Maidstone vs Braybrook

In Maidstone, most households own their home. In Braybrook, about half of households rent. Houses cost more in Maidstone: a median of $876,000, against $769,000 in Braybrook, and rent is higher there too. Maidstone is closer to the city centre: 10 km, against 12.1 km.

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

Braybrook

ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more schools inside the suburb (9 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (10 vs 5)

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

First-home buyers

Maidstone

ahead on 3 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has cheaper units ($395,000 vs $492,500)
  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (24% vs 30%)
  • has cheaper land ($665,000 vs $777,000)
  • But Braybrook has cheaper houses ($769,444 vs $875,500)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, land prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Braybrook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($312/wk vs $381/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Maidstone

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • sits closer to the CBD (10 km vs 12.1 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Too close to call

Nothing among the 5 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

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

Investors

Maidstone

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on units (7.6% vs 5.7%)

Weighs house yield, unit yield, and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Maidstone Braybrook
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.

Maidstone Braybrook
Walkability 91 / 92
Maidstone — Walkability: 91/100 Braybrook — Walkability: 92/100
Safety 18 / 11
Maidstone — Safety: 18/100 Braybrook — Safety: 11/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Maidstone — Low fire risk: 100/100 Braybrook — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 65 / 67
Maidstone — Low flood risk: 65/100 Braybrook — Low flood risk: 67/100

Demographics

Maidstone has higher household incomes ($99,632 vs $75,452); Maidstone rents higher ($381/wk vs $312/wk).

Maidstone Braybrook
Population 9,389 9,682
+3% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +4.0% +5.3%
Median age 34
same for both
Median household income $99,632/yr
+24% vs other
 $75,452/yr
Median weekly rent $381/wk
+18% vs other
 $312/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maidstone Braybrook
0-4 5.7% / 5.4%
Maidstone — 0-4: 5.7% Braybrook — 0-4: 5.4%
5-14 10.0% / 10.2%
Maidstone — 5-14: 10.0% Braybrook — 5-14: 10.2%
15-19 4.8% / 5.5%
Maidstone — 15-19: 4.8% Braybrook — 15-19: 5.5%
20-24 7.0% / 7.5%
Maidstone — 20-24: 7.0% Braybrook — 20-24: 7.5%
25-34 23.4% / 22.9%
Maidstone — 25-34: 23.4% Braybrook — 25-34: 22.9%
35-44 17.4% / 14.6%
Maidstone — 35-44: 17.4% Braybrook — 35-44: 14.6%
45-54 11.5% / 11.3%
Maidstone — 45-54: 11.5% Braybrook — 45-54: 11.3%
55-64 8.8% / 10.2%
Maidstone — 55-64: 8.8% Braybrook — 55-64: 10.2%
65-74 6.1% / 8.1%
Maidstone — 65-74: 6.1% Braybrook — 65-74: 8.1%
75-84 3.3% / 3.0%
Maidstone — 75-84: 3.3% Braybrook — 75-84: 3.0%
85+ 2.0% / 1.2%
Maidstone — 85+: 2.0% Braybrook — 85+: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maidstone 36.5% couple families
Maidstone — Couple Families: 36.5% Maidstone — Lone Person: 34.6% Maidstone — One Parent Families: 15.9% Maidstone — Group Household: 9.8% Maidstone — Other Families: 3.3%
Braybrook 34.4% couple families
Braybrook — Couple Families: 34.4% Braybrook — Lone Person: 31.4% Braybrook — One Parent Families: 21.1% Braybrook — Group Household: 9.7% Braybrook — Other Families: 3.4%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Maidstone 44.2% renting
Maidstone — Owned Outright: 21.1% Maidstone — Mortgage: 34.7% Maidstone — Renting: 44.2%
Braybrook 49.5% renting
Braybrook — Owned Outright: 19.6% Braybrook — Mortgage: 30.9% Braybrook — Renting: 49.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Maidstone Braybrook
Bachelor Degree 19.9% / 15.0%
Maidstone — Bachelor Degree: 19.9% Braybrook — Bachelor Degree: 15.0%
Postgraduate Degree 8.6% / 6.5%
Maidstone — Postgraduate Degree: 8.6% Braybrook — Postgraduate Degree: 6.5%
Certificate III & IV 7.7% / 7.0%
Maidstone — Certificate III & IV: 7.7% Braybrook — Certificate III & IV: 7.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 6.6%
Maidstone — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Braybrook — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 2.4% / 1.3%
Maidstone — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.4% Braybrook — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.9%).

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.

Maidstone Braybrook
Vietnam 13.4% / 22.6%
Maidstone — Vietnam: 13.4% Braybrook — Vietnam: 22.6%
India 4.7% / 6.5%
Maidstone — India: 4.7% Braybrook — India: 6.5%
China 2.5% / 2.7%
Maidstone — China: 2.5% Braybrook — China: 2.7%
Philippines 2.2% / 2.6%
Maidstone — Philippines: 2.2% Braybrook — Philippines: 2.6%
New Zealand 1.5% / 1.3%
Maidstone — New Zealand: 1.5% Braybrook — New Zealand: 1.3%
Myanmar — / 1.6%
Maidstone — Myanmar: not among its largest Braybrook — Myanmar: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Maidstone 47.4% houses
Maidstone — Houses: 47.4% Maidstone — Townhouses: 38.0% Maidstone — Flats / Apartments: 14.6%
Braybrook 47.0% houses
Braybrook — Houses: 47.0% Braybrook — Townhouses: 48.5% Braybrook — Flats / Apartments: 4.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Maidstone Braybrook
Median house price $875,500 $769,444
Median unit price $395,000 $492,500
Median land price $665,000 $777,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 27 days
from 69 sales
 32 days
from 112 sales

Unit price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Maidstone Braybrook
2 bed $392K / $467K
Maidstone — 2 bed: $392K (51 sales) Braybrook — 2 bed: $467K (26 sales)

51 vs 26 sales

3 bed $660K / $660K
Maidstone — 3 bed: $660K (6 sales) Braybrook — 3 bed: $660K (11 sales)

6 vs 11 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.

Maidstone Braybrook
2 bed $828K / $703K
Maidstone — 2 bed: $828K (32 sales) Braybrook — 2 bed: $703K (36 sales)

32 vs 36 sales

3 bed $862K / $760K
Maidstone — 3 bed: $862K (62 sales) Braybrook — 3 bed: $760K (85 sales)

62 vs 85 sales

4 bed $1.1M / $900K
Maidstone — 4 bed: $1.1M (19 sales) Braybrook — 4 bed: $900K (27 sales)

19 vs 27 sales

Zoning mix

Braybrook has more commercially zoned land (23% vs 0%); Maidstone has more industrially zoned land (10% vs 0%).

Maidstone Braybrook
Residential 61% 51%
Commercial 0% 23%
Infrastructure and transport 8% 17%
Other and special use 16% 1%
Industrial 10% 0%
Parks and recreation 4% 8%
Planning zones cover 100% of Maidstone and 99% of Braybrook. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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

Maidstone Braybrook
New dwellings approved 774
across Maribyrnong
same for both
Approvals change year on year +198%
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.

Maidstone Braybrook
Houses 4.2%
$650/wk on $810K
 4.4%
$600/wk on $708K
Units 7.6%
$550/wk on $375K
 5.7%
$480/wk on $440K

Ranking within VIC

Maidstone Braybrook
House price Higher than 63% of VIC Higher than 45% of VIC
Income Higher than 72% of VIC Higher than 42% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 69% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 97% of VIC
same for both
Affordability Higher than 53% of VIC Higher than 46% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 89% of VIC Higher than 80% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 93% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 78% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
Rental yield (units) Higher than 99% of VIC Higher than 86% of VIC

Liveability

Maidstone scores higher overall (70 vs 58).

Maidstone Braybrook
Grade A B
Score 70/100 58/100
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Maidstone Braybrook
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime High
82/100
 High
89/100
Flood Low
35/100
 Low
33/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 24
within 5 km
 23
within 5 km

Schools

Maidstone Braybrook
Inside the suburb 1 9
Rated above peers 0 3
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Victoria University Footscray Park, 2.7 km
 2
Victoria University Footscray Park, 3.9 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 3.1% 3.3%

Schools in Maidstone

  • MacKillop Specialist School - Flexible Learning Centre Maidstone Catholic · Combined · Special school

Schools in Braybrook

  • Braybrook College Government · Secondary above peers
  • Caroline Chisholm Catholic College Catholic · Secondary above peers
  • Dinjerra Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Christ the King Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Caroline Chisholm Catholic College - Christ the King Campus Catholic · Secondary
  • Caroline Chisholm Catholic College - Sacred Heart Campus Catholic · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Maidstone Braybrook
Supermarkets 0 4
Cafes & restaurants 2 6
Parks & reserves 11
same for both
Childcare 5 10
GPs 5
same for both
Pharmacies 1 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 3
Fuel stations 3
same for both
Waterways 0 2

Mobility

Braybrook sits further from the CBD (12.1 km vs 10 km).

Maidstone Braybrook
Walkability score 91/100 92/100
Distance to Melbourne 10 km 12.1 km
+21% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 21 min 23 min
Public transport score 79/100
Tram · Bus
 79/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 205.2
7-9am + 5-7pm
 277.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 1.5%
postcode 3012
 1.1%
postcode 3019
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 18
postcode 3012
 23
postcode 3019

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.

Maidstone Braybrook
Car (driver) 51.7% / 60.2%
Maidstone — Car (driver): 51.7% Braybrook — Car (driver): 60.2%
Worked from Home 35.1% / 23.7%
Maidstone — Worked from Home: 35.1% Braybrook — Worked from Home: 23.7%
Car (passenger) 4.1% / 6.1%
Maidstone — Car (passenger): 4.1% Braybrook — Car (passenger): 6.1%
Train 4.3% / 4.9%
Maidstone — Train: 4.3% Braybrook — Train: 4.9%
Bus 2.0% / 3.0%
Maidstone — Bus: 2.0% Braybrook — Bus: 3.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.2%).

Setting

Maidstone Braybrook
Elevation 39 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 44 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 7.3 km 7.5 km

NBN connectivity

Maidstone Braybrook
Connectivity score 84/100 79/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 35%
4,532 premises
 22%
4,910 premises

Climate

Maidstone Braybrook
Annual rainfall 534 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 26.7°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 6.5°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Maidstone Braybrook
PM2.5 —
same for both
PM10 18.9 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Maidstone Braybrook
Average residential rate $2,450/yr
same for both
Council Maribyrnong
same for both

Federal electorate

Maidstone Braybrook
Division Fraser
same for both
Member Daniel Mulino
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Maidstone Braybrook
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Maidstone

Gentrifying Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Townhouses

Braybrook

Middle-Ring Multicultural Parks Townhouses

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