Milawa vs Oxley

Oxley is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 47 in Milawa. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Milawa: a median of $1.05 million, against $865,000 in Oxley. On these figures, Oxley tends to suit 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

Oxley

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 30/100)

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

First-home buyers

Oxley

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($865,000 vs $1,050,000)

Weighs house 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

Oxley

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (16/100 vs 5/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (251.2 km vs 256.8 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Oxley

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (16/100 vs 5/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (16/100 vs 30/100)

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

Investors

Oxley

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (12.5% vs 0.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Milawa Oxley
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.

Milawa Oxley
Walkability 5 / 16
Milawa — Walkability: 5/100 Oxley — Walkability: 16/100
Safety 70 / 84
Milawa — Safety: 70/100 Oxley — Safety: 84/100
Low fire risk 56 / 19
Milawa — Low fire risk: 56/100 Oxley — Low fire risk: 19/100
Low flood risk 12 / 10
Milawa — Low flood risk: 12/100 Oxley — Low flood risk: 10/100

Demographics

Oxley has higher household incomes ($102,856 vs $87,048); Milawa skews older (47 vs 44).

Milawa Oxley
Population 588 710
+21% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +0.2% +12.5%
Median age 47 44
Median household income $87,048/yr $102,856/yr
+18% vs other
Median weekly rent $304/wk
+1% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Milawa Oxley
0-4 7.5% / 6.1%
Milawa — 0-4: 7.5% Oxley — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 13.4% / 15.1%
Milawa — 5-14: 13.4% Oxley — 5-14: 15.1%
15-19 5.3% / 6.2%
Milawa — 15-19: 5.3% Oxley — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 3.9% / 1.7%
Milawa — 20-24: 3.9% Oxley — 20-24: 1.7%
25-34 5.1% / 7.5%
Milawa — 25-34: 5.1% Oxley — 25-34: 7.5%
35-44 12.4% / 12.3%
Milawa — 35-44: 12.4% Oxley — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 13.8% / 13.2%
Milawa — 45-54: 13.8% Oxley — 45-54: 13.2%
55-64 16.2% / 14.5%
Milawa — 55-64: 16.2% Oxley — 55-64: 14.5%
65-74 13.6% / 13.1%
Milawa — 65-74: 13.6% Oxley — 65-74: 13.1%
75-84 7.8% / 6.5%
Milawa — 75-84: 7.8% Oxley — 75-84: 6.5%
85+ 2.0% / 1.7%
Milawa — 85+: 2.0% Oxley — 85+: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.2%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Milawa 57.1% couple families
Milawa — Couple Families: 57.1% Milawa — Lone Person: 32.1% Milawa — One Parent Families: 8.6% Milawa — Group Household: 2.1%
Oxley 59.3% couple families
Oxley — Couple Families: 59.3% Oxley — Lone Person: 30.7% Oxley — One Parent Families: 10.0% Oxley — 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.

Milawa 9.8% renting
Milawa — Owned Outright: 52.1% Milawa — Mortgage: 38.1% Milawa — Renting: 9.8%
Oxley 10.4% renting
Oxley — Owned Outright: 47.5% Oxley — Mortgage: 42.1% Oxley — Renting: 10.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Milawa Oxley
Certificate III & IV 16.5% / 20.8%
Milawa — Certificate III & IV: 16.5% Oxley — Certificate III & IV: 20.8%
Bachelor Degree 12.2% / 9.9%
Milawa — Bachelor Degree: 12.2% Oxley — Bachelor Degree: 9.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.2% / 9.0%
Milawa — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2% Oxley — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.0% / 3.9%
Milawa — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.0% Oxley — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.9%
Postgraduate Degree 3.1% / 2.5%
Milawa — Postgraduate Degree: 3.1% Oxley — Postgraduate Degree: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.8%).

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.

Milawa Oxley
England 3.9% / 3.1%
Milawa — England: 3.9% Oxley — England: 3.1%
New Zealand 1.0% / 0.6%
Milawa — New Zealand: 1.0% Oxley — New Zealand: 0.6%
India — / 0.8%
Milawa — India: not among its largest Oxley — India: 0.8%
Netherlands — / 0.6%
Milawa — Netherlands: not among its largest Oxley — Netherlands: 0.6%
Philippines 0.5% / —
Milawa — Philippines: 0.5% Oxley — Philippines: not among its largest
South Africa 0.5% / —
Milawa — South Africa: 0.5% Oxley — South Africa: not among its largest
Germany — / 0.4%
Milawa — Germany: not among its largest Oxley — Germany: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Milawa 96.3% houses
Milawa — Houses: 96.3% Milawa — Flats / Apartments: 3.7%
Oxley 100.0% houses
Oxley — Houses: 100.0% Oxley — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Milawa Oxley
Median house price $1,050,000 $865,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $385,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 150 days
from 3 sales

Zoning mix

Milawa Oxley
Rural and farming 96% 94%
Residential 2% 4%
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

Milawa Oxley
New dwellings approved 238
across Wangaratta
same for both
Approvals change year on year +329%
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.

Milawa Oxley
Houses — 3.4%
$600/wk on $925K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Milawa Oxley
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 57% of VIC Higher than 75% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 67% of VIC Higher than 78% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 44% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 62% of VIC Higher than 64% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 30% of VIC

Liveability

Oxley is more walkable (16 vs 5).

Milawa Oxley
Grade C D
Score 35/100 31/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
same for both

Risk profile

Milawa carries more crime risk (30 vs 16); Oxley carries more bushfire risk (81 vs 44).

Milawa Oxley
Bushfire Moderate
44/100
 High
81/100
Crime Low
30/100
 Low
16/100
Flood High
88/100
 High
90/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Milawa Oxley
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Milawa

  • Milawa Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Oxley

  • Oxley Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Milawa Oxley
Cafes & restaurants 1
same for both
Parks & reserves 2 3
Childcare 0 1
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 1
same for both
Waterways 5
same for both

Mobility

Milawa sits further from the CBD (256.8 km vs 251.2 km).

Milawa Oxley
Walkability score 5/100 16/100
Distance to Melbourne 256.8 km
+2% vs other
 251.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 168 min 164 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3678
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 78
postcode 3678
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.

Milawa Oxley
Car (driver) 72.1% / 72.8%
Milawa — Car (driver): 72.1% Oxley — Car (driver): 72.8%
Worked from Home 17.8% / 21.5%
Milawa — Worked from Home: 17.8% Oxley — Worked from Home: 21.5%
Walked Only 5.8% / 2.2%
Milawa — Walked Only: 5.8% Oxley — Walked Only: 2.2%
Car (passenger) 3.1% / 3.5%
Milawa — Car (passenger): 3.1% Oxley — Car (passenger): 3.5%
Bicycle 1.2% / —
Milawa — Bicycle: 1.2% Oxley — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.8%).

Setting

Milawa Oxley
Elevation 159 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 154 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Milawa Oxley
Connectivity score 30/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
254 premises
 0%
287 premises

Climate

Milawa Oxley
Annual rainfall 565 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 2.7°C
same for both

Council rates

Milawa Oxley
Average residential rate $1,962/yr
same for both
Council Wangaratta
same for both

Federal electorate

Milawa Oxley
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Milawa Oxley
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Milawa

Rural

Oxley

Rural

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