Toora vs Hazel Park

Hazel Park is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 53 in Toora. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Toora, about half of households are people living alone. In Hazel Park, most households are couple families. On these figures, Toora tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Hazel Park 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

Hazel Park

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 82/100)
  • is already more of a family suburb (67% vs 42%)

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

First-home buyers

Toora

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (25% vs 88%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Hazel Park

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 25%)
  • has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $230/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Toora

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (141 min vs 152 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (181.7 km vs 192.2 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Toora has more residents already 65 and over (32% vs 18%)
  • Hazel Park carries lower crime risk (50/100 vs 82/100)

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

Investors

Hazel Park

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (34.1% vs 4.7%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Toora Hazel Park
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.

Toora Hazel Park
Walkability 0 / 0
Toora — Walkability: 0/100 Hazel Park — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 18 / 50
Toora — Safety: 18/100 Hazel Park — Safety: 50/100
Low fire risk 86 / 100
Toora — Low fire risk: 86/100 Hazel Park — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 33 / 50
Toora — Low flood risk: 33/100 Hazel Park — Low flood risk: 50/100

Demographics

Toora has more residents (713 vs 55); Hazel Park has higher household incomes ($63,648 vs $48,620).

Toora Hazel Park
Population 713
+92% vs other
 55
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.7% +34.1%
Median age 53 44
Median household income $48,620/yr $63,648/yr
+31% vs other
Median weekly rent $230/wk
+13% vs other
 $200/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Toora Hazel Park
0-4 3.4% / 16.4%
Toora — 0-4: 3.4% Hazel Park — 0-4: 16.4%
5-14 11.5% / 5.5%
Toora — 5-14: 11.5% Hazel Park — 5-14: 5.5%
15-19 2.5% / 5.5%
Toora — 15-19: 2.5% Hazel Park — 15-19: 5.5%
20-24 4.6% / —
Toora — 20-24: 4.6% Hazel Park — 20-24: not among its largest
25-34 7.2% / 23.6%
Toora — 25-34: 7.2% Hazel Park — 25-34: 23.6%
35-44 9.7% / —
Toora — 35-44: 9.7% Hazel Park — 35-44: not among its largest
45-54 10.1% / 5.5%
Toora — 45-54: 10.1% Hazel Park — 45-54: 5.5%
55-64 15.6% / 14.5%
Toora — 55-64: 15.6% Hazel Park — 55-64: 14.5%
65-74 19.6% / 12.7%
Toora — 65-74: 19.6% Hazel Park — 65-74: 12.7%
75-84 10.2% / 5.5%
Toora — 75-84: 10.2% Hazel Park — 75-84: 5.5%
85+ 2.7% / —
Toora — 85+: 2.7% Hazel Park — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Toora 25.0% couple families
Toora — Couple Families: 25.0% Toora — Lone Person: 53.8% Toora — One Parent Families: 16.8% Toora — Other Families: 2.9% Toora — Group Household: 1.4%
Hazel Park 66.7% couple families
Hazel Park — Couple Families: 66.7% Hazel Park — Lone Person: 33.3% Hazel Park — One Parent Families: 0.0% Hazel Park — Other Families: 0.0% Hazel Park — Group Household: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Toora 19.2% renting
Toora — Owned Outright: 51.2% Toora — Mortgage: 29.6% Toora — Renting: 19.2%
Hazel Park 26.3% renting
Hazel Park — Owned Outright: 42.1% Hazel Park — Mortgage: 31.6% Hazel Park — Renting: 26.3%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Toora Hazel Park
Certificate III & IV 18.0% / 18.2%
Toora — Certificate III & IV: 18.0% Hazel Park — Certificate III & IV: 18.2%
Bachelor Degree 7.3% / 16.4%
Toora — Bachelor Degree: 7.3% Hazel Park — Bachelor Degree: 16.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.2% / 9.1%
Toora — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.2% Hazel Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.1%
Postgraduate Degree 1.7% / —
Toora — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7% Hazel Park — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.4% / —
Toora — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.4% Hazel Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.2%).

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.

Toora Hazel Park
Zimbabwe — / 10.9%
Toora — Zimbabwe: not among its largest Hazel Park — Zimbabwe: 10.9%
England 5.8% / —
Toora — England: 5.8% Hazel Park — England: not among its largest
Italy 1.5% / —
Toora — Italy: 1.5% Hazel Park — Italy: not among its largest
New Zealand 1.4% / —
Toora — New Zealand: 1.4% Hazel Park — New Zealand: not among its largest
Germany 1.4% / —
Toora — Germany: 1.4% Hazel Park — Germany: not among its largest
Netherlands 1.0% / —
Toora — Netherlands: 1.0% Hazel Park — Netherlands: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Toora 90.7% houses
Toora — Houses: 90.7% Toora — Flats / Apartments: 9.3%
Hazel Park 100.0% houses
Hazel Park — Houses: 100.0% Hazel Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Toora Hazel Park
Median house price $460,000 —
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 64 days
from 11 sales
 —

Zoning mix

Toora Hazel Park
Rural and farming 92% 93%
Parks and recreation 5% 7%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 0%
Residential 1% 0%
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

Toora Hazel Park
New dwellings approved 170
across South Gippsland
same for both
Approvals change year on year +21%
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.

Toora Hazel Park
Houses 3.6%
$400/wk on $575K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Toora Hazel Park
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 8% of VIC Higher than 25% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 60% of VIC Higher than 50% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 49% of VIC —
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of VIC Higher than 45% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 42% of VIC —

Liveability

Toora Hazel Park
Grade D —
Score 16/100 —
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 2/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Toora carries more bushfire risk (14 vs 0); Toora carries more crime risk (82 vs 50).

Toora Hazel Park
Bushfire Low
14/100
 None
0/100
Crime High
82/100
 Moderate
50/100
Flood Moderate
67/100
 Moderate
50/100
Coastal erosion Moderate
66/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Toora Hazel Park
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 1 0

Schools in Toora

  • Toora Primary School Government · Primary below peers

Schools in Hazel Park

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Toora Hazel Park
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 1 0
Parks & reserves 3 2
Childcare 2 0
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Police stations 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Beaches 1 0
Waterways 1
same for both

Mobility

Hazel Park sits further from the CBD (192.2 km vs 181.7 km).

Toora Hazel Park
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 181.7 km 192.2 km
+6% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 141 min 152 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3962
 0.0%
postcode 3966
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 49
postcode 3962
 42
postcode 3966

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.

Toora Hazel Park
Car (driver) 72.4% / 27.3%
Toora — Car (driver): 72.4% Hazel Park — Car (driver): 27.3%
Walked Only 5.3% / 45.5%
Toora — Walked Only: 5.3% Hazel Park — Walked Only: 45.5%
Worked from Home 19.3% / 27.3%
Toora — Worked from Home: 19.3% Hazel Park — Worked from Home: 27.3%
Bicycle 1.8% / —
Toora — Bicycle: 1.8% Hazel Park — Bicycle: not among its largest
Car (passenger) 1.3% / —
Toora — Car (passenger): 1.3% Hazel Park — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (72.4%).

Setting

Toora Hazel Park
Elevation 51 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 175 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 3.5 km
4.5 km to a named beach
 5.3 km

NBN connectivity

Toora Hazel Park
Connectivity score 29/100
same for both
Most common technology Fixed wireless
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
441 premises
 0%
28 premises

Council rates

Toora Hazel Park
Average residential rate $2,282/yr
same for both
Council South Gippsland
same for both

Federal electorate

Toora Hazel Park
Division Monash
same for both
Member Mary Aldred
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Toora Hazel Park
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Toora

Affordable Retirees Rural

Hazel Park

Rural Young Families

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