Lauriston vs Spring Hill
Lauriston is the younger of the two, with a median age of 47 against 53 in Spring Hill. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Lauriston, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Lauriston tends to suit couples, while Spring Hill suits 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
Lauriston
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 66/100)
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
Lauriston
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($320/wk vs $350/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Lauriston is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- Spring Hill sits closer to the CBD (91.4 km vs 100.1 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Lauriston
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (10/100 vs 0/100)
- carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 66/100)
- But Spring Hill has more residents already 65 and over (26% 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 Spring Hill 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
Spring Hill skews older (53 vs 47).
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 247 +19% vs other | 200 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.7% | +1.0% |
| Median age | 47 | 53 |
| Median household income | $107,536/yr | $107,900/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $320/wk | $350/wk +9% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.0%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,700,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 86% | 82% |
| Parks and recreation | 8% | 14% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 6% | 4% |
| 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 | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 331 across Macedon Ranges same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +80% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 80% of VIC same for both | |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 73% of VIC | Higher than 59% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 76% of VIC same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 47% of VIC | Higher than 32% of VIC |
Liveability
Lauriston is more walkable (10 vs 0).
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 9/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Spring Hill carries more bushfire risk (52 vs 22); Lauriston carries more flood risk (61 vs 40).
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 22/100 | Moderate 52/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 45/100 | Moderate 66/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 61/100 | Moderate 40/100 |
| 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 | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 4 | 2 |
| Waterways | 2 | 3 |
Mobility
Lauriston sits further from the CBD (100.1 km vs 91.4 km).
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 10/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 100.1 km +9% vs other | 91.4 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 76 min | 75 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.0% postcode 3444 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 49 postcode 3444 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 (57.1%).
Setting
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 494 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 638 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 29/100 | 27/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 118 premises | 0% 97 premises |
Climate
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 598 mm | 778 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 27.9°C | — |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.7°C | — |
Council rates
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,065/yr same for both | |
| Council | Macedon Ranges same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Bendigo same for both | |
| Member | Lisa Chesters same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Lauriston | Spring Hill | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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