Goldie vs Lancefield

Lancefield is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 44 in Goldie. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Goldie, most households are couple families. In Lancefield, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Goldie tends to suit 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

Lancefield

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (4 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (3 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (2 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Too close to call

Nothing among the 3 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

  • Goldie sits closer to the CBD (81.8 km vs 91.5 km)
  • Lancefield has a shorter drive in (71 min vs 76 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Lancefield

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more GPs (3 vs 0)

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

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

Goldie Lancefield
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.

Goldie Lancefield
Walkability 0 / 0
Goldie — Walkability: 0/100 Lancefield — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 53 / 58
Goldie — Safety: 53/100 Lancefield — Safety: 58/100
Low fire risk 36 / 48
Goldie — Low fire risk: 36/100 Lancefield — Low fire risk: 48/100
Low flood risk 100 / 82
Goldie — Low flood risk: 100/100 Lancefield — Low flood risk: 82/100

Demographics

Lancefield has more residents (2,743 vs 253); Goldie has higher household incomes ($121,836 vs $95,576).

Goldie Lancefield
Population 253 2,743
+984% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +11.5% +11.7%
Median age 44 41
Median household income $121,836/yr
+22% vs other
 $95,576/yr
Median weekly rent $345/wk $360/wk
+4% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Goldie Lancefield
0-4 5.5% / 5.6%
Goldie — 0-4: 5.5% Lancefield — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 13.4% / 13.5%
Goldie — 5-14: 13.4% Lancefield — 5-14: 13.5%
15-19 4.0% / 6.1%
Goldie — 15-19: 4.0% Lancefield — 15-19: 6.1%
20-24 1.6% / 5.0%
Goldie — 20-24: 1.6% Lancefield — 20-24: 5.0%
25-34 8.3% / 11.1%
Goldie — 25-34: 8.3% Lancefield — 25-34: 11.1%
35-44 13.4% / 12.3%
Goldie — 35-44: 13.4% Lancefield — 35-44: 12.3%
45-54 10.3% / 13.8%
Goldie — 45-54: 10.3% Lancefield — 45-54: 13.8%
55-64 19.4% / 14.0%
Goldie — 55-64: 19.4% Lancefield — 55-64: 14.0%
65-74 12.6% / 12.4%
Goldie — 65-74: 12.6% Lancefield — 65-74: 12.4%
75-84 4.0% / 5.3%
Goldie — 75-84: 4.0% Lancefield — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ 2.4% / 0.9%
Goldie — 85+: 2.4% Lancefield — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Goldie 61.1% couple families
Goldie — Couple Families: 61.1% Goldie — Lone Person: 25.9% Goldie — One Parent Families: 13.0% Goldie — Group Household: 0.0% Goldie — Other Families: 0.0%
Lancefield 50.3% couple families
Lancefield — Couple Families: 50.3% Lancefield — Lone Person: 29.6% Lancefield — One Parent Families: 17.1% Lancefield — Group Household: 2.0% Lancefield — Other Families: 1.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Goldie 7.9% renting
Goldie — Owned Outright: 44.7% Goldie — Mortgage: 47.4% Goldie — Renting: 7.9%
Lancefield 11.2% renting
Lancefield — Owned Outright: 38.8% Lancefield — Mortgage: 50.0% Lancefield — Renting: 11.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Goldie Lancefield
England 3.6% / 3.5%
Goldie — England: 3.6% Lancefield — England: 3.5%
New Zealand — / 1.2%
Goldie — New Zealand: not among its largest Lancefield — New Zealand: 1.2%
Philippines — / 0.7%
Goldie — Philippines: not among its largest Lancefield — Philippines: 0.7%
Scotland — / 0.4%
Goldie — Scotland: not among its largest Lancefield — Scotland: 0.4%
Germany — / 0.4%
Goldie — Germany: not among its largest Lancefield — Germany: 0.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.6%).

Qualifications

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

Goldie Lancefield
Certificate III & IV 15.0% / 17.0%
Goldie — Certificate III & IV: 15.0% Lancefield — Certificate III & IV: 17.0%
Bachelor Degree 15.8% / 10.6%
Goldie — Bachelor Degree: 15.8% Lancefield — Bachelor Degree: 10.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.7% / 8.9%
Goldie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.7% Lancefield — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9%
Postgraduate Degree 2.4% / 2.8%
Goldie — Postgraduate Degree: 2.4% Lancefield — Postgraduate Degree: 2.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.2% / 2.4%
Goldie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2% Lancefield — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Goldie 100.0% houses
Goldie — Houses: 100.0% Goldie — Townhouses: 0.0% Goldie — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Lancefield 98.6% houses
Lancefield — Houses: 98.6% Lancefield — Townhouses: 0.8% Lancefield — Flats / Apartments: 0.6%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Goldie Lancefield
Median house price — $736,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $450,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 58 days
from 29 sales

Zoning mix

Goldie has more rural and farming land (99% vs 53%); Lancefield has more land zoned for conservation (27% vs 0%).

Goldie Lancefield
Rural and farming 99% 53%
Environmental 0% 27%
Parks and recreation 0% 15%
Residential 0% 4%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 1%
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

Goldie Lancefield
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year +80%
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.

Goldie Lancefield
Houses — 3.3%
$595/wk on $925K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

Goldie Lancefield
House price — Higher than 42% of VIC
Income Higher than 92% of VIC Higher than 66% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 57% of VIC Higher than 20% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 76% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 67% of VIC
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 23% of VIC Higher than 75% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 29% of VIC

Liveability

Goldie Lancefield
Grade — C
Score — 46/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Lancefield carries more flood risk (18 vs 0); Goldie carries more bushfire risk (64 vs 52).

Goldie Lancefield
Bushfire Moderate
64/100
 Moderate
52/100
Crime Moderate
47/100
 Moderate
42/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
18/100
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

Goldie Lancefield
Inside the suburb 0 2
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Goldie

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

Schools in Lancefield

  • Lancefield Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • St Mary's School Catholic · Primary at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Goldie Lancefield
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 4
Childcare 0 3
GPs 0 3
Pharmacies 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Waterways 6 10

Mobility

Lancefield sits further from the CBD (91.5 km vs 81.8 km).

Goldie Lancefield
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 81.8 km 91.5 km
+12% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 76 min 71 min
Electric vehicle share 0.7%
postcode 3435
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 3435
same for both

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.

Goldie Lancefield
Car (driver) 75.8% / 67.5%
Goldie — Car (driver): 75.8% Lancefield — Car (driver): 67.5%
Worked from Home 24.2% / 25.5%
Goldie — Worked from Home: 24.2% Lancefield — Worked from Home: 25.5%
Car (passenger) — / 3.7%
Goldie — Car (passenger): not among its largest Lancefield — Car (passenger): 3.7%
Walked Only — / 1.8%
Goldie — Walked Only: not among its largest Lancefield — Walked Only: 1.8%
Train — / 1.5%
Goldie — Train: not among its largest Lancefield — Train: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.8%).

Setting

Goldie Lancefield
Elevation 610 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 456 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Goldie Lancefield
Connectivity score 23/100 62/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
91 premises
 39%
1,304 premises

Climate

Goldie Lancefield
Annual rainfall 778 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Goldie Lancefield
Average residential rate $2,065/yr
same for both
Council Macedon Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

Goldie Lancefield
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Goldie Lancefield
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Goldie

Rural

Lancefield

Acreage

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