Lancefield vs Rochford

Lancefield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 51 in Rochford. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Lancefield, about half of households are couple families. In Rochford, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Lancefield tends to suit couples, while Rochford suits people living alone and 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

Lancefield

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 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

Lancefield

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (20% vs 25%)
  • has cheaper rent ($360/wk vs $406/wk)
  • But Rochford has a bigger rental market to choose from (24% vs 11%)

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

Commuting to the city

Rochford

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (83.4 km vs 91.5 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (65 min vs 71 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lancefield

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (42/100 vs 71/100)

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

Investors

Lancefield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (11.7% vs 0.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Lancefield Rochford
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.

Lancefield Rochford
Walkability 0 / 0
Lancefield — Walkability: 0/100 Rochford — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 58 / 29
Lancefield — Safety: 58/100 Rochford — Safety: 29/100
Low fire risk 48 / 100
Lancefield — Low fire risk: 48/100 Rochford — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 82 / 100
Lancefield — Low flood risk: 82/100 Rochford — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Lancefield has more residents (2,743 vs 71); Rochford skews older (51 vs 41).

Lancefield Rochford
Population 2,743
+97% vs other
 71
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +11.7% +0.0%
Median age 41 51
Median household income $95,576/yr
+12% vs other
 $84,448/yr
Median weekly rent $360/wk $406/wk
+13% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lancefield Rochford
0-4 5.6% / 7.0%
Lancefield — 0-4: 5.6% Rochford — 0-4: 7.0%
5-14 13.5% / 18.3%
Lancefield — 5-14: 13.5% Rochford — 5-14: 18.3%
15-19 6.1% / —
Lancefield — 15-19: 6.1% Rochford — 15-19: not among its largest
20-24 5.0% / 5.6%
Lancefield — 20-24: 5.0% Rochford — 20-24: 5.6%
25-34 11.1% / 8.5%
Lancefield — 25-34: 11.1% Rochford — 25-34: 8.5%
35-44 12.3% / 11.3%
Lancefield — 35-44: 12.3% Rochford — 35-44: 11.3%
45-54 13.8% / 11.3%
Lancefield — 45-54: 13.8% Rochford — 45-54: 11.3%
55-64 14.0% / 25.4%
Lancefield — 55-64: 14.0% Rochford — 55-64: 25.4%
65-74 12.4% / 15.5%
Lancefield — 65-74: 12.4% Rochford — 65-74: 15.5%
75-84 5.3% / —
Lancefield — 75-84: 5.3% Rochford — 75-84: not among its largest
85+ 0.9% / —
Lancefield — 85+: 0.9% Rochford — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lancefield 29.6% lone person
Lancefield — Lone Person: 29.6% Lancefield — Couple Families: 50.3% Lancefield — One Parent Families: 17.1% Lancefield — Group Household: 2.0% Lancefield — Other Families: 1.0%
Rochford 62.5% lone person
Rochford — Lone Person: 62.5% Rochford — Couple Families: 37.5% Rochford — One Parent Families: 0.0% Rochford — Group Household: 0.0% Rochford — Other Families: 0.0%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lancefield 11.2% renting
Lancefield — Owned Outright: 38.8% Lancefield — Mortgage: 50.0% Lancefield — Renting: 11.2%
Rochford 24.1% renting
Rochford — Owned Outright: 41.4% Rochford — Mortgage: 34.5% Rochford — Renting: 24.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Lancefield Rochford
England 3.5% / 5.6%
Lancefield — England: 3.5% Rochford — England: 5.6%
New Zealand 1.2% / —
Lancefield — New Zealand: 1.2% Rochford — New Zealand: not among its largest
Philippines 0.7% / —
Lancefield — Philippines: 0.7% Rochford — Philippines: not among its largest
Scotland 0.4% / —
Lancefield — Scotland: 0.4% Rochford — Scotland: not among its largest
Germany 0.4% / —
Lancefield — Germany: 0.4% Rochford — Germany: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.6%).

Qualifications

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

Lancefield Rochford
Certificate III & IV 17.0% / 14.1%
Lancefield — Certificate III & IV: 17.0% Rochford — Certificate III & IV: 14.1%
Bachelor Degree 10.6% / 16.9%
Lancefield — Bachelor Degree: 10.6% Rochford — Bachelor Degree: 16.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.9% / 5.6%
Lancefield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9% Rochford — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 4.2%
Lancefield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Rochford — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.8% / —
Lancefield — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8% Rochford — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lancefield 98.6% houses
Lancefield — Houses: 98.6% Lancefield — Townhouses: 0.8% Lancefield — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Rochford 100.0% houses
Rochford — Houses: 100.0% Rochford — Townhouses: 0.0% Rochford — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Lancefield Rochford
Median house price $736,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price $450,000 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 58 days
from 29 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Rochford has more land zoned for conservation (58% vs 27%); Lancefield has more rural and farming land (53% vs 41%).

Lancefield Rochford
Environmental 27% 58%
Rural and farming 53% 41%
Parks and recreation 15% 0%
Residential 4% 0%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 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

Lancefield Rochford
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year +80%
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.

Lancefield Rochford
Houses 3.3%
$595/wk on $925K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Lancefield Rochford
House price Higher than 42% of VIC —
Income Higher than 66% of VIC Higher than 52% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 20% of VIC Higher than 26% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 76% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 67% of VIC Higher than 90% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 75% of VIC Higher than 57% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 29% of VIC —

Liveability

Lancefield Rochford
Grade C —
Score 46/100 —
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Lancefield carries more bushfire risk (52 vs 0); Lancefield carries more flood risk (18 vs 0).

Lancefield Rochford
Bushfire Moderate
52/100
 None
0/100
Crime Moderate
42/100
 High
71/100
Flood Low
18/100
 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

Lancefield Rochford
Inside the suburb 2 0
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Lancefield

  • Lancefield Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Mary's School Catholic · Primary at peers

Schools in Rochford

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

Amenities in the suburb

Lancefield Rochford
Supermarkets 1 0
Parks & reserves 4 0
Childcare 3 0
GPs 3 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Waterways 10 2

Mobility

Lancefield sits further from the CBD (91.5 km vs 83.4 km).

Lancefield Rochford
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 91.5 km
+9% vs other
 83.4 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 71 min 65 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 3435
 1.6%
postcode 3442
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 3435
 58
postcode 3442

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.

Lancefield Rochford
Car (driver) 67.5% / 64.7%
Lancefield — Car (driver): 67.5% Rochford — Car (driver): 64.7%
Worked from Home 25.5% / 23.5%
Lancefield — Worked from Home: 25.5% Rochford — Worked from Home: 23.5%
Car (passenger) 3.7% / 11.8%
Lancefield — Car (passenger): 3.7% Rochford — Car (passenger): 11.8%
Walked Only 1.8% / —
Lancefield — Walked Only: 1.8% Rochford — Walked Only: not among its largest
Train 1.5% / —
Lancefield — Train: 1.5% Rochford — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.5%).

Setting

Lancefield Rochford
Elevation 456 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 540 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Lancefield Rochford
Connectivity score 62/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 39%
1,304 premises
 0%
35 premises

Climate

Lancefield Rochford
Annual rainfall 778 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Lancefield Rochford
Average residential rate $2,065/yr
same for both
Council Macedon Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

Lancefield Rochford
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lancefield Rochford
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lancefield

Acreage

Rochford

Family Rural

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