Landsborough vs Navarre
Landsborough is the younger of the two, with a median age of 51 against 54 in Navarre. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Navarre, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Navarre tends to suit 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
Landsborough
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (8 vs 3)
- carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 58/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (45% vs 32%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Navarre
ahead on 2 of the 2 things we measure here
- has cheaper rent ($100/wk vs $210/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (12% vs 19%)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Landsborough
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (211.3 km vs 227.2 km)
- has a shorter drive in (155 min vs 161 min)
- But Navarre is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Landsborough carries lower crime risk (37/100 vs 58/100)
- Navarre is more walkable (13/100 vs 0/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Landsborough
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (11.1% vs 1.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Landsborough and Navarre drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Landsborough rents higher ($210/wk vs $100/wk); Landsborough has more residents (200 vs 99).
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 200 +50% vs other | 99 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +11.1% | +1.0% |
| Median age | 51 | 54 |
| Median household income | $58,500/yr +28% vs other | $42,328/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $210/wk +52% vs other | $100/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).
Property market
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $305,000 | $315,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Navarre has more rural and farming land (92% vs 60%).
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 60% | 92% |
| Parks and recreation | 28% | 0% |
| Environmental | 10% | 7% |
| 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
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 45 across Pyrenees | 28 across Northern Grampians |
| Approvals change year on year | +100% | -62% |
Ranking within VIC
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 18% of VIC | Higher than 4% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 27% of VIC | Higher than 76% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 42% of VIC | Higher than 67% of VIC |
Liveability
Navarre is more walkable (13 vs 0).
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Navarre carries more flood risk (73 vs 0); Navarre carries more crime risk (58 vs 37).
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 11/100 | Low 20/100 |
| Crime | Low 37/100 | Moderate 58/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 | High 73/100 |
| 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
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Landsborough
- Landsborough Primary School Government · Primary
Schools in Navarre
- Navarre Primary School Government · Primary
Amenities in the suburb
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 8 | 3 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 same for both | |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 3 | 1 |
Mobility
Navarre sits further from the CBD (227.2 km vs 211.3 km).
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 | 13/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 211.3 km | 227.2 km +8% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 155 min | 161 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 3384 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 51 postcode 3384 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (92.3%).
Setting
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 267 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 226 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 30/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 124 premises | 0% 49 premises |
Climate
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 508 mm | 453 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,584/yr | $1,730/yr |
| Council | Pyrenees | Northern Grampians |
Federal electorate
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mallee same for both | |
| Member | Anne Webster same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Landsborough | Navarre | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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