Wonga Park vs Warranwood

Warranwood is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 45 in Wonga Park. 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 Wonga Park: a median of $1.53 million, against $1.28 million in Warranwood, and rent is higher there too. Warranwood is closer to the city centre: 32.5 km, against 36.5 km. On these figures, Warranwood tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Warranwood

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (5 vs 2)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • But Wonga Park has more parks and reserves (21 vs 5)

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

First-home buyers

Warranwood

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper land ($765,000 vs $1,380,000)
  • has cheaper houses ($1,285,000 vs $1,527,500)

Weighs house prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Warranwood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($423/wk vs $491/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Warranwood

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 53/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (37 min vs 43 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (32.5 km vs 36.5 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Warranwood

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 53/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

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

Wonga Park Warranwood
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.

Wonga Park Warranwood
Walkability 53 / 65
Wonga Park — Walkability: 53/100 Warranwood — Walkability: 65/100
Safety 84 / 82
Wonga Park — Safety: 84/100 Warranwood — Safety: 82/100
Low fire risk 13 / 5
Wonga Park — Low fire risk: 13/100 Warranwood — Low fire risk: 5/100
Low flood risk 43 / 85
Wonga Park — Low flood risk: 43/100 Warranwood — Low flood risk: 85/100

Demographics

Warranwood has more residents (4,820 vs 3,843); Wonga Park rents higher ($491/wk vs $423/wk).

Wonga Park Warranwood
Population 3,843 4,820
+25% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.2% +0.3%
Median age 45 41
Median household income $145,080/yr $148,304/yr
+2% vs other
Median weekly rent $491/wk
+14% vs other
 $423/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Wonga Park Warranwood
0-4 3.2% / 4.4%
Wonga Park — 0-4: 3.2% Warranwood — 0-4: 4.4%
5-14 13.2% / 14.4%
Wonga Park — 5-14: 13.2% Warranwood — 5-14: 14.4%
15-19 8.1% / 9.1%
Wonga Park — 15-19: 8.1% Warranwood — 15-19: 9.1%
20-24 7.7% / 6.9%
Wonga Park — 20-24: 7.7% Warranwood — 20-24: 6.9%
25-34 7.2% / 8.0%
Wonga Park — 25-34: 7.2% Warranwood — 25-34: 8.0%
35-44 9.4% / 11.8%
Wonga Park — 35-44: 9.4% Warranwood — 35-44: 11.8%
45-54 16.5% / 17.1%
Wonga Park — 45-54: 16.5% Warranwood — 45-54: 17.1%
55-64 17.5% / 15.5%
Wonga Park — 55-64: 17.5% Warranwood — 55-64: 15.5%
65-74 11.4% / 8.5%
Wonga Park — 65-74: 11.4% Warranwood — 65-74: 8.5%
75-84 4.6% / 3.7%
Wonga Park — 75-84: 4.6% Warranwood — 75-84: 3.7%
85+ 1.1% / 0.7%
Wonga Park — 85+: 1.1% Warranwood — 85+: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Wonga Park 70.8% couple families
Wonga Park — Couple Families: 70.8% Wonga Park — Lone Person: 16.1% Wonga Park — One Parent Families: 10.8% Wonga Park — Group Household: 1.4% Wonga Park — Other Families: 0.8%
Warranwood 70.1% couple families
Warranwood — Couple Families: 70.1% Warranwood — Lone Person: 14.2% Warranwood — One Parent Families: 13.7% Warranwood — Group Household: 1.0% Warranwood — Other Families: 0.9%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Wonga Park 5.5% renting
Wonga Park — Owned Outright: 44.8% Wonga Park — Mortgage: 49.8% Wonga Park — Renting: 5.5%
Warranwood 9.6% renting
Warranwood — Owned Outright: 37.9% Warranwood — Mortgage: 52.4% Warranwood — Renting: 9.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Wonga Park Warranwood
Bachelor Degree 16.5% / 17.2%
Wonga Park — Bachelor Degree: 16.5% Warranwood — Bachelor Degree: 17.2%
Certificate III & IV 16.1% / 12.2%
Wonga Park — Certificate III & IV: 16.1% Warranwood — Certificate III & IV: 12.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.0% / 9.3%
Wonga Park — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.0% Warranwood — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.3%
Postgraduate Degree 3.4% / 5.4%
Wonga Park — Postgraduate Degree: 3.4% Warranwood — Postgraduate Degree: 5.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.2% / 3.3%
Wonga Park — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2% Warranwood — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.2%).

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.

Wonga Park Warranwood
England 4.6% / 3.9%
Wonga Park — England: 4.6% Warranwood — England: 3.9%
China 0.9% / 1.5%
Wonga Park — China: 0.9% Warranwood — China: 1.5%
South Africa 0.7% / 1.1%
Wonga Park — South Africa: 0.7% Warranwood — South Africa: 1.1%
New Zealand 0.6% / 0.9%
Wonga Park — New Zealand: 0.6% Warranwood — New Zealand: 0.9%
Germany 0.6% / 0.6%
Wonga Park — Germany: 0.6% Warranwood — Germany: 0.6%
Malaysia — / 0.7%
Wonga Park — Malaysia: not among its largest Warranwood — Malaysia: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Wonga Park 99.7% houses
Wonga Park — Houses: 99.7% Wonga Park — Townhouses: 0.0% Wonga Park — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Warranwood 98.2% houses
Warranwood — Houses: 98.2% Warranwood — Townhouses: 1.6% Warranwood — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Wonga Park Warranwood
Median house price $1,527,500 $1,285,000
Median unit price — $768,500
Median land price $1,380,000 $765,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 46 days
from 34 sales
 22 days
from 26 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.

Wonga Park Warranwood
3 bed $1.2M / $1.05M
Wonga Park — 3 bed: $1.2M (13 sales) Warranwood — 3 bed: $1.05M (16 sales)

13 vs 16 sales

4 bed $1.58M / $1.28M
Wonga Park — 4 bed: $1.58M (48 sales) Warranwood — 4 bed: $1.28M (45 sales)

48 vs 45 sales

5 bed $1.7M / $1.37M
Wonga Park — 5 bed: $1.7M (15 sales) Warranwood — 5 bed: $1.37M (27 sales)

15 vs 27 sales

Zoning mix

Wonga Park has more land zoned for conservation (65% vs 0%).

Wonga Park Warranwood
Residential 11% 84%
Environmental 65% 0%
Parks and recreation 16% 4%
Rural and farming 7% 4%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 7%
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

Wonga Park Warranwood
New dwellings approved 486
across Manningham
 328
across Maroondah
Approvals change year on year -2% -74%

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.

Wonga Park Warranwood
Houses — 4.6%
$1,100/wk on $1.25M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Wonga Park Warranwood
House price Higher than 79% of VIC Higher than 76% of VIC
Income Higher than 98% of VIC
same for both
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 86% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 59% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 83% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 93% of VIC Higher than 92% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 92% of VIC

Liveability

Warranwood is more walkable (65 vs 53); Warranwood scores higher overall (68 vs 60).

Wonga Park Warranwood
Grade B A
Score 60/100 68/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Wonga Park carries more flood risk (57 vs 15).

Wonga Park Warranwood
Bushfire High
87/100
 High
95/100
Crime Low
16/100
 Low
18/100
Flood Moderate
57/100
 Low
15/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 1
within 5 km
 2
within 5 km

Schools

Wonga Park Warranwood
Inside the suburb 1 2
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 1
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Wonga Park

  • Wonga Park Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Schools in Warranwood

  • Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School Independent · Combined above peers
  • Warranwood Primary School Government · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Wonga Park Warranwood
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 2 1
Parks & reserves 21 5
Childcare 2 5
GPs 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 1 0
Waterways 3 15

Mobility

Wonga Park sits further from the CBD (36.5 km vs 32.5 km).

Wonga Park Warranwood
Walkability score 53/100 65/100
Distance to Melbourne 36.5 km
+11% vs other
 32.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 43 min 37 min
Public transport score 76/100
Bus
 78/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 59.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 83.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.3%
postcode 3115
 1.6%
postcode 3134
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 45
postcode 3115
 27
postcode 3134

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.

Wonga Park Warranwood
Car (driver) 60.0% / 54.7%
Wonga Park — Car (driver): 60.0% Warranwood — Car (driver): 54.7%
Worked from Home 34.5% / 39.7%
Wonga Park — Worked from Home: 34.5% Warranwood — Worked from Home: 39.7%
Car (passenger) 3.1% / 3.0%
Wonga Park — Car (passenger): 3.1% Warranwood — Car (passenger): 3.0%
Train 1.1% / 1.2%
Wonga Park — Train: 1.1% Warranwood — Train: 1.2%
Walked Only 1.0% / 1.0%
Wonga Park — Walked Only: 1.0% Warranwood — Walked Only: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.0%).

Setting

Wonga Park Warranwood
Elevation 132 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 158 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 29.8 km 26.4 km

NBN connectivity

Wonga Park Warranwood
Connectivity score 86/100 84/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 51%
1,376 premises
 32%
1,684 premises

Climate

Wonga Park Warranwood
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)

Wonga Park Warranwood
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Wonga Park Warranwood
Average residential rate $2,000/yr $1,715/yr
Council Manningham Maroondah

Federal electorate

Wonga Park Warranwood
Division Casey Deakin
Member Aaron Violi Matt Gregg
Party Liberal Australian Labor Party

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Wonga Park

Acreage Outer Parks Premium Quiet

Warranwood

Large Blocks Outer Parks Premium River

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