Mount Macedon's houses, room by room
At the 2021 Census, 98% of occupied homes in Mount Macedon were separate houses, above 73% across Victoria. Townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses made up 1%, below the state's 14%, and flats or apartments made up none. These figures suggest that a smaller share of Mount Macedon residents lived in apartment buildings or attached homes than across Victoria.
Four or more bedrooms is the count for 45% of homes in Mount Macedon, above 33% across Victoria. Three-bedroom homes make up 42%, the same as the state, and homes with two bedrooms or fewer make up 12%, below 25% across Victoria. On Census night, 15% of private dwellings in Mount Macedon were unoccupied, above 11% for the state.
Owning, renting and repaying in Mount Macedon
Renting households make up 7% of households in Mount Macedon, below 29% across Victoria. Of those renting households, 47% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, below the state's 73%, and the others rent from state housing, community housing, a private person or another landlord. Owning outright accounts for 44% of households, above 32% across Victoria, and paying off a mortgage for 45%, above 36% for the state.
The median household income in Mount Macedon was $2,647 a week, above $1,759 across Victoria, and the median mortgage repayment was $2,604 a month, above the state's $1,859. The median rent was $330 a week, below $370 across Victoria. On this page, the median weekly rent works out to 12% of the median weekly income of all Mount Macedon households, renters or not, below 21% for the state. The page calculates that from two medians: it is no Census figure, and it does not show what renters pay.
Ages, households and addresses
The suburb of Mount Macedon counted 1,450 people at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48 years, above 38 across Victoria. That suggests an older population than the state's. An average household held 2.6 people, above 2.5 across Victoria. The two figures describe how many people live in each household and how old residents are, and no more than that.
In Mount Macedon, 62% of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier, above 54% across Victoria. That figure comes from a single 2021 question about where each person lived in 2016.