Main Ridge vs Rosebud

Rosebud is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 56 in Main Ridge. In both, most households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Main Ridge: a median of $2.69 million, against $775,000 in Rosebud. On these figures, Rosebud tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Rosebud

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (25 vs 1)
  • has more childcare (9 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (6 vs 0)
  • But Main Ridge carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 83/100)

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

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 2 things we measure here

  • Main Ridge leaves households under less mortgage stress (27% vs 34%)
  • Rosebud has cheaper houses ($775,000 vs $2,694,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

They split

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

  • Main Ridge leaves renters under less rental stress (16% vs 30%)
  • Rosebud has a bigger rental market to choose from (27% vs 11%)

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

Commuting to the city

Rosebud

ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 0/100)
  • has a shorter drive in (72 min vs 78 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (91.2 km vs 93.5 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Rosebud

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (65/100 vs 0/100)
  • has more GPs (4 vs 0)
  • But Main Ridge carries lower crime risk (38/100 vs 83/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, 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

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

Main Ridge Rosebud
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.

Main Ridge Rosebud
Walkability 0 / 65
Main Ridge — Walkability: 0/100 Rosebud — Walkability: 65/100
Safety 62 / 17
Main Ridge — Safety: 62/100 Rosebud — Safety: 17/100
Low fire risk 79 / 100
Main Ridge — Low fire risk: 79/100 Rosebud — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 76
Main Ridge — Low flood risk: 100/100 Rosebud — Low flood risk: 76/100

Demographics

Rosebud has more residents (14,381 vs 453); Main Ridge has higher household incomes ($112,632 vs $61,516).

Main Ridge Rosebud
Population 453 14,381
+3075% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +8.9% +9.0%
Median age 56 49
Median household income $112,632/yr
+45% vs other
 $61,516/yr
Median weekly rent $354/wk
+1% vs other
 $350/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Main Ridge Rosebud
0-4 2.0% / 4.5%
Main Ridge — 0-4: 2.0% Rosebud — 0-4: 4.5%
5-14 9.1% / 10.5%
Main Ridge — 5-14: 9.1% Rosebud — 5-14: 10.5%
15-19 5.7% / 5.2%
Main Ridge — 15-19: 5.7% Rosebud — 15-19: 5.2%
20-24 3.3% / 4.0%
Main Ridge — 20-24: 3.3% Rosebud — 20-24: 4.0%
25-34 4.9% / 10.1%
Main Ridge — 25-34: 4.9% Rosebud — 25-34: 10.1%
35-44 7.3% / 10.6%
Main Ridge — 35-44: 7.3% Rosebud — 35-44: 10.6%
45-54 15.9% / 12.1%
Main Ridge — 45-54: 15.9% Rosebud — 45-54: 12.1%
55-64 19.9% / 13.5%
Main Ridge — 55-64: 19.9% Rosebud — 55-64: 13.5%
65-74 21.4% / 14.6%
Main Ridge — 65-74: 21.4% Rosebud — 65-74: 14.6%
75-84 8.6% / 10.6%
Main Ridge — 75-84: 8.6% Rosebud — 75-84: 10.6%
85+ 2.2% / 4.2%
Main Ridge — 85+: 2.2% Rosebud — 85+: 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Main Ridge 45.3% lone person
Main Ridge — Lone Person: 45.3% Main Ridge — Couple Families: 39.6% Main Ridge — One Parent Families: 10.4% Main Ridge — Other Families: 4.7% Main Ridge — Group Household: 0.0%
Rosebud 46.9% lone person
Rosebud — Lone Person: 46.9% Rosebud — Couple Families: 29.7% Rosebud — One Parent Families: 18.2% Rosebud — Other Families: 1.5% Rosebud — Group Household: 3.8%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Other Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Main Ridge 11.4% renting
Main Ridge — Owned Outright: 58.1% Main Ridge — Mortgage: 30.5% Main Ridge — Renting: 11.4%
Rosebud 27.2% renting
Rosebud — Owned Outright: 42.8% Rosebud — Mortgage: 30.0% Rosebud — Renting: 27.2%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Main Ridge Rosebud
Bachelor Degree 21.2% / 8.2%
Main Ridge — Bachelor Degree: 21.2% Rosebud — Bachelor Degree: 8.2%
Certificate III & IV 8.6% / 17.3%
Main Ridge — Certificate III & IV: 8.6% Rosebud — Certificate III & IV: 17.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 7.5% / 8.5%
Main Ridge — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.5% Rosebud — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5%
Postgraduate Degree 8.4% / 1.6%
Main Ridge — Postgraduate Degree: 8.4% Rosebud — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.1% / 1.6%
Main Ridge — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1% Rosebud — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).

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.

Main Ridge Rosebud
England 4.2% / 5.7%
Main Ridge — England: 4.2% Rosebud — England: 5.7%
New Zealand 0.7% / 1.3%
Main Ridge — New Zealand: 0.7% Rosebud — New Zealand: 1.3%
Scotland 0.9% / 0.7%
Main Ridge — Scotland: 0.9% Rosebud — Scotland: 0.7%
Italy — / 1.0%
Main Ridge — Italy: not among its largest Rosebud — Italy: 1.0%
Canada 0.9% / —
Main Ridge — Canada: 0.9% Rosebud — Canada: not among its largest
South Africa 0.7% / —
Main Ridge — South Africa: 0.7% Rosebud — South Africa: not among its largest
Greece — / 0.5%
Main Ridge — Greece: not among its largest Rosebud — Greece: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Main Ridge 98.3% houses
Main Ridge — Houses: 98.3% Main Ridge — Townhouses: 0.0% Main Ridge — Flats / Apartments: 1.7%
Rosebud 88.7% houses
Rosebud — Houses: 88.7% Rosebud — Townhouses: 8.4% Rosebud — Flats / Apartments: 2.9%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Main Ridge Rosebud
Median house price $2,694,000 $775,000
Median unit price — $617,500
Median land price — $588,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 29 days
from 282 sales

Zoning mix

Main Ridge has more rural and farming land (89% vs 0%).

Main Ridge Rosebud
Rural and farming 89% 0%
Residential 0% 55%
Parks and recreation 10% 16%
Other and special use 0% 14%
Infrastructure and transport 1% 9%
Industrial 0% 4%
Commercial 0% 2%
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

Main Ridge Rosebud
New dwellings approved 791
across Mornington Peninsula
same for both
Approvals change year on year +9%
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.

Main Ridge Rosebud
Houses — 3.8%
$600/wk on $825K
Units — 4.4%
$595/wk on $700K

Ranking within VIC

Main Ridge Rosebud
House price — Higher than 51% of VIC
Income Higher than 85% of VIC Higher than 22% of VIC
Schools — Higher than 66% of VIC
Walkability Higher than 36% of VIC Higher than 89% of VIC
Affordability — Higher than 21% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 98% of VIC Higher than 75% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 60% of VIC Higher than 81% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 53% of VIC
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 27% of VIC

Liveability

Rosebud is more walkable (65 vs 0).

Main Ridge Rosebud
Grade — B
Score — 55/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Rosebud carries more flood risk (24 vs 0); Main Ridge carries more bushfire risk (21 vs 0).

Main Ridge Rosebud
Bushfire Low
21/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
38/100
 High
83/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
24/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
 Moderate
64/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
 1
within 5 km

Schools

Main Ridge Rosebud
Inside the suburb 0 6
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Main Ridge

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

Schools in Rosebud

  • Rosebud Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Rosebud Secondary College Government · Secondary above peers
  • Our Lady of Fatima School Catholic · Primary at peers
  • Oakwood School-Rosebud Campus Government · Secondary
  • Padua College - Rosebud Campus Catholic · Secondary
  • Advance College of Education Incorporated Independent · Secondary · Special school

Amenities in the suburb

Main Ridge Rosebud
Supermarkets 0 4
Cafes & restaurants 1 25
Parks & reserves 1 25
Childcare 0 9
GPs 0 4
Pharmacies 0 5
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 6
Fuel stations 0 5
EV chargers 0 1
Beaches 0 1
Waterways 45 5

Mobility

Main Ridge sits further from the CBD (93.5 km vs 91.2 km).

Main Ridge Rosebud
Walkability score 0/100 65/100
Distance to Melbourne 93.5 km
+2% vs other
 91.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 78 min 72 min
Electric vehicle share 2.8%
postcode 3928
 1.0%
postcode 3939
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 3928
 31
postcode 3939

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.

Main Ridge Rosebud
Car (driver) 48.1% / 73.7%
Main Ridge — Car (driver): 48.1% Rosebud — Car (driver): 73.7%
Worked from Home 41.6% / 19.3%
Main Ridge — Worked from Home: 41.6% Rosebud — Worked from Home: 19.3%
Walked Only 8.6% / 1.2%
Main Ridge — Walked Only: 8.6% Rosebud — Walked Only: 1.2%
Car (passenger) 1.6% / 4.8%
Main Ridge — Car (passenger): 1.6% Rosebud — Car (passenger): 4.8%
Bus — / 0.5%
Main Ridge — Bus: not among its largest Rosebud — Bus: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (73.7%).

Setting

Main Ridge Rosebud
Elevation 186 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 37 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 7.0 km 2.4 km
2.3 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Main Ridge Rosebud
Connectivity score 30/100 73/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
328 premises
 50%
10,138 premises

Climate

Main Ridge Rosebud
Annual rainfall 696 mm 700 mm
Summer max (Jan) 24.5°C —
Winter min (Jul) 6.5°C —

Council rates

Main Ridge Rosebud
Average residential rate $1,659/yr
same for both
Council Mornington Peninsula
same for both

Federal electorate

Main Ridge Rosebud
Division Flinders
same for both
Member Zoe Mckenzie
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Main Ridge Rosebud
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Main Ridge

Luxury Retirees River Rural

Rosebud

Coastal Large Blocks Parks Regional Centre Retirees

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