | 6 |
Mobility
Sandy Creek sits further from the CBD (346.1 km vs 339.5 km).
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 13/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 339.5 km | 346.1 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 228 min | 239 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 3691 | 0.5% postcode 3695 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 79 postcode 3691 | 76 postcode 3695 |
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 (72.9%).
Setting
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 213 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 357 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 19/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 84 premises | 0% 53 premises |
Climate
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,828/yr same for both | |
| Council | Indigo same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Indi same for both | |
| Member | Helen Haines same for both | |
| Party | Independent same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Gundowring | Sandy Creek | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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