Staffordshire Reef vs Enfield

Enfield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 39 against 60 in Staffordshire Reef. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Staffordshire Reef, most households are people living alone. In Enfield, most households are couple families. On these figures, Staffordshire Reef tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Enfield suits families with children and couples.

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

Enfield

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (30/100 vs 71/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (71% vs 33%)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (101% vs 86%)

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

First-home buyers

Enfield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 27%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Staffordshire Reef

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($135/wk vs $285/wk)

Weighs rent and rental stress.

Commuting to the city

Enfield

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (105 min vs 124 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (135.6 km vs 149.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Staffordshire Reef has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 11%)
  • Enfield carries lower crime risk (30/100 vs 71/100)

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

Investors

Staffordshire Reef

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (40.0% vs 6.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
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.

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Walkability 10 / 5
Staffordshire Reef — Walkability: 10/100 Enfield — Walkability: 5/100
Safety 29 / 70
Staffordshire Reef — Safety: 29/100 Enfield — Safety: 70/100
Low fire risk 18 / 26
Staffordshire Reef — Low fire risk: 18/100 Enfield — Low fire risk: 26/100
Low flood risk 100 / 60
Staffordshire Reef — Low flood risk: 100/100 Enfield — Low flood risk: 60/100

Demographics

Enfield has more residents (574 vs 63); Enfield has higher household incomes ($97,864 vs $38,428).

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Population 63 574
+811% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +40.0% +6.7%
Median age 60 39
Median household income $38,428/yr $97,864/yr
+155% vs other
Median weekly rent $135/wk $285/wk
+111% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
0-4 6.3% / 8.0%
Staffordshire Reef — 0-4: 6.3% Enfield — 0-4: 8.0%
5-14 6.3% / 16.2%
Staffordshire Reef — 5-14: 6.3% Enfield — 5-14: 16.2%
15-19 — / 4.0%
Staffordshire Reef — 15-19: not among its largest Enfield — 15-19: 4.0%
20-24 — / 2.8%
Staffordshire Reef — 20-24: not among its largest Enfield — 20-24: 2.8%
25-34 7.9% / 13.2%
Staffordshire Reef — 25-34: 7.9% Enfield — 25-34: 13.2%
35-44 4.8% / 14.3%
Staffordshire Reef — 35-44: 4.8% Enfield — 35-44: 14.3%
45-54 7.9% / 17.1%
Staffordshire Reef — 45-54: 7.9% Enfield — 45-54: 17.1%
55-64 20.6% / 13.1%
Staffordshire Reef — 55-64: 20.6% Enfield — 55-64: 13.1%
65-74 15.9% / 7.1%
Staffordshire Reef — 65-74: 15.9% Enfield — 65-74: 7.1%
75-84 9.5% / 3.3%
Staffordshire Reef — 75-84: 9.5% Enfield — 75-84: 3.3%
85+ — / 0.5%
Staffordshire Reef — 85+: not among its largest Enfield — 85+: 0.5%

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

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Staffordshire Reef 66.7% lone person
Staffordshire Reef — Lone Person: 66.7% Staffordshire Reef — Couple Families: 15.2% Staffordshire Reef — One Parent Families: 18.2% Staffordshire Reef — Group Household: 0.0% Staffordshire Reef — Other Families: 0.0%
Enfield 22.3% lone person
Enfield — Lone Person: 22.3% Enfield — Couple Families: 58.3% Enfield — One Parent Families: 12.9% Enfield — Group Household: 3.6% Enfield — Other Families: 2.9%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Staffordshire Reef 0.0% renting
Staffordshire Reef — Owned Outright: 64.5% Staffordshire Reef — Mortgage: 35.5% Staffordshire Reef — Renting: 0.0%
Enfield 3.6% renting
Enfield — Owned Outright: 33.0% Enfield — Mortgage: 63.5% Enfield — Renting: 3.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Staffordshire Reef 86.2% houses
Staffordshire Reef — Houses: 86.2% Staffordshire Reef — Flats / Apartments: 13.8%
Enfield 101.0% houses
Enfield — Houses: 101.0% Enfield — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Qualifications

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

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Certificate III & IV 9.5% / 20.6%
Staffordshire Reef — Certificate III & IV: 9.5% Enfield — Certificate III & IV: 20.6%
Bachelor Degree 12.7% / 5.9%
Staffordshire Reef — Bachelor Degree: 12.7% Enfield — Bachelor Degree: 5.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.9% / 9.2%
Staffordshire Reef — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.9% Enfield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.4%
Staffordshire Reef — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Enfield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.0%
Staffordshire Reef — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Enfield — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0%

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

Property market

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Median house price — $610,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) — 107 days
from 5 sales

Zoning mix

Staffordshire Reef has more rural and farming land (36% vs 25%).

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Parks and recreation 55% 71%
Rural and farming 36% 25%
Environmental 9% 1%
Residential 0% 3%
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

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
New dwellings approved 186
across Golden Plains
same for both
Approvals change year on year +10%
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 3% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 71% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 40% of VIC Higher than 38% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 21% of VIC Higher than 45% of VIC

Liveability

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Grade — C
Score — 33/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Enfield carries more flood risk (40 vs 0); Staffordshire Reef carries more crime risk (71 vs 30).

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Bushfire High
82/100
 High
74/100
Crime High
71/100
 Low
30/100
Flood None
0/100
 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

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
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

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Parks & reserves 3
same for both
Waterways 28 21

Mobility

Staffordshire Reef sits further from the CBD (149.9 km vs 135.6 km).

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Walkability score 10/100 5/100
Distance to Melbourne 149.9 km
+10% vs other
 135.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 124 min 105 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 3351
 0.4%
postcode 3352
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 52
postcode 3351
 51
postcode 3352

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.

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Car (driver) 80.0% / 80.4%
Staffordshire Reef — Car (driver): 80.0% Enfield — Car (driver): 80.4%
Worked from Home 20.0% / 16.1%
Staffordshire Reef — Worked from Home: 20.0% Enfield — Worked from Home: 16.1%
Car (passenger) — / 3.6%
Staffordshire Reef — Car (passenger): not among its largest Enfield — Car (passenger): 3.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (80.4%).

Setting

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Elevation 417 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 430 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Connectivity score 22/100 29/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
27 premises
 0%
227 premises

Climate

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Annual rainfall 605 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 25.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 3.5°C
same for both

Council rates

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Average residential rate $2,052/yr
same for both
Council Golden Plains
same for both

Federal electorate

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Division Ballarat
same for both
Member Catherine King
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Staffordshire Reef Enfield
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Staffordshire Reef

Retirees River Rural

Enfield

Family Rural

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