Strangways vs Green Gully
Strangways is the younger of the two, with a median age of 55 against 60 in Green Gully. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Strangways, about half of households are couple families. In Green Gully, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Strangways tends to suit couples, while Green Gully 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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Strangways is already more of a family suburb (75% vs 27%)
- Green Gully carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 43/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Strangways
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (14% vs 23%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Green Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($163/wk vs $225/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Green Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (134.7 km vs 138.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Green Gully
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (21/100 vs 43/100)
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
Strangways and Green Gully 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
Strangways has more residents (101 vs 71); Strangways rents higher ($225/wk vs $163/wk).
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 101 +30% vs other | 71 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +16.1% | +14.5% |
| Median age | 55 | 60 |
| Median household income | $73,112/yr +23% vs other | $56,316/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $225/wk +28% vs other | $163/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.8%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (8.5%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.8%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $712,500 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Strangways has more rural and farming land (98% vs 78%).
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 98% | 78% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 21% |
| 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
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 102 across Mount Alexander same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -7% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | — | Higher than 15% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 8% of VIC | Higher than 22% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 86% of VIC | Higher than 64% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 29% of VIC | Higher than 16% of VIC |
Liveability
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | advantaged area decile 7/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Strangways carries more flood risk (39 vs 0); Strangways carries more bushfire risk (25 vs 0).
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 25/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 43/100 | Low 21/100 |
| Flood | Low 39/100 | None 0/100 |
| 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
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 1 | 2 |
Mobility
Strangways sits further from the CBD (138.8 km vs 134.7 km).
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 138.8 km +3% vs other | 134.7 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 107 min | 104 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.4% postcode 3461 | 0.7% postcode 3462 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 48 postcode 3461 | 56 postcode 3462 |
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 (73.9%).
Setting
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 229 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 246 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 27/100 | 19/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless | Satellite (Sky Muster) |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 39 premises | 0% 21 premises |
Climate
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 531 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,885/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mount Alexander same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Bendigo same for both | |
| Member | Lisa Chesters same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Strangways | Green Gully | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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