Maryborough vs Moonlight Flat
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Maryborough, about half of households are people living alone. In Moonlight Flat, most households are people living alone. Houses cost more in Maryborough: a median of $424,000, against $325,000 in Moonlight Flat, though rent is higher in Moonlight Flat. On these figures, Moonlight Flat tends to suit people living alone and 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
Maryborough
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- has more parks and reserves (8 vs 1)
- has more childcare (6 vs 0)
- has more schools inside the suburb (4 vs 0)
- But Moonlight Flat has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 87%)
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
- Maryborough leaves households under less mortgage stress (26% vs 40%)
- Moonlight Flat has cheaper houses ($325,000 vs $423,500)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Maryborough
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper rent ($240/wk vs $280/wk)
Weighs rent and rental stress.
Commuting to the city
Maryborough
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (78/100 vs 0/100)
- sits closer to the CBD (168 km vs 185.6 km)
- has a shorter drive in (128 min vs 134 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Maryborough
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- is more walkable (78/100 vs 0/100)
- has more GPs (4 vs 0)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Moonlight Flat
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (10.4% vs 3.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Maryborough and Moonlight Flat 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
Maryborough has more residents (8,160 vs 85); Moonlight Flat rents higher ($280/wk vs $240/wk).
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,160 +99% vs other | 85 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +3.0% | +10.4% |
| Median age | 51 | 52 |
| Median household income | $45,552/yr | $46,800/yr +3% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $240/wk | $280/wk +17% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (21.2%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
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 (4.7%).
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.2%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $423,500 | $325,000 |
| Median unit price | $310,000 | — |
| Median land price | $170,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 57 days from 125 sales | — |
Zoning mix
Moonlight Flat has more rural and farming land (70% vs 15%).
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Rural and farming | 15% | 70% |
| Parks and recreation | 52% | 29% |
| Residential | 12% | 0% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 12% | 1% |
| Industrial | 4% | 0% |
| Environmental | 4% | 0% |
| Other and special use | 1% | 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
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 40 across Central Goldfields same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +129% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4.7% $420/wk on $464K | — |
| Units | 5.4% $345/wk on $330K | — |
Ranking within VIC
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 6% of VIC | — |
| Income | Higher than 5% of VIC | Higher than 6% of VIC |
| Schools | Higher than 7% of VIC | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 92% of VIC | Higher than 3% of VIC |
| Affordability | Higher than 61% of VIC | — |
| EV adoption | Higher than 14% of VIC | Higher than 13% of VIC |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 77% of VIC | Higher than 38% of VIC |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 94% of VIC | — |
| Rental yield (units) | Higher than 81% of VIC | — |
Liveability
Maryborough is more walkable (78 vs 0).
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | D | — |
| Score | 19/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 82/100 | High 90/100 |
| Crime | High 79/100 | High 84/100 |
| Flood | Moderate 56/100 | Moderate 58/100 |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 4 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 2 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Maryborough
- Highview College Independent · Secondary at peers
- St Augustine's School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Maryborough Education Centre Government · Combined below peers
- Maryborough Education Centre-Beckworth Campus Government · Combined
Schools in Moonlight Flat
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 4 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 7 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 8 | 1 |
| Childcare | 6 | 0 |
| GPs | 4 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 2 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 5 | 0 |
| Fuel stations | 3 | 0 |
| EV chargers | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 2 | 0 |
Mobility
Moonlight Flat sits further from the CBD (185.6 km vs 168 km).
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 78/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 168 km | 185.6 km +10% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 128 min | 134 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.2% postcode 3465 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 36 postcode 3465 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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.3%).
Setting
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 239 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 224 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 67/100 | 29/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fixed wireless |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 42% 4,808 premises | 0% 41 premises |
Climate
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 510 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.0°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 3.9°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,555/yr same for both | |
| Council | Central Goldfields same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Mallee same for both | |
| Member | Anne Webster same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Maryborough | Moonlight Flat | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $750,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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