Paynesville vs Metung

In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Paynesville, most households are people living alone. In Metung, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Metung: a median of $642,000, against $550,000 in Paynesville, and rent is higher there too.

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

Metung

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 51/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (45% vs 36%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (97% vs 86%)

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

First-home buyers

They split

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

  • Paynesville has cheaper houses ($550,000 vs $642,500)
  • Metung has cheaper units ($345,000 vs $423,750)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Paynesville

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($310/wk vs $346/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Paynesville

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (31/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (215 min vs 234 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (293.2 km vs 312 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Paynesville

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (31/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (14% vs 3%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (46% vs 38%)
  • But Metung carries lower crime risk (31/100 vs 51/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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 house yield.

Where they sit

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

Paynesville Metung
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.

Paynesville Metung
Walkability 31 / 0
Paynesville — Walkability: 31/100 Metung — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 49 / 69
Paynesville — Safety: 49/100 Metung — Safety: 69/100
Low fire risk 100 / 88
Paynesville — Low fire risk: 100/100 Metung — Low fire risk: 88/100
Low flood risk 15 / 20
Paynesville — Low flood risk: 15/100 Metung — Low flood risk: 20/100

Demographics

Paynesville has more residents (3,636 vs 1,899); Metung has higher household incomes ($63,388 vs $51,324).

Paynesville Metung
Population 3,636
+48% vs other
 1,899
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.5% —
Median age 62 60
Median household income $51,324/yr $63,388/yr
+24% vs other
Median weekly rent $310/wk $346/wk
+12% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Paynesville Metung
0-4 2.6% / 2.8%
Paynesville — 0-4: 2.6% Metung — 0-4: 2.8%
5-14 7.3% / 8.8%
Paynesville — 5-14: 7.3% Metung — 5-14: 8.8%
15-19 3.1% / 3.2%
Paynesville — 15-19: 3.1% Metung — 15-19: 3.2%
20-24 2.6% / 1.6%
Paynesville — 20-24: 2.6% Metung — 20-24: 1.6%
25-34 6.0% / 5.2%
Paynesville — 25-34: 6.0% Metung — 25-34: 5.2%
35-44 6.0% / 8.2%
Paynesville — 35-44: 6.0% Metung — 35-44: 8.2%
45-54 9.7% / 10.6%
Paynesville — 45-54: 9.7% Metung — 45-54: 10.6%
55-64 16.7% / 20.6%
Paynesville — 55-64: 16.7% Metung — 55-64: 20.6%
65-74 24.5% / 25.8%
Paynesville — 65-74: 24.5% Metung — 65-74: 25.8%
75-84 15.9% / 10.8%
Paynesville — 75-84: 15.9% Metung — 75-84: 10.8%
85+ 5.3% / 1.6%
Paynesville — 85+: 5.3% Metung — 85+: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (25.8%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Paynesville 58.4% lone person
Paynesville — Lone Person: 58.4% Paynesville — Couple Families: 22.9% Paynesville — One Parent Families: 13.4% Paynesville — Group Household: 4.2% Paynesville — Other Families: 1.1%
Metung 51.2% lone person
Metung — Lone Person: 51.2% Metung — Couple Families: 32.6% Metung — One Parent Families: 12.3% Metung — Group Household: 2.2% Metung — Other Families: 1.7%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Paynesville 21.7% renting
Paynesville — Owned Outright: 58.4% Paynesville — Mortgage: 19.9% Paynesville — Renting: 21.7%
Metung 15.3% renting
Metung — Owned Outright: 58.4% Metung — Mortgage: 26.3% Metung — Renting: 15.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Paynesville Metung
Certificate III & IV 18.9% / 17.5%
Paynesville — Certificate III & IV: 18.9% Metung — Certificate III & IV: 17.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.4% / 11.6%
Paynesville — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.4% Metung — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.6%
Bachelor Degree 8.7% / 12.5%
Paynesville — Bachelor Degree: 8.7% Metung — Bachelor Degree: 12.5%
Postgraduate Degree 2.3% / 3.8%
Paynesville — Postgraduate Degree: 2.3% Metung — Postgraduate Degree: 3.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.3% / 2.5%
Paynesville — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.3% Metung — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.9%).

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.

Paynesville Metung
England 7.0% / 8.2%
Paynesville — England: 7.0% Metung — England: 8.2%
New Zealand 1.6% / 1.2%
Paynesville — New Zealand: 1.6% Metung — New Zealand: 1.2%
Scotland 1.0% / 1.1%
Paynesville — Scotland: 1.0% Metung — Scotland: 1.1%
Netherlands 1.1% / 0.9%
Paynesville — Netherlands: 1.1% Metung — Netherlands: 0.9%
South Africa 0.3% / 1.3%
Paynesville — South Africa: 0.3% Metung — South Africa: 1.3%
Germany 0.8% / 0.7%
Paynesville — Germany: 0.8% Metung — Germany: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.2%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Paynesville 85.9% houses
Paynesville — Houses: 85.9% Paynesville — Townhouses: 11.3% Paynesville — Flats / Apartments: 2.8%
Metung 97.2% houses
Metung — Houses: 97.2% Metung — Townhouses: 1.6% Metung — Flats / Apartments: 1.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Paynesville Metung
Median house price $550,000 $642,500
Median unit price $423,750 $345,000
Median land price $209,000 $222,500
Typical days to sell (houses) 44 days
from 72 sales
 69 days
from 35 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Paynesville Metung
2 bed $425K / $505K
Paynesville — 2 bed: $425K (16 sales) Metung — 2 bed: $505K (10 sales)

16 vs 10 sales

3 bed $548K / $620K
Paynesville — 3 bed: $548K (118 sales) Metung — 3 bed: $620K (42 sales)

118 vs 42 sales

4 bed $649K / $820K
Paynesville — 4 bed: $649K (55 sales) Metung — 4 bed: $820K (18 sales)

55 vs 18 sales

Zoning mix

Metung has more rural and farming land (47% vs 0%).

Paynesville Metung
Residential 56% 22%
Rural and farming 0% 47%
Parks and recreation 40% 23%
Infrastructure and transport 2% 7%
Environmental 0% 1%
Commercial 1% 0%
Industrial 1% 0%
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

Paynesville Metung
New dwellings approved 386
across East Gippsland
same for both
Approvals change year on year +50%
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.

Paynesville Metung
Houses 3.8%
$535/wk on $728K
 4.2%
$625/wk on $780K
Units 4.5%
$418/wk on $485K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Paynesville Metung
House price Higher than 16% of VIC Higher than 30% of VIC
Income Higher than 11% of VIC Higher than 24% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 83% of VIC Higher than 4% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 41% of VIC Higher than 42% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 35% of VIC Higher than 68% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 89% of VIC Higher than 75% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 56% of VIC Higher than 78% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 31% of VIC —

Liveability

Paynesville is more walkable (31 vs 0).

Paynesville Metung
Grade C
same for both
Score 33/100 37/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Metung carries more bushfire risk (12 vs 0); Paynesville carries more crime risk (51 vs 31).

Paynesville Metung
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
12/100
Crime Moderate
51/100
 Low
31/100
Flood High
85/100
 High
80/100
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

Paynesville Metung
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 1 0
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Paynesville

  • Paynesville Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Metung

  • Metung Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Paynesville Metung
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 9 0
Parks & reserves 3
same for both
Childcare 2 0
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Banks & Bank@Post 2 1
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 1
same for both

Mobility

Metung sits further from the CBD (312 km vs 293.2 km).

Paynesville Metung
Walkability score 31/100 0/100
Distance to Melbourne 293.2 km 312 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 215 min 234 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3880
 0.8%
postcode 3904
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 45
postcode 3880
 48
postcode 3904

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.

Paynesville Metung
Car (driver) 77.3% / 68.7%
Paynesville — Car (driver): 77.3% Metung — Car (driver): 68.7%
Worked from Home 16.2% / 23.5%
Paynesville — Worked from Home: 16.2% Metung — Worked from Home: 23.5%
Car (passenger) 3.8% / 4.5%
Paynesville — Car (passenger): 3.8% Metung — Car (passenger): 4.5%
Walked Only 2.4% / 3.4%
Paynesville — Walked Only: 2.4% Metung — Walked Only: 3.4%
Bicycle 0.3% / —
Paynesville — Bicycle: 0.3% Metung — Bicycle: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (77.3%).

Setting

Paynesville Metung
Elevation 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 0 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 7.8 km
4.5 km to a named beach
 7.4 km

NBN connectivity

Paynesville Metung
Connectivity score 79/100 59/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 50%
2,626 premises
 33%
1,431 premises

Climate

Paynesville Metung
Annual rainfall 620 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.5°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 4.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Paynesville Metung
Average residential rate $1,807/yr
same for both
Council East Gippsland
same for both

Federal electorate

Paynesville Metung
Division Gippsland
same for both
Member Darren Chester
same for both
Party The Nationals
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Paynesville Metung
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Paynesville

Affordable Large Blocks Retirees

Metung

Acreage Retirees

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