Sunday Creek vs Kilmore East
Sunday Creek is the younger of the two, with a median age of 43 against 47 in Kilmore East. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families.
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
Kilmore East
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Sunday Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 24%)
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Kilmore East
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($248/wk vs $270/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Sunday Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- sits closer to the CBD (81 km vs 83.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Too close to call
Nothing among the 4 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Sunday Creek
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (19.1% vs 7.9%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Sunday Creek and Kilmore East 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
Sunday Creek has higher household incomes ($113,516 vs $94,224); Kilmore East skews older (47 vs 43).
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 368 | 450 +22% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +19.1% | +7.9% |
| Median age | 43 | 47 |
| Median household income | $113,516/yr +17% vs other | $94,224/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $270/wk +8% vs other | $248/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (2.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $905,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Sunday Creek has more rural and farming land (91% vs 78%).
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 91% | 78% |
| Other and special use | 0% | 19% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 9% | 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
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,074 across Mitchell same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +70% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 86% of VIC | — |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 47% of VIC | Higher than 58% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 29% of VIC | Higher than 34% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 65% of VIC | Higher than 74% of VIC |
Liveability
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
Sunday Creek carries more flood risk (62 vs 13); Sunday Creek carries more bushfire risk (92 vs 81).
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 92/100 | High 81/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 47/100 | Moderate 54/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 62/100 | Low 13/100 |
| 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
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 3 |
| Waterways | 5 | 2 |
Mobility
Kilmore East sits further from the CBD (83.3 km vs 81 km).
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 81 km | 83.3 km +3% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 63 min | 67 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 3658 | 0.4% postcode 3764 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 57 postcode 3658 | 46 postcode 3764 |
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 (73.7%).
Setting
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 234 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 364 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 51/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 133 premises | 27% 146 premises |
Climate
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 540 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | — same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | — same for both | |
Council rates
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,947/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mitchell same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Nicholls same for both | |
| Member | Sam Birrell same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Sunday Creek | Kilmore East | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
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