Indented Head vs St Leonards

St Leonards is the younger of the two, with a median age of 56 against 59 in Indented Head. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone.

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

  • Indented Head carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 50/100)
  • St Leonards has more parks and reserves (7 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Indented Head

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper land ($392,500 vs $480,000)

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

St Leonards

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (95 min vs 102 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (104.6 km vs 110.5 km)
  • But Indented Head is more walkable (18/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Indented Head

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (18/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (22/100 vs 50/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (38% vs 33%)

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

Investors

St Leonards

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.7% vs 2.8%)

Weighs house yield.

Where they sit

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

Indented Head St Leonards
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.

Indented Head St Leonards
Walkability 18 / 0
Indented Head — Walkability: 18/100 St Leonards — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 78 / 50
Indented Head — Safety: 78/100 St Leonards — Safety: 50/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Indented Head — Low fire risk: 100/100 St Leonards — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 37 / 36
Indented Head — Low flood risk: 37/100 St Leonards — Low flood risk: 36/100

Demographics

St Leonards has more residents (3,542 vs 1,391); Indented Head skews older (59 vs 56).

Indented Head St Leonards
Population 1,391 3,542
+155% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) — +42.8%
Median age 59 56
Median household income $62,452/yr
+1% vs other
 $61,516/yr
Median weekly rent $346/wk $350/wk
+1% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Indented Head St Leonards
0-4 2.6% / 3.7%
Indented Head — 0-4: 2.6% St Leonards — 0-4: 3.7%
5-14 9.6% / 7.5%
Indented Head — 5-14: 9.6% St Leonards — 5-14: 7.5%
15-19 2.9% / 3.2%
Indented Head — 15-19: 2.9% St Leonards — 15-19: 3.2%
20-24 2.9% / 3.0%
Indented Head — 20-24: 2.9% St Leonards — 20-24: 3.0%
25-34 5.0% / 9.0%
Indented Head — 25-34: 5.0% St Leonards — 25-34: 9.0%
35-44 8.4% / 8.7%
Indented Head — 35-44: 8.4% St Leonards — 35-44: 8.7%
45-54 12.1% / 12.9%
Indented Head — 45-54: 12.1% St Leonards — 45-54: 12.9%
55-64 18.7% / 19.1%
Indented Head — 55-64: 18.7% St Leonards — 55-64: 19.1%
65-74 25.8% / 21.4%
Indented Head — 65-74: 25.8% St Leonards — 65-74: 21.4%
75-84 10.2% / 9.3%
Indented Head — 75-84: 10.2% St Leonards — 75-84: 9.3%
85+ 2.0% / 2.3%
Indented Head — 85+: 2.0% St Leonards — 85+: 2.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Indented Head 50.7% lone person
Indented Head — Lone Person: 50.7% Indented Head — Couple Families: 32.1% Indented Head — One Parent Families: 12.3% Indented Head — Group Household: 3.2% Indented Head — Other Families: 1.7%
St Leonards 50.7% lone person
St Leonards — Lone Person: 50.7% St Leonards — Couple Families: 28.0% St Leonards — One Parent Families: 14.7% St Leonards — Group Household: 4.6% St Leonards — Other Families: 2.1%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Indented Head 16.0% renting
Indented Head — Owned Outright: 57.4% Indented Head — Mortgage: 26.6% Indented Head — Renting: 16.0%
St Leonards 24.4% renting
St Leonards — Owned Outright: 50.1% St Leonards — Mortgage: 25.6% St Leonards — Renting: 24.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Indented Head St Leonards
Certificate III & IV 16.6% / 18.0%
Indented Head — Certificate III & IV: 16.6% St Leonards — Certificate III & IV: 18.0%
Bachelor Degree 11.1% / 10.1%
Indented Head — Bachelor Degree: 11.1% St Leonards — Bachelor Degree: 10.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 11.4% / 9.1%
Indented Head — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.4% St Leonards — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1%
Postgraduate Degree 2.7% / 3.6%
Indented Head — Postgraduate Degree: 2.7% St Leonards — Postgraduate Degree: 3.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.6% / 2.5%
Indented Head — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.6% St Leonards — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

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.

Indented Head St Leonards
England 4.0% / 4.5%
Indented Head — England: 4.0% St Leonards — England: 4.5%
New Zealand 1.3% / 1.6%
Indented Head — New Zealand: 1.3% St Leonards — New Zealand: 1.6%
Greece 1.5% / 1.4%
Indented Head — Greece: 1.5% St Leonards — Greece: 1.4%
Italy 1.1% / 1.6%
Indented Head — Italy: 1.1% St Leonards — Italy: 1.6%
Germany 0.6% / 0.5%
Indented Head — Germany: 0.6% St Leonards — Germany: 0.5%
Scotland — / 0.8%
Indented Head — Scotland: not among its largest St Leonards — Scotland: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.5%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Indented Head 97.8% houses
Indented Head — Houses: 97.8% Indented Head — Townhouses: 2.4% Indented Head — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
St Leonards 91.9% houses
St Leonards — Houses: 91.9% St Leonards — Townhouses: 7.0% St Leonards — Flats / Apartments: 1.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Indented Head St Leonards
Median house price $702,500 $725,000
Median unit price — $432,000
Median land price $392,500 $480,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 80 days
from 34 sales
 52 days
from 92 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Indented Head St Leonards
2 bed $610K / $590K
Indented Head — 2 bed: $610K (9 sales) St Leonards — 2 bed: $590K (14 sales)

9 vs 14 sales

3 bed $665K / $674K
Indented Head — 3 bed: $665K (43 sales) St Leonards — 3 bed: $674K (50 sales)

43 vs 50 sales

4 bed $1.04M / $760K
Indented Head — 4 bed: $1.04M (21 sales) St Leonards — 4 bed: $760K (85 sales)

21 vs 85 sales

Zoning mix

St Leonards has more rural and farming land (70% vs 42%).

Indented Head St Leonards
Rural and farming 42% 70%
Residential 45% 13%
Parks and recreation 10% 13%
Infrastructure and transport 3% 1%
Other and special use 0% 2%
Environmental 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

Indented Head St Leonards
New dwellings approved 3,468
across Greater Geelong
same for both
Approvals change year on year +56%
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.

Indented Head St Leonards
Houses 2.8%
$485/wk on $908K
 3.7%
$540/wk on $760K
Units — 4.8%
$525/wk on $570K

Ranking within VIC

Indented Head St Leonards
House price Higher than 28% of VIC Higher than 43% of VIC
Income Higher than 23% of VIC Higher than 22% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 78% of VIC Higher than 13% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 43% of VIC Higher than 27% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 68% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 80% of VIC Higher than 91% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 7% of VIC Higher than 46% of VIC
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 51% of VIC

Liveability

Indented Head is more walkable (18 vs 0); Indented Head scores higher overall (56 vs 39).

Indented Head St Leonards
Grade B C
Score 56/100 39/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

St Leonards carries more crime risk (50 vs 22).

Indented Head St Leonards
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
22/100
 Moderate
50/100
Flood Moderate
63/100
 Moderate
64/100
Coastal erosion Low
30/100
 High
70/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Indented Head St Leonards
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1
same for both

Schools in Indented Head

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

Schools in St Leonards

  • St Leonards Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Indented Head St Leonards
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 0 7
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Beaches 0 1
Waterways 0 2

Mobility

Indented Head sits further from the CBD (110.5 km vs 104.6 km).

Indented Head St Leonards
Walkability score 18/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 110.5 km
+5% vs other
 104.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 102 min 95 min
Public transport score 68/100 76/100
Peak arrivals per hour 22.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 30.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 0.8%
postcode 3223
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 34
postcode 3223
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.

Indented Head St Leonards
Car (driver) 62.2% / 66.6%
Indented Head — Car (driver): 62.2% St Leonards — Car (driver): 66.6%
Worked from Home 29.0% / 27.0%
Indented Head — Worked from Home: 29.0% St Leonards — Worked from Home: 27.0%
Car (passenger) 3.9% / 3.2%
Indented Head — Car (passenger): 3.9% St Leonards — Car (passenger): 3.2%
Walked Only 3.2% / 1.5%
Indented Head — Walked Only: 3.2% St Leonards — Walked Only: 1.5%
Train 0.9% / 0.5%
Indented Head — Train: 0.9% St Leonards — Train: 0.5%
Bus 0.7% / 0.7%
Indented Head — Bus: 0.7% St Leonards — Bus: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (66.6%).

Setting

Indented Head St Leonards
Elevation 8 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 21 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 701 m
1.2 km to a named beach
 2.0 km
2.6 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Indented Head St Leonards
Connectivity score 72/100 81/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 50%
1,315 premises
 65%
4,039 premises

Climate

Indented Head St Leonards
Annual rainfall —
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 22.8°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.8°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Indented Head St Leonards
PM2.5 — 5.0 µg/m³
PM10 — 20.5 µg/m³
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Indented Head St Leonards
Average residential rate $1,802/yr
same for both
Council Greater Geelong
same for both

Federal electorate

Indented Head St Leonards
Division Corangamite
same for both
Member Libby Coker
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Indented Head St Leonards
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Indented Head

Acreage Beach Coastal Outer Retirees

St Leonards

Acreage Coastal Outer Retirees

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