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VIC · Mansfield Council

Bonnie Doon, 3720

Est. population · Jun 2025

733

Growth (1 yr)

+1.8%

Growth (5 yr)

+11.9%

Median age

54

Median income

$1,315/wk

Employment rate

55%

Languages at home

4.3%non-English

Most common: Greek, Spanish

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

29.4/100
Below average

1094th in VIC

Verified 70% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • National parks
  • Green suburb
  • Excellent transport
  • High desirability
What Bonnie Doon is known for: National parks, Green suburb, Excellent transport, High desirability

Suburb profile

Bonnie Doon is a quieter smaller community in Mansfield Council, where peace, space and a country-town pace still dominate. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. Everyday life leans local, with a handful of trusted shops, a familiar main street and neighbours who know your name.

There is enough green space nearby for walks, picnics and after-school play. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield. Homes are neither a bargain nor a premium buy against the wider market.

Crime trends have improved of late compared with the previous period. Construction and infill projects are noticeably reshaping parts of the area.

Desirability lands below average here: softer local dining and lifestyle amenities weighing on the result versus similar regional towns, even with growth momentum holding up better. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.

At a glance

Bonnie Doon snapshot

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

—

No data available

Population (ERP)

733

+1.8% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

57.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#301

among Country & regional · Mature

Safety

42nd

percentile in state (higher = safer)

Pop. growth

85th

percentile in VIC

Advantage (IRSAD)

4/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
29.4/100 — Below average
National rank
5686th in Australia
State rank
1094th in VIC
Peer rank
#301 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#589 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
70%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Estimated resident population

733(June 2025)

+1.8% annual · +11.9% over 5 years · 85th percentile in VIC

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.8%
5-year growth
+11.9%
Change in 1 year
+13
Change in 5 years
+78
Growth rank in VIC
85th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~800), extrapolated at +2.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
666
Median age
54
Median household income / week
$1,315
Dwelling vacancy
57%
Unoccupied private dwellings
365 of 640
Median monthly mortgage
$1,300
Employment rate
55%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
270 / 0 / 0 (+ 5 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Community & culture

No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (2026)
32
Against the person
4
Against property
18
Rate per 1,000 residents
43.7
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 166 residents
State safety percentile
41.5th (lower crime is better)
Decrease (daily rate)
-27.3%

Most common offence types

  • B21 Criminal Damage3
  • B49 Other Theft3
  • B53 Obtain Benefit By Deception5
  • C32 Drug Possession3
  • E21 Breach Family Violence Order6

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Crime rate and year-on-year trend

Data sources & freshness

Family & Lifestyle

Public transport

2 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Phillip St/Bon Cres
  • Phillip St/Bon Cres

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Public transport stop coverage

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

6 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km

1 pubs

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
5/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
1.5
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.5
Food & drink(1)
  • Bonnie Doon HotelPub
Sport & outdoors(1)
  • Sports field
Other(3)
  • Bench
  • Bonnie Doon HotelHotel
  • Parking (2)

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Maintongoon G49 Bushland ReserveNature reserve
  • Tallangallook Bushland ReserveNature reserve

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Parks & woodland (OSM)
5
Parks (OSM)
1

OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)

Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Mansfield District Hospital (18.8 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)

Hospitals and GP clinics

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
14
Participants per 1,000 residents
19.1

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
28° / 11°
Rainfall
176 mm · ~22 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
21° / 7°
Rainfall
233 mm · ~29 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
12° / 2°
Rainfall
385 mm · ~48 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
19° / 6°
Rainfall
295 mm · ~37 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Planning & development

Development applications from PPARS statewide register (lodged 2020–2022). Free public PPARS MapServer — applications through ~2022 (service last updated Feb 2024).

43 planning-related records

2021· 21 proposals

  • September 2021

  • Development of a dwelling and ancillary outbuildings (shed and carport)
    324 PEPPIN DRIVE BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2021

  • Development of an outbuilding ancillary to a dwelling
    9 CLIFF ROAD BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • July 2021

  • Use and Development of a Dwelling
    292 GLEN CREEK ROAD BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by the RA
  • Use and development of a dwelling
    GLEN COURT BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2021

  • Development - New Storage Shed
    95 HOMEPOINT DRIVE BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a dwelling and outbuilding
    75 NIX LANE BONNIE DOON 3720Permit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of a dwelling
    164 DRY CREEK ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2021

  • Use and development of a dwelling
    3215 MAINTONGOON ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Construction of an Agricultural Shed
    37 TANNERS LANEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • April 2021

  • Use and development of a dwelling
    20 HUTCHINSONS ROAD BONNIE DOON 3720Lapsed
  • Buildings and works in commercial zone - pergola
    4 PHILLIP STREETPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of dwelling and outbuilding
    26 EAGLES LANEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of outbuilding
    32 CLIFF ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • March 2021

  • Use and development of a dwelling
    15 HILDA COURTPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of an outbuilding
    1/3201 MAINTONGOON ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of a dwelling and outbuilding
    729 SONNBERG DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of a second dwelling and an outbuilding
    10 YOUNG STREETPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • February 2021

  • Buildings and works in an overlay - outbuilding
    1564 MAROONDAH HIGHWAYPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and development of a dwelling in farming zone
    143 MOSES LANE BONNIE DOON 3720Lapsed
  • Buildings and Works in a Rural Zone - Deck
    1942 MAROONDAH HIGHWAYPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • January 2021

  • Use and development of a dwelling
    1846 MAROONDAH HIGHWAYPermit issued by the RA
2020· 19 proposals

  • December 2020

  • Use and development of the land for a dwelling and shed
    90 LOCKHARTS ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • November 2020

  • Development of shed
    120 RED BOX LANEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • October 2020

  • Development of New Dwelling
    3 DOON COURTPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of Shed
    9 SETTLERS COURTPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • September 2020

  • Use and development of a dwelling in the farming zone
    170 POLLOCK AVENUEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works - extension to existing dwelling
    107 HOMEPOINT DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • August 2020

  • Development of shed
    1520-1526 MAROONDAH HIGHWAYPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use of the land for temporary storage (warehouse) and associated works - retrospective
    3501 MAINTONGOON ROADPermit issued by the RA

  • July 2020

  • Buildings and works within a prescribed setback (100 metres form a waterway)
    2995 MAINTONGOON ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works in association with a dwelling and outbuilding, variation to a buidling envelope
    35 NIX LANEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works - extension to existing dwelling
    420 PEPPIN DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of shed
    1625 MAROONDAH HIGHWAYPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and devlopment of a dwelling
    90 LOCKHARTS ROADPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • June 2020

  • Use and development of a dwelling in the farming zone
    24 RED BOX LANEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Buildings and works in an overlay - shed
    225 HOMEPOINT DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of outbuilding
    310 PEPPIN DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

  • May 2020

  • Two lot subdivision
    1 KITCHEN STREETPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Use and develoment of a dwelling and outbuilding
    105 HOMEPOINT DRIVEPermit issued by a delegate of the RA
  • Development of a dwelling
    3 SUNSET STRIPPermit issued by a delegate of the RA

Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)

Development and planning activity

Data sources & freshness

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Victorian Bushfire Management Overlay mapping.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)

Bushfire hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Indi
Member of Parliament
Helen HAINES (Independent)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
120,774
Turnout (2025)
92.8%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-1.4 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 56.7%Labor 43.3%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 32.6 km away).

Coalition 57.9%Labor 42.1%

1.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +12.1 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Bonnie DoonLabor 42.1% · Coalition 57.9% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
  • MansfieldLabor 44.5% · Coalition 55.5% TPP (2025)20.2 km away
  • StrathbogieLabor 48.9% · Coalition 51.1% TPP (2025)21.4 km away
  • AlexandraLabor 41.2% · Coalition 58.8% TPP (2025)24.8 km away
  • EildonLabor 45.9% · Coalition 54.1% TPP (2025)24.9 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
4/10
IRSD decile (2021)
5/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)

Data sources & freshness

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