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castlemaine
Victoria · Census 2021
$745k
-0.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Castlemaine is an inner-city suburb of Mount Alexander.
Median house price
People
Population
7,506
Median age
52 yrs
Income / person / wk
$668
Household income / wk
$1,106
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,362
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 56%
- Top language at home
- German · 0%
- No religion
- 56%
- Born overseas
- 16%
- English only at home
- 95%
Local amenities
Amenity score
100/100
Schools
6
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
6
Parks
16
Libraries
1
GP clinics
6
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
0.5 km
Nearest train
0.6 km
Nearest hospital
0.9 km
Distance to coast
105 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths · 2 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
5
Catholic
1
Independent
0
Primary
4
Secondary
2
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Mount Alexander
- Council population
- 20,120
- Council area
- 1,530 km²
- Density
- 13/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.96M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $346/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $1,885
- Operating result
- -3.3%
- Asset renewal
- 75%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Bendigo
- Federal MP
- Lisa Chesters (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 51% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bendigo West
- State MP
- Maree Edwards (ALP)
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