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Victoria · SA2 202021027

What's going on in Castlemaine

Population 11,352 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#41 of 510 in Victoria

for Median age (50)

Rank 2

#74 of 510 in Victoria

for % single-parent families (17.0%)

Rank 3

#141 of 510 in Victoria

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (1.3%)

The three dimensions where Castlemaine picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,200 / week
#459 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
50 years
#41 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
20.0%
#332 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
3.9%
#341 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#418 of 510 in Victoria

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Castlemaine's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #170 · one rank above Wentworth Falls New South Wales ↓ #172 · one rank below Myrtleford Victoria

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.