Mailors Flat vs Grassmere
Mailors Flat is the younger of the two, with a median age of 35 against 42 in Grassmere. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Mailors Flat 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
Mailors Flat
ahead on 2 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 38/100)
- is already more of a family suburb (80% vs 67%)
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
Mailors Flat
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($230/wk vs $295/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Grassmere
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- sits closer to the CBD (253.9 km vs 265.3 km)
- has a shorter drive in (189 min vs 195 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Mailors Flat carries lower crime risk (10/100 vs 38/100)
- Grassmere has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 11%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Mailors Flat
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (15.3% vs -4.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Mailors Flat and Grassmere drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Grassmere rents higher ($295/wk vs $230/wk); Mailors Flat has more residents (490 vs 385).
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 490 +21% vs other | 385 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +15.3% | -4.2% |
| Median age | 35 | 42 |
| Median household income | $107,796/yr +7% vs other | $100,724/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $230/wk | $295/wk +28% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.7%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.1%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.0%).
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $770,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
Zoning mix
Grassmere has more rural and farming land (100% vs 88%).
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 88% | 100% |
| Residential | 11% | 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
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 64 across Moyne same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -15% same for both | |
Ranking within VIC
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 80% of VIC | Higher than 73% of VIC |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 34% of VIC | Higher than 23% of VIC |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | — | Higher than 29% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 59% of VIC | Higher than 56% of VIC |
Liveability
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Mailors Flat carries more bushfire risk (16 vs 0); Grassmere carries more crime risk (38 vs 10).
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Low 16/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Low 10/100 | Low 38/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 1 |
Schools in Mailors Flat
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Grassmere
- Grasmere Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 2 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| Waterways | 1 | 10 |
Mobility
Mailors Flat sits further from the CBD (265.3 km vs 253.9 km).
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Melbourne | 265.3 km +4% vs other | 253.9 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 195 min | 189 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.0% postcode 3275 | 0.3% postcode 3281 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 38 postcode 3275 | 53 postcode 3281 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.6%).
Setting
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 63 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 78 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 9.8 km | 16.9 km |
NBN connectivity
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 same for both | |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 173 premises | 0% 168 premises |
Climate
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 699 mm | 594 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | 22.5°C | 26.1°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.2°C | 4.7°C |
Council rates
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,613/yr same for both | |
| Council | Moyne same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Wannon same for both | |
| Member | Dan Tehan same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Mailors Flat | Grassmere | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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