Lauriston vs Drummond North

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are couple families. Houses cost more in Lauriston: a median of $1.7 million, against $1.43 million in Drummond North, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Drummond North tends to suit people living alone and 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

Lauriston

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 0)
  • is already more of a family suburb (64% vs 56%)

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

First-home buyers

Drummond North

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,425,000 vs $1,700,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Drummond North

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $320/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Lauriston

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (76 min vs 81 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (100.1 km vs 103.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Lauriston is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
  • Drummond North has more residents already 65 and over (24% vs 18%)

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

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

Lauriston Drummond North
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.

Lauriston Drummond North
Walkability 10 / 0
Lauriston — Walkability: 10/100 Drummond North — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 55 / 59
Lauriston — Safety: 55/100 Drummond North — Safety: 59/100
Low fire risk 78 / 37
Lauriston — Low fire risk: 78/100 Drummond North — Low fire risk: 37/100
Low flood risk 39 / 100
Lauriston — Low flood risk: 39/100 Drummond North — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Lauriston has higher household incomes ($107,536 vs $74,256); Lauriston rents higher ($320/wk vs $230/wk).

Lauriston Drummond North
Population 247
+18% vs other
 203
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.7% +8.6%
Median age 47 49
Median household income $107,536/yr
+31% vs other
 $74,256/yr
Median weekly rent $320/wk
+28% vs other
 $230/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Lauriston Drummond North
0-4 2.0% / 3.0%
Lauriston — 0-4: 2.0% Drummond North — 0-4: 3.0%
5-14 15.4% / 10.8%
Lauriston — 5-14: 15.4% Drummond North — 5-14: 10.8%
15-19 5.3% / 6.4%
Lauriston — 15-19: 5.3% Drummond North — 15-19: 6.4%
20-24 1.2% / 3.9%
Lauriston — 20-24: 1.2% Drummond North — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 8.5% / 2.5%
Lauriston — 25-34: 8.5% Drummond North — 25-34: 2.5%
35-44 14.6% / 11.3%
Lauriston — 35-44: 14.6% Drummond North — 35-44: 11.3%
45-54 14.2% / 17.2%
Lauriston — 45-54: 14.2% Drummond North — 45-54: 17.2%
55-64 20.6% / 16.3%
Lauriston — 55-64: 20.6% Drummond North — 55-64: 16.3%
65-74 13.8% / 19.2%
Lauriston — 65-74: 13.8% Drummond North — 65-74: 19.2%
75-84 4.5% / 3.0%
Lauriston — 75-84: 4.5% Drummond North — 75-84: 3.0%
85+ — / 2.0%
Lauriston — 85+: not among its largest Drummond North — 85+: 2.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Lauriston 54.7% couple families
Lauriston — Couple Families: 54.7% Lauriston — Lone Person: 28.3% Lauriston — One Parent Families: 9.4% Lauriston — Group Household: 7.5%
Drummond North 50.8% couple families
Drummond North — Couple Families: 50.8% Drummond North — Lone Person: 44.1% Drummond North — One Parent Families: 5.1% Drummond North — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Lauriston 10.1% renting
Lauriston — Owned Outright: 44.9% Lauriston — Mortgage: 44.9% Lauriston — Renting: 10.1%
Drummond North 0.0% renting
Drummond North — Owned Outright: 55.1% Drummond North — Mortgage: 44.9% Drummond North — Renting: 0.0%
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.

Lauriston Drummond North
England 4.9% / 6.4%
Lauriston — England: 4.9% Drummond North — England: 6.4%
New Zealand 2.0% / 2.5%
Lauriston — New Zealand: 2.0% Drummond North — New Zealand: 2.5%
Netherlands 2.0% / —
Lauriston — Netherlands: 2.0% Drummond North — Netherlands: not among its largest
Malaysia — / 1.5%
Lauriston — Malaysia: not among its largest Drummond North — Malaysia: 1.5%
Scotland 1.2% / —
Lauriston — Scotland: 1.2% Drummond North — Scotland: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.4%).

Qualifications

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

Lauriston Drummond North
Bachelor Degree 19.0% / 19.2%
Lauriston — Bachelor Degree: 19.0% Drummond North — Bachelor Degree: 19.2%
Certificate III & IV 10.1% / 15.8%
Lauriston — Certificate III & IV: 10.1% Drummond North — Certificate III & IV: 15.8%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.7% / 8.4%
Lauriston — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.7% Drummond North — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.4%
Postgraduate Degree 7.3% / 3.9%
Lauriston — Postgraduate Degree: 7.3% Drummond North — Postgraduate Degree: 3.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.0% / —
Lauriston — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.0% Drummond North — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Lauriston 100.0% houses
Lauriston — Houses: 100.0%
Drummond North 100.0% houses
Drummond North — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Property market

Lauriston Drummond North
Median house price $1,700,000 $1,425,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

Lauriston has more rural and farming land (86% vs 60%).

Lauriston Drummond North
Rural and farming 86% 60%
Parks and recreation 8% 39%
Infrastructure and transport 6% 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

Lauriston Drummond North
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
 104
across Hepburn
Approvals change year on year +80% -6%

Ranking within VIC

Lauriston Drummond North
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 80% of VIC Higher than 40% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 73% of VIC Higher than 1% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 76% of VIC Higher than 79% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 27% of VIC

Liveability

Lauriston is more walkable (10 vs 0).

Lauriston Drummond North
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Lauriston carries more flood risk (61 vs 0); Drummond North carries more bushfire risk (63 vs 22).

Lauriston Drummond North
Bushfire Low
22/100
 Moderate
63/100
Crime Moderate
45/100
 Moderate
41/100
Flood Moderate
61/100
 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

Lauriston Drummond North
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Lauriston Drummond North
Parks & reserves 4 0
Waterways 2 3

Mobility

Drummond North sits further from the CBD (103.2 km vs 100.1 km).

Lauriston Drummond North
Walkability score 10/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 100.1 km 103.2 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 76 min 81 min
Electric vehicle share 1.0%
postcode 3444
 1.1%
postcode 3446
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 3444
 62
postcode 3446

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.

Lauriston Drummond North
Car (driver) 57.1% / 54.8%
Lauriston — Car (driver): 57.1% Drummond North — Car (driver): 54.8%
Worked from Home 34.5% / 39.3%
Lauriston — Worked from Home: 34.5% Drummond North — Worked from Home: 39.3%
Walked Only 3.4% / 6.0%
Lauriston — Walked Only: 3.4% Drummond North — Walked Only: 6.0%
Car (passenger) 5.0% / —
Lauriston — Car (passenger): 5.0% Drummond North — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (57.1%).

Setting

Lauriston Drummond North
Elevation 494 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 485 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Lauriston Drummond North
Connectivity score 29/100 26/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
118 premises
 0%
86 premises

Climate

Lauriston Drummond North
Annual rainfall 598 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 27.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Lauriston Drummond North
Average residential rate $2,065/yr $1,748/yr
Council Macedon Ranges Hepburn

Federal electorate

Lauriston Drummond North
Division Bendigo Ballarat
Member Lisa Chesters Catherine King
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Lauriston Drummond North
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Lauriston

Rural

Drummond North

Rural

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