Haddon vs Smythes Creek

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Haddon: a median of $835,000, against $600,000 in Smythes Creek. On these figures, Smythes Creek tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

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 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 93/100)
  • 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

Smythes Creek

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($290,000 vs $688,750)
  • has cheaper houses ($600,000 vs $835,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Commuting to the city

Smythes Creek

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (125.7 km vs 138 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Haddon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (27/100 vs 93/100)

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

Where they sit

Haddon and Smythes 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.

Haddon Smythes Creek
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 Smythes Creek
Walkability 0 / 6
Haddon — Walkability: 0/100 Smythes Creek — Walkability: 6/100
Safety 73 / 7
Haddon — Safety: 73/100 Smythes Creek — Safety: 7/100
Low fire risk 42 / 46
Haddon — Low fire risk: 42/100 Smythes Creek — Low fire risk: 46/100
Low flood risk 41 / 76
Haddon — Low flood risk: 41/100 Smythes Creek — Low flood risk: 76/100

Demographics

Smythes Creek has more residents (1,762 vs 1,276); Haddon skews older (40 vs 38).

Haddon Smythes Creek
Population 1,276 1,762
+38% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.9% —
Median age 40 38
Median household income $101,140/yr $110,864/yr
+10% vs other
Median weekly rent $400/wk
+1% vs other
 $395/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Haddon Smythes Creek
0-4 6.0% / 6.2%
Haddon — 0-4: 6.0% Smythes Creek — 0-4: 6.2%
5-14 14.4% / 13.6%
Haddon — 5-14: 14.4% Smythes Creek — 5-14: 13.6%
15-19 7.1% / 9.7%
Haddon — 15-19: 7.1% Smythes Creek — 15-19: 9.7%
20-24 5.6% / 6.6%
Haddon — 20-24: 5.6% Smythes Creek — 20-24: 6.6%
25-34 10.1% / 10.2%
Haddon — 25-34: 10.1% Smythes Creek — 25-34: 10.2%
35-44 11.8% / 11.1%
Haddon — 35-44: 11.8% Smythes Creek — 35-44: 11.1%
45-54 13.9% / 14.0%
Haddon — 45-54: 13.9% Smythes Creek — 45-54: 14.0%
55-64 15.5% / 13.2%
Haddon — 55-64: 15.5% Smythes Creek — 55-64: 13.2%
65-74 10.5% / 10.2%
Haddon — 65-74: 10.5% Smythes Creek — 65-74: 10.2%
75-84 3.4% / 4.1%
Haddon — 75-84: 3.4% Smythes Creek — 75-84: 4.1%
85+ 0.6% / 0.6%
Haddon — 85+: 0.6% Smythes Creek — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.5%).

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%
Smythes Creek 66.1% couple families
Smythes Creek — Couple Families: 66.1% Smythes Creek — Lone Person: 16.5% Smythes Creek — One Parent Families: 12.9% Smythes Creek — Group Household: 3.4% Smythes Creek — Other Families: 1.0%
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%
Smythes Creek 9.6% renting
Smythes Creek — Owned Outright: 36.8% Smythes Creek — Mortgage: 53.6% Smythes Creek — Renting: 9.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Haddon Smythes Creek
Certificate III & IV 20.8% / 19.8%
Haddon — Certificate III & IV: 20.8% Smythes Creek — Certificate III & IV: 19.8%
Bachelor Degree 8.9% / 10.1%
Haddon — Bachelor Degree: 8.9% Smythes Creek — Bachelor Degree: 10.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.1% / 7.8%
Haddon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.1% Smythes Creek — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.6% / 2.3%
Haddon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.6% Smythes Creek — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / 2.5%
Haddon — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Smythes Creek — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.8%).

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 Smythes Creek
England 3.0% / 2.0%
Haddon — England: 3.0% Smythes Creek — England: 2.0%
New Zealand 1.1% / 0.6%
Haddon — New Zealand: 1.1% Smythes Creek — New Zealand: 0.6%
Scotland 0.6% / 0.9%
Haddon — Scotland: 0.6% Smythes Creek — Scotland: 0.9%
India 0.2% / 1.1%
Haddon — India: 0.2% Smythes Creek — India: 1.1%
Germany 0.9% / —
Haddon — Germany: 0.9% Smythes Creek — Germany: not among its largest
Philippines 0.4% / 0.2%
Haddon — Philippines: 0.4% Smythes Creek — Philippines: 0.2%
Netherlands — / 0.6%
Haddon — Netherlands: not among its largest Smythes Creek — Netherlands: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Haddon 100.5% houses
Haddon — Houses: 100.5% Haddon — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Smythes Creek 99.1% houses
Smythes Creek — Houses: 99.1% Smythes Creek — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Haddon Smythes Creek
Median house price $835,000 $600,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $688,750 $290,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 7 sales
 36 days
from 64 sales

Zoning mix

Haddon Smythes Creek
Rural and farming 92% 91%
Residential 3% 8%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 2%
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 Smythes Creek
New dwellings approved 186
across Golden Plains
same for both
Approvals change year on year +10%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Haddon Smythes Creek
Houses — 3.1%
$518/wk on $859K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Haddon Smythes Creek
House price — Higher than 21% of VIC
Income Higher than 74% of VIC Higher than 84% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 21% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 97% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 39% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 55% of VIC Higher than 78% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 18% of VIC

Liveability

Haddon Smythes Creek
Grade C
same for both
Score 32/100 34/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 advantaged area
decile 7/10

Risk profile

Smythes Creek carries more crime risk (93 vs 27); Haddon carries more flood risk (59 vs 24).

Haddon Smythes Creek
Bushfire Moderate
58/100
 Moderate
54/100
Crime Low
27/100
 High
93/100
Flood Moderate
59/100
 Low
24/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

Haddon Smythes Creek
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km None 1
Federation University Ballarat, 8.7 km

Schools in Haddon

  • Haddon Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Smythes Creek

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

Amenities in the suburb

Haddon Smythes Creek
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 2 0
Childcare 3 0
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 3 1

Mobility

Haddon sits further from the CBD (138 km vs 125.7 km).

Haddon Smythes Creek
Walkability score 0/100 6/100
Distance to Melbourne 138 km
+9% vs other
 125.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 102 min 99 min
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 Smythes Creek
Car (driver) 75.2% / 75.6%
Haddon — Car (driver): 75.2% Smythes Creek — Car (driver): 75.6%
Worked from Home 19.6% / 15.8%
Haddon — Worked from Home: 19.6% Smythes Creek — Worked from Home: 15.8%
Car (passenger) 3.7% / 7.5%
Haddon — Car (passenger): 3.7% Smythes Creek — Car (passenger): 7.5%
Walked Only 0.5% / 0.8%
Haddon — Walked Only: 0.5% Smythes Creek — Walked Only: 0.8%
Train 0.9% / —
Haddon — Train: 0.9% Smythes Creek — Train: not among its largest
Bus — / 0.4%
Haddon — Bus: not among its largest Smythes Creek — Bus: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.6%).

Setting

Haddon Smythes Creek
Elevation 394 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 408 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Haddon Smythes Creek
Connectivity score 30/100 68/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
462 premises
 54%
1,067 premises

Climate

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Haddon

Acreage

Smythes Creek

Acreage

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