Maintongoon vs Bonnie Doon

Maintongoon is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 54 in Bonnie Doon. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Maintongoon, the large majority of households are couple families. In Bonnie Doon, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Maintongoon tends to suit families with children and 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

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Maintongoon is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 47%)
  • Bonnie Doon carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 88/100)

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

First-home buyers

Bonnie Doon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 33%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Maintongoon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $296/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Maintongoon

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (149.2 km vs 173.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (136 min vs 150 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Bonnie Doon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 88/100)

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

Investors

Maintongoon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (25.0% vs 16.8%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
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.

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Walkability 0 / 0
Maintongoon — Walkability: 0/100 Bonnie Doon — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 12 / 55
Maintongoon — Safety: 12/100 Bonnie Doon — Safety: 55/100
Low fire risk 70 / 67
Maintongoon — Low fire risk: 70/100 Bonnie Doon — Low fire risk: 67/100
Low flood risk 86 / 24
Maintongoon — Low flood risk: 86/100 Bonnie Doon — Low flood risk: 24/100

Demographics

Bonnie Doon rents higher ($296/wk vs $0/wk); Bonnie Doon has more residents (666 vs 75).

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Population 75 666
+788% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +25.0% +16.8%
Median age 48 54
Median household income $61,724/yr $68,380/yr
+11% vs other
Median weekly rent — $296/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
0-4 9.3% / 3.2%
Maintongoon — 0-4: 9.3% Bonnie Doon — 0-4: 3.2%
5-14 9.3% / 5.6%
Maintongoon — 5-14: 9.3% Bonnie Doon — 5-14: 5.6%
15-19 4.0% / 5.6%
Maintongoon — 15-19: 4.0% Bonnie Doon — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 — / 2.6%
Maintongoon — 20-24: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — 20-24: 2.6%
25-34 10.7% / 11.3%
Maintongoon — 25-34: 10.7% Bonnie Doon — 25-34: 11.3%
35-44 13.3% / 6.8%
Maintongoon — 35-44: 13.3% Bonnie Doon — 35-44: 6.8%
45-54 14.7% / 16.5%
Maintongoon — 45-54: 14.7% Bonnie Doon — 45-54: 16.5%
55-64 14.7% / 20.4%
Maintongoon — 55-64: 14.7% Bonnie Doon — 55-64: 20.4%
65-74 13.3% / 21.5%
Maintongoon — 65-74: 13.3% Bonnie Doon — 65-74: 21.5%
75-84 12.0% / 6.8%
Maintongoon — 75-84: 12.0% Bonnie Doon — 75-84: 6.8%
85+ 6.7% / 0.8%
Maintongoon — 85+: 6.7% Bonnie Doon — 85+: 0.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Maintongoon 76.9% couple families
Maintongoon — Couple Families: 76.9% Maintongoon — Lone Person: 0.0% Maintongoon — One Parent Families: 23.1% Maintongoon — Group Household: 0.0%
Bonnie Doon 35.1% couple families
Bonnie Doon — Couple Families: 35.1% Bonnie Doon — Lone Person: 50.6% Bonnie Doon — One Parent Families: 11.7% Bonnie Doon — Group Household: 2.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Maintongoon 0.0% renting
Maintongoon — Owned Outright: 59.3% Maintongoon — Mortgage: 40.7% Maintongoon — Renting: 0.0%
Bonnie Doon 9.7% renting
Bonnie Doon — Owned Outright: 59.3% Bonnie Doon — Mortgage: 31.0% Bonnie Doon — Renting: 9.7%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Certificate III & IV 18.7% / 20.3%
Maintongoon — Certificate III & IV: 18.7% Bonnie Doon — Certificate III & IV: 20.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 10.7% / 9.5%
Maintongoon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.7% Bonnie Doon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.5%
Bachelor Degree 8.0% / 9.6%
Maintongoon — Bachelor Degree: 8.0% Bonnie Doon — Bachelor Degree: 9.6%
Postgraduate Degree 4.0% / 1.4%
Maintongoon — Postgraduate Degree: 4.0% Bonnie Doon — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.5%
Maintongoon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

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.

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
New Zealand 4.0% / 1.4%
Maintongoon — New Zealand: 4.0% Bonnie Doon — New Zealand: 1.4%
Canada 5.3% / —
Maintongoon — Canada: 5.3% Bonnie Doon — Canada: not among its largest
England — / 2.9%
Maintongoon — England: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — England: 2.9%
India — / 0.9%
Maintongoon — India: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — India: 0.9%
Germany — / 0.9%
Maintongoon — Germany: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — Germany: 0.9%
Netherlands — / 0.9%
Maintongoon — Netherlands: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — Netherlands: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Maintongoon 100.0% houses
Maintongoon — Houses: 100.0% Maintongoon — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Bonnie Doon 97.8% houses
Bonnie Doon — Houses: 97.8% Bonnie Doon — Flats / Apartments: 2.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Median house price — $757,500
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $653,400
Typical days to sell (houses) — 72 days
from 9 sales

Zoning mix

Maintongoon has more rural and farming land (90% vs 64%).

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Rural and farming 90% 64%
Parks and recreation 10% 20%
Infrastructure and transport 0% 15%
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

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
New dwellings approved 82
across Murrindindi
 76
across Mansfield
Approvals change year on year +83% -50%

Ranking within VIC

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 22% of VIC Higher than 30% of VIC
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 7% of VIC Higher than 22% of VIC
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 18% of VIC —
NBN connectivity Higher than 20% of VIC Higher than 34% of VIC

Liveability

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Grade — D
Score — 25/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10

Risk profile

Bonnie Doon carries more flood risk (76 vs 14); Maintongoon carries more crime risk (88 vs 45).

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Bushfire Low
30/100
 Low
33/100
Crime High
88/100
 Moderate
45/100
Flood Low
14/100
 High
76/100
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

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Parks & reserves 3 4
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 1 13

Mobility

Bonnie Doon sits further from the CBD (173.4 km vs 149.2 km).

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Melbourne 149.2 km 173.4 km
+16% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 136 min 150 min
Electric vehicle share 0.3%
postcode 3714
 0.0%
postcode 3720
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 48
postcode 3714
 40
postcode 3720

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.

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Car (driver) 79.3% / 70.5%
Maintongoon — Car (driver): 79.3% Bonnie Doon — Car (driver): 70.5%
Worked from Home 20.7% / 20.8%
Maintongoon — Worked from Home: 20.7% Bonnie Doon — Worked from Home: 20.8%
Walked Only — / 4.5%
Maintongoon — Walked Only: not among its largest Bonnie Doon — Walked Only: 4.5%
Car (passenger) — / 4.2%
Maintongoon — Car (passenger): not among its largest Bonnie Doon — Car (passenger): 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.3%).

Setting

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Elevation 356 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 280 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Connectivity score 22/100 28/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
32 premises
 0%
521 premises

Climate

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Annual rainfall 648 mm 865 mm
Summer max (Jan) — 27.2°C
Winter min (Jul) — 2.0°C

Council rates

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Average residential rate $1,973/yr $1,697/yr
Council Murrindindi Mansfield

Federal electorate

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Division Indi
same for both
Member Helen Haines
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Maintongoon Bonnie Doon
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Maintongoon

Retirees Rural Young Families

Bonnie Doon

Retirees Rural

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