Woori Yallock vs Gruyere

Woori Yallock is the younger of the two, with a median age of 36 against 46 in Gruyere. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Woori Yallock, about half of households are couple families. In Gruyere, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Gruyere: a median of $1.85 million, against $735,000 in Woori Yallock, though rent is higher in Woori Yallock. On these figures, Woori Yallock tends to suit people living alone, families with children, and buyers on a tighter budget, while Gruyere suits 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

Woori Yallock

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (5 vs 2)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)
  • But Gruyere is already more of a family suburb (82% vs 65%)

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

First-home buyers

Woori Yallock

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($735,000 vs $1,850,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Gruyere

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (13% vs 22%)
  • has cheaper rent ($296/wk vs $346/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Woori Yallock is more walkable (57/100 vs 13/100)
  • Gruyere sits closer to the CBD (54.8 km vs 59.4 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Woori Yallock

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (57/100 vs 13/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 50/100)

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

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

Woori Yallock Gruyere
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.

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Walkability 57 / 13
Woori Yallock — Walkability: 57/100 Gruyere — Walkability: 13/100
Safety 62 / 50
Woori Yallock — Safety: 62/100 Gruyere — Safety: 50/100
Low fire risk 1 / 2
Woori Yallock — Low fire risk: 1/100 Gruyere — Low fire risk: 2/100
Low flood risk 25 / 42
Woori Yallock — Low flood risk: 25/100 Gruyere — Low flood risk: 42/100

Demographics

Woori Yallock has more residents (2,964 vs 966); Gruyere has higher household incomes ($115,596 vs $81,900).

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Population 2,964
+67% vs other
 966
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.8% +2.1%
Median age 36 46
Median household income $81,900/yr $115,596/yr
+41% vs other
Median weekly rent $346/wk
+14% vs other
 $296/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Woori Yallock Gruyere
0-4 7.6% / 4.6%
Woori Yallock — 0-4: 7.6% Gruyere — 0-4: 4.6%
5-14 13.3% / 11.5%
Woori Yallock — 5-14: 13.3% Gruyere — 5-14: 11.5%
15-19 5.7% / 6.5%
Woori Yallock — 15-19: 5.7% Gruyere — 15-19: 6.5%
20-24 5.3% / 8.1%
Woori Yallock — 20-24: 5.3% Gruyere — 20-24: 8.1%
25-34 15.5% / 7.9%
Woori Yallock — 25-34: 15.5% Gruyere — 25-34: 7.9%
35-44 12.7% / 9.4%
Woori Yallock — 35-44: 12.7% Gruyere — 35-44: 9.4%
45-54 12.4% / 16.5%
Woori Yallock — 45-54: 12.4% Gruyere — 45-54: 16.5%
55-64 12.5% / 17.1%
Woori Yallock — 55-64: 12.5% Gruyere — 55-64: 17.1%
65-74 9.8% / 9.9%
Woori Yallock — 65-74: 9.8% Gruyere — 65-74: 9.9%
75-84 4.1% / 6.6%
Woori Yallock — 75-84: 4.1% Gruyere — 75-84: 6.6%
85+ 1.2% / 1.1%
Woori Yallock — 85+: 1.2% Gruyere — 85+: 1.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Woori Yallock 47.6% couple families
Woori Yallock — Couple Families: 47.6% Woori Yallock — Lone Person: 31.8% Woori Yallock — One Parent Families: 17.3% Woori Yallock — Group Household: 2.6% Woori Yallock — Other Families: 0.6%
Gruyere 70.0% couple families
Gruyere — Couple Families: 70.0% Gruyere — Lone Person: 16.4% Gruyere — One Parent Families: 11.6% Gruyere — Group Household: 1.9% Gruyere — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Woori Yallock 12.5% renting
Woori Yallock — Owned Outright: 31.6% Woori Yallock — Mortgage: 55.9% Woori Yallock — Renting: 12.5%
Gruyere 9.5% renting
Gruyere — Owned Outright: 40.9% Gruyere — Mortgage: 49.7% Gruyere — Renting: 9.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Certificate III & IV 24.2% / 17.6%
Woori Yallock — Certificate III & IV: 24.2% Gruyere — Certificate III & IV: 17.6%
Bachelor Degree 5.9% / 12.5%
Woori Yallock — Bachelor Degree: 5.9% Gruyere — Bachelor Degree: 12.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.2% / 8.5%
Woori Yallock — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.2% Gruyere — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.5% / 2.2%
Woori Yallock — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5% Gruyere — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.2%
Postgraduate Degree 1.0% / 2.6%
Woori Yallock — Postgraduate Degree: 1.0% Gruyere — Postgraduate Degree: 2.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).

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.

Woori Yallock Gruyere
England 4.3% / 4.9%
Woori Yallock — England: 4.3% Gruyere — England: 4.9%
New Zealand 1.2% / 1.0%
Woori Yallock — New Zealand: 1.2% Gruyere — New Zealand: 1.0%
Netherlands 0.7% / 0.6%
Woori Yallock — Netherlands: 0.7% Gruyere — Netherlands: 0.6%
Germany 0.9% / —
Woori Yallock — Germany: 0.9% Gruyere — Germany: not among its largest
Scotland 0.4% / —
Woori Yallock — Scotland: 0.4% Gruyere — Scotland: not among its largest
South Africa — / 0.4%
Woori Yallock — South Africa: not among its largest Gruyere — South Africa: 0.4%
Italy — / 0.4%
Woori Yallock — Italy: not among its largest Gruyere — Italy: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Woori Yallock 99.5% houses
Woori Yallock — Houses: 99.5% Woori Yallock — Townhouses: 0.4% Woori Yallock — Flats / Apartments: 0.1%
Gruyere 100.3% houses
Gruyere — Houses: 100.3% Gruyere — Townhouses: 0.0% Gruyere — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Median house price $735,000 $1,850,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 8 days
from 22 sales
 142 days
from 4 sales

Zoning mix

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Rural and farming 75% 70%
Environmental 15% 21%
Parks and recreation 2% 9%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 0%
Residential 3% 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

Woori Yallock Gruyere
New dwellings approved 416
across Yarra Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year -57%
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.

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Houses 4.2%
$590/wk on $730K
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Woori Yallock Gruyere
House price Higher than 38% of VIC —
Income Higher than 50% of VIC Higher than 87% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 87% of VIC Higher than 75% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 63% of VIC —
EV adoption Higher than 46% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 80% of VIC Higher than 55% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 80% of VIC —

Liveability

Woori Yallock is more walkable (57 vs 13); Gruyere scores higher overall (42 vs 28).

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Grade D C
Score 28/100 42/100
Socio-economic band below-average income
decile 3/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Gruyere carries more crime risk (50 vs 38); Woori Yallock carries more flood risk (75 vs 58).

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Bushfire High
99/100
 High
98/100
Crime Low
38/100
 Moderate
50/100
Flood High
75/100
 Moderate
58/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 2
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Inside the suburb 2 1
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Woori Yallock

  • Woori Yallock Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Croydon Community School-Woori Yallock Farm School Campus Government · Secondary

Schools in Gruyere

  • Gruyere Primary School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Supermarkets 1 0
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 5 2
Childcare 4 0
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 1 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Fuel stations 1 0
Waterways 0 10

Mobility

Woori Yallock sits further from the CBD (59.4 km vs 54.8 km).

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Walkability score 57/100 13/100
Distance to Melbourne 59.4 km
+8% vs other
 54.8 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 63 min 61 min
Electric vehicle share 0.5%
postcode 3139
 0.7%
postcode 3770
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 44
postcode 3139
 51
postcode 3770

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.

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Car (driver) 78.4% / 62.6%
Woori Yallock — Car (driver): 78.4% Gruyere — Car (driver): 62.6%
Worked from Home 14.0% / 30.0%
Woori Yallock — Worked from Home: 14.0% Gruyere — Worked from Home: 30.0%
Car (passenger) 5.2% / 2.9%
Woori Yallock — Car (passenger): 5.2% Gruyere — Car (passenger): 2.9%
Walked Only 1.6% / 4.4%
Woori Yallock — Walked Only: 1.6% Gruyere — Walked Only: 4.4%
Bus 0.5% / —
Woori Yallock — Bus: 0.5% Gruyere — Bus: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (78.4%).

Setting

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Elevation 140 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 227 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 46.9 km 45.6 km

NBN connectivity

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Connectivity score 71/100 30/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 51%
1,293 premises
 2%
336 premises

Climate

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Annual rainfall 1,350 mm 1,215 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 22.9°C
Winter min (Jul) — 3.8°C

Air quality (annual mean)

Woori Yallock Gruyere
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 15.5 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Average residential rate $2,161/yr
same for both
Council Yarra Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Division Casey
same for both
Member Aaron Violi
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Woori Yallock Gruyere
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Woori Yallock

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