She Oaks vs Steiglitz

She Oaks is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 52 in Steiglitz. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In She Oaks, most households are couple families. In Steiglitz, most households are people living alone. On these figures, She Oaks tends to suit couples, while Steiglitz suits people living alone and older residents.

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

She Oaks

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 67/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 40%)

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

First-home buyers

She Oaks

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (17% vs 29%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Steiglitz

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $370/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

She Oaks

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (80 min vs 85 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (98.5 km vs 101.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • She Oaks carries lower crime risk (23/100 vs 67/100)
  • Steiglitz 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

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

She Oaks Steiglitz
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.

She Oaks Steiglitz
Walkability 0 / 0
She Oaks — Walkability: 0/100 Steiglitz — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 77 / 33
She Oaks — Safety: 77/100 Steiglitz — Safety: 33/100
Low fire risk 19 / 22
She Oaks — Low fire risk: 19/100 Steiglitz — Low fire risk: 22/100
Low flood risk 61 / 52
She Oaks — Low flood risk: 61/100 Steiglitz — Low flood risk: 52/100

Demographics

She Oaks rents higher ($370/wk vs $0/wk); She Oaks has higher household incomes ($121,316 vs $55,224).

She Oaks Steiglitz
Population 126
+52% vs other
 61
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +17.8% +15.1%
Median age 42 52
Median household income $121,316/yr
+54% vs other
 $55,224/yr
Median weekly rent $370/wk
(not reported on the other side)
 —

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

She Oaks Steiglitz
0-4 3.2% / —
She Oaks — 0-4: 3.2% Steiglitz — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 14.3% / 4.9%
She Oaks — 5-14: 14.3% Steiglitz — 5-14: 4.9%
15-19 — / 9.8%
She Oaks — 15-19: not among its largest Steiglitz — 15-19: 9.8%
20-24 3.2% / —
She Oaks — 20-24: 3.2% Steiglitz — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 13.5% / 11.5%
She Oaks — 25-34: 13.5% Steiglitz — 25-34: 11.5%
35-44 17.5% / 6.6%
She Oaks — 35-44: 17.5% Steiglitz — 35-44: 6.6%
45-54 18.3% / 16.4%
She Oaks — 45-54: 18.3% Steiglitz — 45-54: 16.4%
55-64 10.3% / 29.5%
She Oaks — 55-64: 10.3% Steiglitz — 55-64: 29.5%
65-74 12.7% / 11.5%
She Oaks — 65-74: 12.7% Steiglitz — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 5.6% / 6.6%
She Oaks — 75-84: 5.6% Steiglitz — 75-84: 6.6%
85+ — / 8.2%
She Oaks — 85+: not among its largest Steiglitz — 85+: 8.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (29.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

She Oaks 59.3% couple families
She Oaks — Couple Families: 59.3% She Oaks — Lone Person: 14.8% She Oaks — Group Household: 14.8% She Oaks — One Parent Families: 11.1%
Steiglitz 40.0% couple families
Steiglitz — Couple Families: 40.0% Steiglitz — Lone Person: 60.0% Steiglitz — Group Household: 0.0% Steiglitz — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person Group Household One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

She Oaks 0.0% renting
She Oaks — Owned Outright: 48.8% She Oaks — Mortgage: 51.2% She Oaks — Renting: 0.0%
Steiglitz 0.0% renting
Steiglitz — Owned Outright: 42.9% Steiglitz — Mortgage: 57.1% Steiglitz — Renting: 0.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

She Oaks 100.0% houses
She Oaks — Houses: 100.0%
Steiglitz 100.0% houses
Steiglitz — Houses: 100.0%
Houses

Qualifications

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

She Oaks Steiglitz
Certificate III & IV 19.0% / 16.4%
She Oaks — Certificate III & IV: 19.0% Steiglitz — Certificate III & IV: 16.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 15.1% / 11.5%
She Oaks — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 15.1% Steiglitz — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 11.5%
Bachelor Degree 16.7% / 8.2%
She Oaks — Bachelor Degree: 16.7% Steiglitz — Bachelor Degree: 8.2%
Postgraduate Degree 2.4% / 6.6%
She Oaks — Postgraduate Degree: 2.4% Steiglitz — Postgraduate Degree: 6.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 4.9%
She Oaks — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Steiglitz — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

Property market

She Oaks Steiglitz
Median house price $860,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both

Zoning mix

She Oaks has more rural and farming land (52% vs 1%); She Oaks has more land zoned for conservation (44% vs 24%).

She Oaks Steiglitz
Parks and recreation 3% 75%
Rural and farming 52% 1%
Environmental 44% 24%
Infrastructure and transport 1%
same for both
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

She Oaks Steiglitz
New dwellings approved 186
across Golden Plains
same for both
Approvals change year on year +10%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

She Oaks Steiglitz
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 92% of VIC Higher than 13% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 30% of VIC Higher than 21% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 63% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 17% of VIC Higher than 15% of VIC

Liveability

She Oaks Steiglitz
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 8/10
same for both

Risk profile

Steiglitz carries more crime risk (67 vs 23).

She Oaks Steiglitz
Bushfire High
81/100
 High
78/100
Crime Low
23/100
 Moderate
67/100
Flood Low
39/100
 Moderate
48/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 0
within 5 km

Schools

She Oaks Steiglitz
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

She Oaks Steiglitz
Parks & reserves 0 1
Beaches 0 1
Waterways 0 4

Mobility

Steiglitz sits further from the CBD (101.9 km vs 98.5 km).

She Oaks Steiglitz
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 98.5 km 101.9 km
+3% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 80 min 85 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 3331
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 59
postcode 3331
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.

She Oaks Steiglitz
Car (driver) 81.1% / 70.4%
She Oaks — Car (driver): 81.1% Steiglitz — Car (driver): 70.4%
Worked from Home 18.9% / —
She Oaks — Worked from Home: 18.9% Steiglitz — Worked from Home: not among its largest
Train — / 18.5%
She Oaks — Train: not among its largest Steiglitz — Train: 18.5%
Car (passenger) — / 11.1%
She Oaks — Car (passenger): not among its largest Steiglitz — Car (passenger): 11.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (81.1%).

Setting

She Oaks Steiglitz
Elevation 233 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 294 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 29.3 km
2.0 km to a named beach
 29.5 km
3.7 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

She Oaks Steiglitz
Connectivity score 20/100 18/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
47 premises
 0%
18 premises

Climate

She Oaks Steiglitz
Annual rainfall 502 mm 578 mm
Summer max (Jan) 25.8°C —
Winter min (Jul) 5.3°C —

Council rates

She Oaks Steiglitz
Average residential rate $2,052/yr
same for both
Council Golden Plains
same for both

Federal electorate

She Oaks Steiglitz
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

She Oaks Steiglitz
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

She Oaks

Rural

Steiglitz

Retirees Rural

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