Malmsbury is in Macedon Ranges LGA, VIC, postcode 3446, with population 905.
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Official vacancy is published at the Regional Victoria level, not per suburb. Shaded band marks a balanced market (2.5–3.5%).
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Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)
Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.
87% of homes here are owner-occupied and 11% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.
87% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $3,264/mo vs median rent $2,513/mo (+30% · +$173/wk)
At 4.0%: $2,599/mo (-665) · at 6.0% (current): $3,264/mo · at 8.0%: $3,995/mo (+731)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.
This suburb 8.0x · VIC median 8.8x — more affordable than the VIC typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 73% of AU suburbs
This suburb 35% · VIC median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 2% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,324/mo, while renters pay about $2,513/mo — renting runs $1,189/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $2,511/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 62% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,933/wk income).
Getting to work: 62% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 32% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 73% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer
Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.
Share of the suburb within Victoria's gazetted Bushfire Prone Area (Vicmap, CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. A Bushfire Prone Area is a planning designation that triggers the building code's bushfire construction provisions — it is not a graduated hazard rating or a property-level Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.
Estimated exposure to the official flood-hazard layer (VIC LSIO), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within mapped flood-planning areas — it is not a property-level flood certificate. Areas without a completed flood study may be unmapped. Check the local council's flood maps for an individual property.
Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against Vicmap Planning scheme-zone polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.
LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Kyneton SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Malmsbury is a small community in Victoria within the Macedon Ranges local government area (postcode 3446). With a population of 905, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.6% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 41 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 18 underway, and 24 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Malmsbury stand at $681,000, having fallen sharply by 11.3% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $580. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,324.
Malmsbury is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1074, which is above the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 3 rail stations, 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Macedon Ranges LGA is moderate at 5,037 incidents per 100,000 population.
From an investment perspective, Malmsbury shows a gross rental yield of approximately 4.4%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($681K/$850K). The price-to-income ratio of 8.0x is considered moderate. House prices have moved -11.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Malmsbury is in the Macedon Ranges Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3446. Council-level context for Macedon Ranges LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Malmsbury, VIC is $681K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Malmsbury is $580/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-led investor candidate.
Rent-led investor candidate: Gross rent yield screens at about 4.4%. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Malmsbury show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.