Mansfield sits 188 km from Melbourne CBD in Victoria, around 2 hours 35 minutes by car. Census data records 5,541 residents with a median age of 47 and a median household income of $70,512 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The town grew 15.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $331 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,603. Mansfield is characterised by high flood risk. 6 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Mansfield a good town?
Mansfield scores a C (36/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools.
Below the state average
6 schools · Bottom 9% in VIC
Very walkable
Walkability 62/100 · 188.2 km · 157 min drive to Melbourne
Around the state median
Median $750K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 34/100 · Crime 40/100 · Flood 60/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 47 · 5,541 residents
Liveability Rating
36 / 100 · Ranked #630 in VICEach bar is Mansfield's rank among VIC suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMansfield's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $750,000, 0.7% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$750,000
Based on 113 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 96 days — median across 52 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 6 sales $518K
- 3 bed 55 sales $705K
- 4 bed 45 sales $820K
- 5 bed 7 sales $1.3M
Land
$387,500
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 135 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mansfield are currently listed at around $965,000 on average. Based on 125 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$965K
125 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$575K
7 units listed in the last 6 months.
132 of the suburb's 2,158 dwellings (6.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mansfield rent for around $580 a week on average, based on 25 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$580/wk
25 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$565/wk
4 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
29 rentals advertised against an estimated 481 rented homes (6.0%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202584 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 36% of its income on the median rent in postcode 3722.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$580/week ($30,000 a year) on a $965,000 median
$565/week ($29,000 a year) on a $575,000 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 Mansfield safe? Crime statistics
2026Crime in Mansfield sits in the moderate band, with 147 incidents recorded in 2026 — down roughly 16% on the prior year.
147 offences
16.0% since 2025Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202519 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
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
Six schools serve Mansfield, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,368 students across 5 schools (avg 274)
- • Sectors: 3 Independent, 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 993-1065, median 1018 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mansfield Primary School (508 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Mansfield is somewhat walkable on foot — at 62/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the town there are 3 supermarkets, 18 parks and 17 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Mansfield.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 37%
- Premises covered
- 3,363
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
Mansfield: 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 11 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mansfield is home to about 5,500 residents, with a median age of 47, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $71,000 a year, with unemployment at 1.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,541
Median Age
47
Median Household Income
$70,512/yr
Census Median Rent
$331/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,603/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$39,416/yr
Unemployment Rate
1.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
17.7%
Total Dwellings
2,158
Owner-Occupier Rate
77.7%
Houses
92.9%
Rental Stress
24.4%
Mortgage Stress
27.3%
Work From Home
14.8%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
51 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 3 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 459 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.2%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.3%
- Employment Rate
- 57.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.5%
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.
64 residents (1.2%) 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.
14.3% of residents (757) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Melbourne (689).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,290 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (31 of 2,596).
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.
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,721 people work here; 2,596 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident).
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,697 a year through Mansfield based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Rural and farming 88%
- Infrastructure and transport 7%
- Residential 3%
- Parks and recreation 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Proposed rezonings
- Rural Living Zone → Neighbourhood Residential Zone · C60mans, exhibited Sep 2026 56.5 ha
- Rural Living Zone → Low Density Residential Zone · C60mans, exhibited Sep 2026 33.7 ha
- Low Density Residential Zone → Public Park and Recreation Zone · C60mans, exhibited Sep 2026 4.1 ha
- General Residential Zone → Public Use Zone · C60mans, exhibited Sep 2026 1.9 ha
and 6 smaller changes
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: Mansfield
In the year to August 2026, 76 new dwellings were approved across Mansfield. That mix is 69 houses and 7 units. Approvals are down 50.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Registered Aboriginal Party for this area is Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation (appointed 2009).
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 Lake Eildon, 24.3 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 328 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Near high-voltage lines
- 0.3% of addresses
- 14 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 810 mm
- 99 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.3°C
- 14 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 4.1°C
- 10 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
2 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmIndustrial Gas ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.8 kmOther Construction Material MiningTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen
EV adoption
In postcode 3722, 27 of 6,196 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (113 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 3722, 1,558 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.7 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,689 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 113 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.
6 first-home grants were paid in postcode 3722 in 2025-26, rank 120 of 298 Victorian postcodes. The most was 41, in 2001-02.
Grants on new and established homes; established homes stopped qualifying in mid-2013.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this town.
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 $750,000 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 2026-10-28 — 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 Helen Haines Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Helen Haines | 43.3% | 56.7% | -1.4 |
| 2022 | Helen Haines | 44.7% | 55.3% | -7.5 |
| 2019 | Helen Haines | 37.3% | 62.7% | +7.7 |
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 Cindy McLeish Liberal
Next state election: 28 November 2026.
| Year | Winner | Won with | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cindy McLeish LP | 53.3% | 42.9% | 57.1% |
| 2018 | Cindy McLeish LP | 50.2% | 47.6% | 52.4% |
| 2014 | Cindy McLeish LP | 51.7% | 46.2% | 53.8% |
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 Mansfield
Is Mansfield a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mansfield is moderate (40/100, ranked against other VIC suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mansfield?
Mansfield has a low recorded bushfire history (34/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (60/100). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mansfield a good place to live?
Mansfield has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (36/100), 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 Mansfield?
Mansfield, VIC had a population of 5,541 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mansfield, VIC?
The postcode for Mansfield, VIC is 3722.
How far is Mansfield from Melbourne?
Mansfield is 188 km from Melbourne CBD by road, about 157 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mansfield?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mansfield was $70,512 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 Mansfield?
The median advertised rent in Mansfield is $580 a week for houses (25 listings) and $565 a week for units (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mansfield?
The median age of residents in Mansfield was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mansfield at risk of bushfire?
Mansfield has a low recorded bushfire history (34/100). 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 Mansfield?
There are 6 schools inside the Mansfield boundary: 3 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Mansfield walkable?
Mansfield scores 62/100 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 Mansfield?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mansfield, Lake Eildon (24.3 km away), summer days average 29.3°C, winter nights 4.1°C, 810 mm of rain a year over 99 rainy days, and 14 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mansfield?
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 Mansfield belong to?
Mansfield sits within the Mansfield local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mansfield?
The average residential rates bill through Mansfield is $1,697 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mansfield?
Across Mansfield, 76 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 50.0% 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 Mansfield in?
Mansfield sits within the federal Division of Indi, currently held by Helen Haines (Independent).
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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
- 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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