Macedon VIC 3440

Living Here

Macedon is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,073 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $2,353 a week, with median rent near $371 a week. Most homes are houses. About 91% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area. The median house sells for about $1,100,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Macedon statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Macedon itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Macedon Primary School
  • Mount Macedon Primary School
  • Gisborne Montessori School
  • Holy Cross Primary School
  • New Gisborne Primary School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Mr Macedon
• 1 supermarket

  • Macedon IGA plus Liquor
• 2 parks

  • Centennial Park
  • Stanley Park
• 2 Catholic churches

  • St Patrick's Catholic Church Macedon
  • St Brigid's Catholic Church
• 1 medical clinic

  • Macedon Chiropractic Dr Anna Kennedy
• 1 post office

  • Macedon Newsagency & Licenced Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Macedon Service Station
• 1 gym

  • Macedon Lodge
• 3 golf clubs

  • Mount Macedon Golf Club
  • Gisborne Golf Club
  • Woodend Golf Club
• 1 bakery

  • The Lazy Baker
• 3 places to stay

  • Macedon Family Caravan Park
  • Macedon Black Forest Motel
  • Macedon Spa

Getting around. Train station: Macedon, 350 m north-west · Airport: Melbourne Airport, 35.9 km south-east.

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Sport & Recreation

1 facility recorded in Macedon.

• JD Clifford Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket

Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 46.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 64.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

6,792 bird observations recorded near Macedon — most often seen:

• Crimson Rosella (443)
• Australian Magpie (407)
• Superb Fairy-wren (333)
• White-browed Scrubwren (322)
• Grey Fantail (314)
• Laughing Kookaburra (313)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (289)
• White-throated Treecreeper (287)
• Brown Thornbill (271)
• Little Raven (265)
• Eastern Yellow Robin (259)
• Red Wattlebird (257)
• Grey Shrike-thrush (251)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Macedon:

• Mount Macedon (3.5 km)
• New Gisborne (5.3 km)
• Cherokee (7.9 km)
• Woodend (7.9 km)
• Gisborne (8.3 km)
• Bullengarook (8.7 km)
• Ashbourne (9.7 km)
• Hesket (10 km)

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