Templestowe vs Warrandyte

In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Templestowe: a median of $1.61 million, against $1.4 million in Warrandyte. Templestowe is closer to the city centre: 21.5 km, against 30 km.

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

Templestowe

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (49 vs 18)
  • has more childcare (10 vs 4)
  • But Warrandyte has more separate houses rather than flats (98% vs 78%)

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

First-home buyers

Warrandyte

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($785,000 vs $1,650,000)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (18% vs 29%)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,400,000 vs $1,606,000)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Warrandyte

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 24%)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Templestowe sits closer to the CBD (21.5 km vs 30 km)
  • Warrandyte is more walkable (72/100 vs 50/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Templestowe

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (22% vs 2%)
  • has more GPs (5 vs 2)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (25% vs 18%)
  • But Warrandyte is more walkable (72/100 vs 50/100)

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

Investors

Warrandyte

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.4% vs 3.0%)

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Templestowe Warrandyte
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.

Templestowe Warrandyte
Walkability 50 / 72
Templestowe — Walkability: 50/100 Warrandyte — Walkability: 72/100
Safety 66 / 68
Templestowe — Safety: 66/100 Warrandyte — Safety: 68/100
Low fire risk 26 / 11
Templestowe — Low fire risk: 26/100 Warrandyte — Low fire risk: 11/100
Low flood risk 42 / 37
Templestowe — Low flood risk: 42/100 Warrandyte — Low flood risk: 37/100

Demographics

Templestowe has more residents (16,966 vs 5,541); Warrandyte has higher household incomes ($142,584 vs $112,476).

Templestowe Warrandyte
Population 16,966
+67% vs other
 5,541
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +2.1% +0.7%
Median age 46 45
Median household income $112,476/yr $142,584/yr
+27% vs other
Median weekly rent $513/wk
+4% vs other
 $492/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Templestowe Warrandyte
0-4 4.2% / 4.2%
Templestowe — 0-4: 4.2% Warrandyte — 0-4: 4.2%
5-14 11.2% / 13.0%
Templestowe — 5-14: 11.2% Warrandyte — 5-14: 13.0%
15-19 5.9% / 9.3%
Templestowe — 15-19: 5.9% Warrandyte — 15-19: 9.3%
20-24 5.5% / 6.7%
Templestowe — 20-24: 5.5% Warrandyte — 20-24: 6.7%
25-34 9.3% / 6.1%
Templestowe — 25-34: 9.3% Warrandyte — 25-34: 6.1%
35-44 11.8% / 9.8%
Templestowe — 35-44: 11.8% Warrandyte — 35-44: 9.8%
45-54 12.4% / 18.0%
Templestowe — 45-54: 12.4% Warrandyte — 45-54: 18.0%
55-64 14.5% / 15.2%
Templestowe — 55-64: 14.5% Warrandyte — 55-64: 15.2%
65-74 12.5% / 11.5%
Templestowe — 65-74: 12.5% Warrandyte — 65-74: 11.5%
75-84 8.5% / 5.1%
Templestowe — 75-84: 8.5% Warrandyte — 75-84: 5.1%
85+ 4.1% / 1.0%
Templestowe — 85+: 4.1% Warrandyte — 85+: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Templestowe 60.1% couple families
Templestowe — Couple Families: 60.1% Templestowe — Lone Person: 23.6% Templestowe — One Parent Families: 13.4% Templestowe — Group Household: 1.8% Templestowe — Other Families: 1.2%
Warrandyte 66.5% couple families
Warrandyte — Couple Families: 66.5% Warrandyte — Lone Person: 18.8% Warrandyte — One Parent Families: 12.9% Warrandyte — Group Household: 1.3% Warrandyte — Other Families: 0.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Templestowe 14.6% renting
Templestowe — Owned Outright: 48.8% Templestowe — Mortgage: 36.6% Templestowe — Renting: 14.6%
Warrandyte 7.6% renting
Warrandyte — Owned Outright: 46.3% Warrandyte — Mortgage: 46.1% Warrandyte — Renting: 7.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Templestowe Warrandyte
Bachelor Degree 21.5% / 19.4%
Templestowe — Bachelor Degree: 21.5% Warrandyte — Bachelor Degree: 19.4%
Certificate III & IV 7.2% / 11.0%
Templestowe — Certificate III & IV: 7.2% Warrandyte — Certificate III & IV: 11.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.1% / 9.7%
Templestowe — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1% Warrandyte — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.7%
Postgraduate Degree 8.5% / 6.9%
Templestowe — Postgraduate Degree: 8.5% Warrandyte — Postgraduate Degree: 6.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 3.5%
Templestowe — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Warrandyte — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.5%).

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.

Templestowe Warrandyte
China 10.6% / 2.4%
Templestowe — China: 10.6% Warrandyte — China: 2.4%
England 2.2% / 4.3%
Templestowe — England: 2.2% Warrandyte — England: 4.3%
Italy 2.7% / 1.1%
Templestowe — Italy: 2.7% Warrandyte — Italy: 1.1%
Malaysia 2.9% / 0.5%
Templestowe — Malaysia: 2.9% Warrandyte — Malaysia: 0.5%
Iran 2.6% / —
Templestowe — Iran: 2.6% Warrandyte — Iran: not among its largest
Greece 2.6% / —
Templestowe — Greece: 2.6% Warrandyte — Greece: not among its largest
South Africa — / 1.1%
Templestowe — South Africa: not among its largest Warrandyte — South Africa: 1.1%
New Zealand — / 1.1%
Templestowe — New Zealand: not among its largest Warrandyte — New Zealand: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Templestowe 77.6% houses
Templestowe — Houses: 77.6% Templestowe — Townhouses: 18.6% Templestowe — Flats / Apartments: 3.8%
Warrandyte 98.4% houses
Warrandyte — Houses: 98.4% Warrandyte — Townhouses: 0.9% Warrandyte — Flats / Apartments: 0.7%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Templestowe Warrandyte
Median house price $1,606,000 $1,400,000
Median unit price $655,400 —
Median land price $1,650,000 $785,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 26 days
from 183 sales
 28 days
from 76 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.

Templestowe Warrandyte
3 bed $1.25M / $1.12M
Templestowe — 3 bed: $1.25M (27 sales) Warrandyte — 3 bed: $1.12M (31 sales)

27 vs 31 sales

4 bed $1.55M / $1.33M
Templestowe — 4 bed: $1.55M (169 sales) Warrandyte — 4 bed: $1.33M (62 sales)

169 vs 62 sales

5 bed $1.8M / $1.91M
Templestowe — 5 bed: $1.8M (65 sales) Warrandyte — 5 bed: $1.91M (36 sales)

65 vs 36 sales

6 bed $2.38M / $2.4M
Templestowe — 6 bed: $2.38M (10 sales) Warrandyte — 6 bed: $2.4M (5 sales)

10 vs 5 sales

Zoning mix

Warrandyte has more land zoned for conservation (40% vs 3%).

Templestowe Warrandyte
Residential 59% 29%
Environmental 3% 40%
Parks and recreation 32% 27%
Infrastructure and transport 5% 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

Templestowe Warrandyte
New dwellings approved 486
across Manningham
same for both
Approvals change year on year -2%
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.

Templestowe Warrandyte
Houses 3.0%
$935/wk on $1.6M
 4.4%
$1,500/wk on $1.77M
Units 4.7%
$595/wk on $665K
 —

Ranking within VIC

Templestowe Warrandyte
House price Higher than 88% of VIC Higher than 84% of VIC
Income Higher than 85% of VIC Higher than 96% of VIC
Schools Higher than 92% of VIC Higher than 18% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 86% of VIC Higher than 91% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 16% of VIC Higher than 47% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 97% of VIC Higher than 95% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 87% of VIC Higher than 97% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 15% of VIC Higher than 88% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 43% of VIC —

Liveability

Warrandyte is more walkable (72 vs 50); Templestowe scores higher overall (67 vs 48).

Templestowe Warrandyte
Grade B C
Score 67/100 48/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Warrandyte carries more bushfire risk (89 vs 74).

Templestowe Warrandyte
Bushfire High
74/100
 High
89/100
Crime Low
34/100
 Low
32/100
Flood Moderate
58/100
 Moderate
63/100
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

Templestowe Warrandyte
Inside the suburb 3
same for both
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0 2
Universities within 10 km 2
Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus, 10.0 km
 None

Schools in Templestowe

  • Serpell Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Templestowe Park Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Charles Borromeo School Catholic · Primary

Schools in Warrandyte

  • Warrandyte High School Government · Secondary at peers
  • Andersons Creek Primary School Government · Primary below peers
  • Warrandyte Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Templestowe Warrandyte
Supermarkets 2 1
Cafes & restaurants 16 11
Parks & reserves 49 18
Childcare 10 4
GPs 5 2
Pharmacies 1
same for both
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 2
same for both
Fuel stations 2 1
Waterways 19 15

Mobility

Warrandyte sits further from the CBD (30 km vs 21.5 km).

Templestowe Warrandyte
Walkability score 50/100 72/100
Distance to Melbourne 21.5 km 30 km
+40% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 31 min 35 min
Public transport score 79/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 592.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 312.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.6%
postcode 3106
 2.1%
postcode 3113
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 34
postcode 3106
 45
postcode 3113

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.

Templestowe Warrandyte
Car (driver) 54.7% / 53.2%
Templestowe — Car (driver): 54.7% Warrandyte — Car (driver): 53.2%
Worked from Home 37.8% / 40.1%
Templestowe — Worked from Home: 37.8% Warrandyte — Worked from Home: 40.1%
Car (passenger) 3.5% / 3.4%
Templestowe — Car (passenger): 3.5% Warrandyte — Car (passenger): 3.4%
Bus 2.8% / 1.1%
Templestowe — Bus: 2.8% Warrandyte — Bus: 1.1%
Walked Only 0.6% / 1.4%
Templestowe — Walked Only: 0.6% Warrandyte — Walked Only: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (54.7%).

Setting

Templestowe Warrandyte
Elevation 80 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 38 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 19.7 km 24.5 km

NBN connectivity

Templestowe Warrandyte
Connectivity score 77/100 92/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 11%
7,063 premises
 61%
2,140 premises

Climate

Templestowe Warrandyte
Annual rainfall 777 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.3°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Templestowe Warrandyte
PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³ —
PM10 — 15.5 µg/m³
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Templestowe Warrandyte
Average residential rate $2,000/yr
same for both
Council Manningham
same for both

Federal electorate

Templestowe Warrandyte
Division Menzies
same for both
Member Gabriel Ng
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Templestowe Warrandyte
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Templestowe

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Premium Quiet Retirees

Warrandyte

Acreage Outer Parks Premium Quiet River

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