Haddon vs Nintingbool

Haddon is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 51 in Nintingbool. 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, Haddon 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

Haddon

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

Nintingbool

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $400/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Nintingbool

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (130.6 km vs 138 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Nintingbool

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 14%)

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

Investors

Haddon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (6.9% vs -2.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Haddon Nintingbool
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.

Haddon Nintingbool
Walkability 0 / 0
Haddon — Walkability: 0/100 Nintingbool — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 73 / 68
Haddon — Safety: 73/100 Nintingbool — Safety: 68/100
Low fire risk 42 / 100
Haddon — Low fire risk: 42/100 Nintingbool — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 41 / 100
Haddon — Low flood risk: 41/100 Nintingbool — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Haddon rents higher ($400/wk vs $0/wk); Haddon has more residents (1,276 vs 168).

Haddon Nintingbool
Population 1,276
+87% vs other
 168
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.9% -2.9%
Median age 40 51
Median household income $101,140/yr
+8% vs other
 $93,184/yr
Median weekly rent $400/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Haddon Nintingbool
0-4 6.0% / 3.6%
Haddon — 0-4: 6.0% Nintingbool — 0-4: 3.6%
5-14 14.4% / 10.7%
Haddon — 5-14: 14.4% Nintingbool — 5-14: 10.7%
15-19 7.1% / 3.6%
Haddon — 15-19: 7.1% Nintingbool — 15-19: 3.6%
20-24 5.6% / 3.6%
Haddon — 20-24: 5.6% Nintingbool — 20-24: 3.6%
25-34 10.1% / 8.9%
Haddon — 25-34: 10.1% Nintingbool — 25-34: 8.9%
35-44 11.8% / 12.5%
Haddon — 35-44: 11.8% Nintingbool — 35-44: 12.5%
45-54 13.9% / 16.7%
Haddon — 45-54: 13.9% Nintingbool — 45-54: 16.7%
55-64 15.5% / 17.9%
Haddon — 55-64: 15.5% Nintingbool — 55-64: 17.9%
65-74 10.5% / 14.9%
Haddon — 65-74: 10.5% Nintingbool — 65-74: 14.9%
75-84 3.4% / 4.8%
Haddon — 75-84: 3.4% Nintingbool — 75-84: 4.8%
85+ 0.6% / —
Haddon — 85+: 0.6% Nintingbool — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.9%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Haddon 59.0% couple families
Haddon — Couple Families: 59.0% Haddon — Lone Person: 24.4% Haddon — One Parent Families: 12.5% Haddon — Group Household: 3.2% Haddon — Other Families: 1.0%
Nintingbool 58.3% couple families
Nintingbool — Couple Families: 58.3% Nintingbool — Lone Person: 19.4% Nintingbool — One Parent Families: 13.9% Nintingbool — Group Household: 8.3% Nintingbool — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Haddon 3.0% renting
Haddon — Owned Outright: 41.6% Haddon — Mortgage: 55.3% Haddon — Renting: 3.0%
Nintingbool 0.0% renting
Nintingbool — Owned Outright: 47.5% Nintingbool — Mortgage: 52.5% Nintingbool — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Haddon Nintingbool
Certificate III & IV 20.8% / 22.0%
Haddon — Certificate III & IV: 20.8% Nintingbool — Certificate III & IV: 22.0%
Bachelor Degree 8.9% / 13.1%
Haddon — Bachelor Degree: 8.9% Nintingbool — Bachelor Degree: 13.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.1% / 8.9%
Haddon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1% Nintingbool — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.6% / 3.0%
Haddon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.6% Nintingbool — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.0%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / —
Haddon — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Nintingbool — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.0%).

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.

Haddon Nintingbool
England 3.0% / 4.2%
Haddon — England: 3.0% Nintingbool — England: 4.2%
New Zealand 1.1% / 2.4%
Haddon — New Zealand: 1.1% Nintingbool — New Zealand: 2.4%
Netherlands — / 2.4%
Haddon — Netherlands: not among its largest Nintingbool — Netherlands: 2.4%
Germany 0.9% / —
Haddon — Germany: 0.9% Nintingbool — Germany: not among its largest
Scotland 0.6% / —
Haddon — Scotland: 0.6% Nintingbool — Scotland: not among its largest
Philippines 0.4% / —
Haddon — Philippines: 0.4% Nintingbool — Philippines: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Haddon 100.5% houses
Haddon — Houses: 100.5%
Nintingbool 100.0% houses
Nintingbool — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Haddon Nintingbool
Median house price $835,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $688,750 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 7 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Haddon Nintingbool
Rural and farming 92% 96%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 3%
Residential 3% 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

Haddon Nintingbool
New dwellings approved 186
across Golden Plains
same for both
Approvals change year on year +10%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Haddon Nintingbool
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 74% of VIC Higher than 62% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 21% of VIC Higher than 17% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 39% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 40% of VIC

Liveability

Haddon Nintingbool
Grade C —
Score 32/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Haddon carries more flood risk (59 vs 0); Haddon carries more bushfire risk (58 vs 0).

Haddon Nintingbool
Bushfire Moderate
58/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
27/100
 Low
32/100
Flood Moderate
59/100
 None
0/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Haddon Nintingbool
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Haddon

  • Haddon Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Nintingbool

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Haddon Nintingbool
Parks & reserves 2 0
Childcare 3 0
Waterways 3 0

Mobility

Haddon sits further from the CBD (138 km vs 130.6 km).

Haddon Nintingbool
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 138 km
+5% vs other
 130.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 102 min
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3351
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 3351
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.

Haddon Nintingbool
Car (driver) 75.2% / 80.3%
Haddon — Car (driver): 75.2% Nintingbool — Car (driver): 80.3%
Worked from Home 19.6% / 19.7%
Haddon — Worked from Home: 19.6% Nintingbool — Worked from Home: 19.7%
Car (passenger) 3.7% / —
Haddon — Car (passenger): 3.7% Nintingbool — Car (passenger): not among its largest
Train 0.9% / —
Haddon — Train: 0.9% Nintingbool — Train: not among its largest
Walked Only 0.5% / —
Haddon — Walked Only: 0.5% Nintingbool — Walked Only: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.3%).

Setting

Haddon Nintingbool
Elevation 394 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 402 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Haddon Nintingbool
Connectivity score 30/100 29/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
462 premises
 0%
59 premises

Climate

Haddon Nintingbool
Annual rainfall 605 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Haddon Nintingbool
Average residential rate $2,052/yr
same for both
Council Golden Plains
same for both

Federal electorate

Haddon Nintingbool
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Haddon Nintingbool
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Haddon

Acreage

Nintingbool

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