Horfield vs Cohuna

Horfield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 55 in Cohuna. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Horfield tends to suit couples, while Cohuna suits 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Horfield is already more of a family suburb (50% vs 41%)
  • Cohuna has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)

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

Renters

Horfield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (39% vs 19%)

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

Commuting to the city

Horfield

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (192 min vs 202 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (267.7 km vs 277.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Cohuna

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more residents already 65 and over (37% vs 20%)

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

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

Horfield Cohuna
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.

Horfield Cohuna
Walkability 0 / 0
Horfield — Walkability: 0/100 Cohuna — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 55 / 57
Horfield — Safety: 55/100 Cohuna — Safety: 57/100
Low fire risk 100 / 69
Horfield — Low fire risk: 100/100 Cohuna — Low fire risk: 69/100
Low flood risk 22 / 5
Horfield — Low flood risk: 22/100 Cohuna — Low flood risk: 5/100

Demographics

Cohuna has more residents (2,415 vs 93); Cohuna skews older (55 vs 48).

Horfield Cohuna
Population 93 2,415
+2497% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.2% -0.5%
Median age 48 55
Median household income $54,184/yr $57,824/yr
+7% vs other
Median weekly rent $183/wk $185/wk
+1% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Horfield Cohuna
0-4 3.2% / 4.3%
Horfield — 0-4: 3.2% Cohuna — 0-4: 4.3%
5-14 9.7% / 9.7%
Horfield — 5-14: 9.7% Cohuna — 5-14: 9.7%
15-19 6.5% / 3.8%
Horfield — 15-19: 6.5% Cohuna — 15-19: 3.8%
20-24 3.2% / 3.6%
Horfield — 20-24: 3.2% Cohuna — 20-24: 3.6%
25-34 5.4% / 7.2%
Horfield — 25-34: 5.4% Cohuna — 25-34: 7.2%
35-44 10.8% / 9.0%
Horfield — 35-44: 10.8% Cohuna — 35-44: 9.0%
45-54 8.6% / 12.0%
Horfield — 45-54: 8.6% Cohuna — 45-54: 12.0%
55-64 22.6% / 14.3%
Horfield — 55-64: 22.6% Cohuna — 55-64: 14.3%
65-74 14.0% / 18.8%
Horfield — 65-74: 14.0% Cohuna — 65-74: 18.8%
75-84 6.5% / 12.5%
Horfield — 75-84: 6.5% Cohuna — 75-84: 12.5%
85+ — / 5.5%
Horfield — 85+: not among its largest Cohuna — 85+: 5.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Horfield 50.0% lone person
Horfield — Lone Person: 50.0% Horfield — Couple Families: 50.0% Horfield — One Parent Families: 0.0% Horfield — Group Household: 0.0% Horfield — Other Families: 0.0%
Cohuna 53.8% lone person
Cohuna — Lone Person: 53.8% Cohuna — Couple Families: 31.3% Cohuna — One Parent Families: 10.1% Cohuna — Group Household: 4.0% Cohuna — Other Families: 0.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Horfield 38.7% renting
Horfield — Owned Outright: 32.3% Horfield — Mortgage: 29.0% Horfield — Renting: 38.7%
Cohuna 18.6% renting
Cohuna — Owned Outright: 56.0% Cohuna — Mortgage: 25.3% Cohuna — Renting: 18.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Horfield 105.6% houses
Horfield — Houses: 105.6% Horfield — Townhouses: 0.0% Horfield — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Cohuna 94.6% houses
Cohuna — Houses: 94.6% Cohuna — Townhouses: 4.5% Cohuna — Flats / Apartments: 0.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Horfield Cohuna
Certificate III & IV 12.9% / 16.0%
Horfield — Certificate III & IV: 12.9% Cohuna — Certificate III & IV: 16.0%
Bachelor Degree 9.7% / 6.3%
Horfield — Bachelor Degree: 9.7% Cohuna — Bachelor Degree: 6.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4.3% / 5.9%
Horfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 4.3% Cohuna — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.4%
Horfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Cohuna — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.1%
Horfield — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Cohuna — Postgraduate Degree: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.0%).

Property market

Horfield Cohuna
Median house price — $380,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $385,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 82 days
from 29 sales

Zoning mix

Horfield has more rural and farming land (96% vs 31%).

Horfield Cohuna
Rural and farming 96% 31%
Parks and recreation 2% 65%
Residential 0% 2%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 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

Horfield Cohuna
New dwellings approved 19
across Gannawarra
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.

Horfield Cohuna
Houses — 4.8%
$402/wk on $434K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Horfield Cohuna
House price — Higher than 5% of VIC
Income Higher than 13% of VIC Higher than 16% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 64% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 57% of VIC Higher than 4% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 92% of VIC
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 69% of VIC Higher than 77% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 96% of VIC

Liveability

Horfield Cohuna
Grade — D
Score — 29/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Cohuna carries more bushfire risk (31 vs 0); Cohuna carries more flood risk (95 vs 78).

Horfield Cohuna
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
31/100
Crime Moderate
45/100
 Moderate
43/100
Flood High
78/100
 High
95/100
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

Horfield Cohuna
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Horfield

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

Schools in Cohuna

  • Cohuna Consolidated School Government · Primary above peers
  • Cohuna Secondary College Government · Secondary below peers
  • St Mary's School Catholic · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Horfield Cohuna
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 0 3
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 3 14

Mobility

Cohuna sits further from the CBD (277.1 km vs 267.7 km).

Horfield Cohuna
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 267.7 km 277.1 km
+4% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 192 min 202 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 3567
 0.0%
postcode 3568
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 56
postcode 3567
 53
postcode 3568

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.

Horfield Cohuna
Car (driver) 54.5% / 83.0%
Horfield — Car (driver): 54.5% Cohuna — Car (driver): 83.0%
Worked from Home 45.5% / 7.1%
Horfield — Worked from Home: 45.5% Cohuna — Worked from Home: 7.1%
Walked Only — / 5.2%
Horfield — Walked Only: not among its largest Cohuna — Walked Only: 5.2%
Car (passenger) — / 3.1%
Horfield — Car (passenger): not among its largest Cohuna — Car (passenger): 3.1%
Bicycle — / 1.6%
Horfield — Bicycle: not among its largest Cohuna — Bicycle: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (83.0%).

Setting

Horfield Cohuna
Elevation 83 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 84 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Horfield Cohuna
Connectivity score 30/100 67/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
41 premises
 42%
1,491 premises

Climate

Horfield Cohuna
Annual rainfall 364 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 32.1°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Horfield Cohuna
Average residential rate $1,855/yr
same for both
Council Gannawarra
same for both

Federal electorate

Horfield Cohuna
Division Mallee
same for both
Member Anne Webster
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Horfield Cohuna
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Horfield

Rural

Cohuna

Affordable Retirees Rural

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