New Gisborne vs Macedon

New Gisborne is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 44 in Macedon. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Macedon: a median of $1.05 million, against $881,000 in New Gisborne, though rent is higher in New Gisborne. On these figures, New Gisborne 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

New Gisborne

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more parks and reserves (36 vs 4)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (2 vs 0)
  • carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 63/100)

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

First-home buyers

New Gisborne

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($881,000 vs $1,055,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Macedon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($371/wk vs $451/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • New Gisborne sits closer to the CBD (57.3 km vs 60.2 km)
  • Macedon is more walkable (31/100 vs 13/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • New Gisborne carries lower crime risk (40/100 vs 63/100)
  • Macedon is more walkable (31/100 vs 13/100)

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

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

New Gisborne Macedon
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.

New Gisborne Macedon
Walkability 13 / 31
New Gisborne — Walkability: 13/100 Macedon — Walkability: 31/100
Safety 60 / 37
New Gisborne — Safety: 60/100 Macedon — Safety: 37/100
Low fire risk 15 / 18
New Gisborne — Low fire risk: 15/100 Macedon — Low fire risk: 18/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
New Gisborne — Low flood risk: 100/100 Macedon — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

New Gisborne rents higher ($451/wk vs $371/wk); Macedon skews older (44 vs 41).

New Gisborne Macedon
Population 2,509
+17% vs other
 2,073
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +5.1% +1.6%
Median age 41 44
Median household income $118,508/yr $122,356/yr
+3% vs other
Median weekly rent $451/wk
+18% vs other
 $371/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

New Gisborne Macedon
0-4 5.6% / 5.0%
New Gisborne — 0-4: 5.6% Macedon — 0-4: 5.0%
5-14 15.5% / 17.0%
New Gisborne — 5-14: 15.5% Macedon — 5-14: 17.0%
15-19 7.8% / 6.8%
New Gisborne — 15-19: 7.8% Macedon — 15-19: 6.8%
20-24 5.3% / 4.1%
New Gisborne — 20-24: 5.3% Macedon — 20-24: 4.1%
25-34 7.3% / 5.2%
New Gisborne — 25-34: 7.3% Macedon — 25-34: 5.2%
35-44 13.2% / 13.3%
New Gisborne — 35-44: 13.2% Macedon — 35-44: 13.3%
45-54 16.4% / 16.0%
New Gisborne — 45-54: 16.4% Macedon — 45-54: 16.0%
55-64 11.0% / 13.5%
New Gisborne — 55-64: 11.0% Macedon — 55-64: 13.5%
65-74 8.7% / 13.0%
New Gisborne — 65-74: 8.7% Macedon — 65-74: 13.0%
75-84 6.6% / 5.3%
New Gisborne — 75-84: 6.6% Macedon — 75-84: 5.3%
85+ 2.7% / 0.9%
New Gisborne — 85+: 2.7% Macedon — 85+: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.0%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

New Gisborne 62.5% couple families
New Gisborne — Couple Families: 62.5% New Gisborne — Lone Person: 23.1% New Gisborne — One Parent Families: 12.3% New Gisborne — Group Household: 1.0% New Gisborne — Other Families: 1.0%
Macedon 58.5% couple families
Macedon — Couple Families: 58.5% Macedon — Lone Person: 25.5% Macedon — One Parent Families: 12.4% Macedon — Group Household: 2.3% Macedon — Other Families: 1.2%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

New Gisborne 10.9% renting
New Gisborne — Owned Outright: 40.5% New Gisborne — Mortgage: 48.7% New Gisborne — Renting: 10.9%
Macedon 9.0% renting
Macedon — Owned Outright: 44.8% Macedon — Mortgage: 46.2% Macedon — Renting: 9.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

New Gisborne Macedon
Bachelor Degree 13.2% / 16.7%
New Gisborne — Bachelor Degree: 13.2% Macedon — Bachelor Degree: 16.7%
Certificate III & IV 13.6% / 12.1%
New Gisborne — Certificate III & IV: 13.6% Macedon — Certificate III & IV: 12.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 9.6% / 8.1%
New Gisborne — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.6% Macedon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.1%
Postgraduate Degree 4.3% / 7.0%
New Gisborne — Postgraduate Degree: 4.3% Macedon — Postgraduate Degree: 7.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.6% / 4.1%
New Gisborne — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.6% Macedon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.7%).

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.

New Gisborne Macedon
England 3.3% / 4.1%
New Gisborne — England: 3.3% Macedon — England: 4.1%
New Zealand 1.2% / 1.9%
New Gisborne — New Zealand: 1.2% Macedon — New Zealand: 1.9%
Germany 0.4% / 0.8%
New Gisborne — Germany: 0.4% Macedon — Germany: 0.8%
Scotland 0.8% / 0.3%
New Gisborne — Scotland: 0.8% Macedon — Scotland: 0.3%
South Africa 0.4% / 0.6%
New Gisborne — South Africa: 0.4% Macedon — South Africa: 0.6%
Italy 0.5% / 0.3%
New Gisborne — Italy: 0.5% Macedon — Italy: 0.3%
Netherlands 0.5% / —
New Gisborne — Netherlands: 0.5% Macedon — Netherlands: not among its largest
Ireland — / 0.5%
New Gisborne — Ireland: not among its largest Macedon — Ireland: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

New Gisborne 96.6% houses
New Gisborne — Houses: 96.6% New Gisborne — Flats / Apartments: 0.6% New Gisborne — Townhouses: 2.7%
Macedon 96.3% houses
Macedon — Houses: 96.3% Macedon — Flats / Apartments: 3.0% Macedon — Townhouses: 0.7%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

New Gisborne Macedon
Median house price $881,000 $1,055,000
Median unit price $556,500 —
Median land price $429,500 —
Typical days to sell (houses) 26 days
from 25 sales
 46 days
from 14 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.

New Gisborne Macedon
3 bed $862K / $990K
New Gisborne — 3 bed: $862K (20 sales) Macedon — 3 bed: $990K (20 sales)

20 vs 20 sales

4 bed $915K / $1.11M
New Gisborne — 4 bed: $915K (36 sales) Macedon — 4 bed: $1.11M (22 sales)

36 vs 22 sales

Zoning mix

New Gisborne has more rural and farming land (28% vs 6%).

New Gisborne Macedon
Environmental 53% 62%
Rural and farming 28% 6%
Parks and recreation 4% 19%
Infrastructure and transport 4% 8%
Residential 8% 4%
Industrial 2% 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

New Gisborne Macedon
New dwellings approved 331
across Macedon Ranges
same for both
Approvals change year on year +80%
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.

New Gisborne Macedon
Houses 3.2%
$765/wk on $1.25M
 —
Units —
same for both

Ranking within VIC

New Gisborne Macedon
House price Higher than 57% of VIC Higher than 67% of VIC
Income Higher than 91% of VIC Higher than 92% of VIC
Schools Higher than 90% of VIC —
Walkability Higher than 74% of VIC Higher than 83% of VIC
Affordability Higher than 80% of VIC Higher than 70% of VIC
EV adoption Higher than 60% of VIC Higher than 88% of VIC
NBN connectivity Higher than 78% of VIC Higher than 77% of VIC
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 22% of VIC —

Liveability

Macedon is more walkable (31 vs 13); New Gisborne scores higher overall (66 vs 59).

New Gisborne Macedon
Grade B
same for both
Score 66/100 59/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
 very advantaged area
decile 10/10

Risk profile

Macedon carries more crime risk (63 vs 40).

New Gisborne Macedon
Bushfire High
85/100
 High
82/100
Crime Moderate
40/100
 Moderate
63/100
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

New Gisborne Macedon
Inside the suburb 3 2
Rated above peers 2 0
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 1
same for both

Schools in New Gisborne

  • Global Village Learning Independent · Combined above peers
  • New Gisborne Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Holy Cross Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers

Schools in Macedon

  • Macedon Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Alice Miller School Independent · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

New Gisborne Macedon
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 1 2
Parks & reserves 36 4
Childcare 2 3
GPs 1 0
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 1
Waterways 7 5

Mobility

Macedon sits further from the CBD (60.2 km vs 57.3 km).

New Gisborne Macedon
Walkability score 13/100 31/100
Distance to Melbourne 57.3 km 60.2 km
+5% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 49 min
same for both
Public transport score 87/100
Rail
 41/100
Rail
Peak arrivals per hour 31.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
 3.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 22 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 0.6%
postcode 3438
 1.5%
postcode 3440
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 54
postcode 3438
 45
postcode 3440

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.

New Gisborne Macedon
Car (driver) 62.9% / 52.9%
New Gisborne — Car (driver): 62.9% Macedon — Car (driver): 52.9%
Worked from Home 29.4% / 40.0%
New Gisborne — Worked from Home: 29.4% Macedon — Worked from Home: 40.0%
Car (passenger) 4.6% / 3.3%
New Gisborne — Car (passenger): 4.6% Macedon — Car (passenger): 3.3%
Train 1.6% / 2.0%
New Gisborne — Train: 1.6% Macedon — Train: 2.0%
Walked Only 1.1% / 1.8%
New Gisborne — Walked Only: 1.1% Macedon — Walked Only: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (62.9%).

Setting

New Gisborne Macedon
Elevation 448 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 509 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

New Gisborne Macedon
Connectivity score 68/100 65/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 48%
1,337 premises
 44%
778 premises

Climate

New Gisborne Macedon
Annual rainfall 778 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

New Gisborne Macedon
Average residential rate $2,065/yr
same for both
Council Macedon Ranges
same for both

Federal electorate

New Gisborne Macedon
Division Mcewen
same for both
Member Rob Mitchell
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

New Gisborne Macedon
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

New Gisborne

Acreage Transport Hub

Macedon

Acreage Professionals Quiet Trains

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