Maldon sits 143 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 1 hour 40 minutes by car. Census data records 1,665 residents with a median age of 60 and a median household income of $55,068 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The town grew 10.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $268 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,300. Maldon is characterised by high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. All 1 school within the town boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Maldon a good town?
Maldon scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on prices and safety.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 67/100 · 143.1 km · 102 min drive to Melbourne
Above the state median
Median $742K · Less affordable than 90% of VIC
High bushfire risk
Fire 74/100 · Crime 29/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 60 · 1,665 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #394 in VICEach bar is Maldon's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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52 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMaldon's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $742,000, about 5% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$742,000
Based on 74 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 87 days — median across 28 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 15 sales $660K
- 3 bed 44 sales $754K
- 4 bed 11 sales $825K
Land
$285,000
Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 63 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Maldon are currently listed at around $795,000 on average. Based on 61 houses listed in the past six months.
$795K
61 houses listed in the last 6 months.
61 of the suburb's 789 dwellings (7.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Maldon rent for around $602 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$602/wk
4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
5 rentals advertised against an estimated 92 rented homes (5.4%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$602/week ($31,000 a year) on a $795,000 median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Maldon safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Maldon sits in the low band, with 32 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 42% on the prior year.
32 offences
41.8% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20253 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Maldon, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Maldon Primary School leads the pack.
- • 90 students in one school (avg 90)
Primary
Walkability
Maldon is somewhat walkable on foot — at 67/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Maldon.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 1.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 2 min
- Span of service
- 8.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Maldon.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 40%
- Premises covered
- 1,131
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Mount Alexander: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 6 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Maldon is home to about 1,700 residents, with a median age of 60 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $55,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.5%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,665
Median Age
60
Median Household Income
$55,068/yr
Census Median Rent
$268/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,300/mo
Avg Household Size
1.9
Median Personal Income
$30,784/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.5%
Unoccupied Dwellings
23.1%
Total Dwellings
789
Owner-Occupier Rate
88.4%
Houses
98.1%
Rental Stress
25.3%
Mortgage Stress
28.3%
Work From Home
25.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
7 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 89 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.9%
- Employment Rate
- 42%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.5%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
5 residents (0.3%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
15.0% of residents (243) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (213).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,621 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (24 of 638).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,885 a year through Mount Alexander based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 52%
- Parks and recreation 37%
- Residential 8%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Rezoned since Oct 2025
- Transport Zone 2 → Farming Zone · C101malx, Mar 2026 4.5 ha
and 1 smaller change
Land in this town moved from one zone to another by a planning scheme amendment (Vicmap Planning, CC BY 4.0). Exhibited amendments are proposals and can change or lapse.
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Mount Alexander
In the year to August 2026, 102 new dwellings were approved across Mount Alexander. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 6.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2008).
Registered Aboriginal Parties are appointed by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage for their area. They are the body to contact about cultural heritage here.
Climate & Setting
from Castlemaine Prison, 17.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 355 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 598 mm
- 83 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 27.9°C
- 11 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 3.7°C
- 19 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 3463, 33 of 2,955 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.5% (43 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3463, 802 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,383 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 27 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
The separate First Home Buyer Duty Reduction (stamp-duty concession) runs alongside this grant.
0 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3463 in 2025-26. The most was 12, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
Land transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with State Revenue Office Victoria
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with State Revenue Office Victoria.
At $742,000 this is under the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with State Revenue Office Victoria.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Lisa Chesters Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lisa Chesters | 51.4% | 48.6% | +51.4 |
| 2022 | Lisa Chesters | 62.1% | 37.9% | -3.3 |
| 2019 | Lisa Chesters | 59.0% | 41.0% | -5.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Maree Edwards Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Maree Edwards ALP | 50.7% | 64.3% | 35.6% |
| 2018 | Maree Edwards ALP | 53.5% | 68.5% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | Maree Edwards ALP | 50.4% | 62.2% | 37.8% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Victorian Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Maldon
Is Maldon a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Maldon is low (29/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Maldon?
Maldon has a high recorded bushfire history (74/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Maldon a good place to live?
Maldon has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), ranked against other VIC suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Maldon?
Maldon, VIC had a population of 1,665 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Maldon, VIC?
The postcode for Maldon, VIC is 3463.
How far is Maldon from Melbourne?
Maldon is 143 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 102 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Maldon?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Maldon was $55,068 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Maldon?
The median advertised rent in Maldon is $602 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Maldon?
The median age of residents in Maldon was 60 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Maldon at risk of bushfire?
Maldon has a high recorded bushfire history (74/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Maldon?
There is 1 school inside the Maldon boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Maldon walkable?
Maldon scores 67/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Maldon?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Maldon, Castlemaine Prison (17.6 km away), summer days average 27.9°C, winter nights 3.7°C, 598 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days, and 11 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Maldon?
First-home buyers in VIC may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by State Revenue Office Victoria; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Maldon belong to?
Maldon sits within the Mount Alexander local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Maldon?
The average residential rates bill through Mount Alexander is $1,885 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Maldon?
Across Mount Alexander, 102 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 6.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Maldon in?
Maldon sits within the federal Division of Bendigo, currently held by Lisa Chesters (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2026
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2022
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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