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Maroondah

Victoria · Melbourne - Outer East · 112,799 people · 12 suburbs · 5 postcodes

Maroondah at a glance

Map shows the Maroondah LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Maroondah is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 12 suburbs across 5 postcodes and an area of 60 km². Maroondah has a population of 112,799 , ranking #27 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Croydon (28,608 residents).About 25.3% of residents were born overseas and 19.8% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Maroondah

33 schools across Maroondah: 69.7% Government, 12.1% Catholic, 18.2% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1065 (range 955 to 1155). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 33 schools in Maroondah, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Yarra Valley Grammar	Independent	Combined	Ringwood	1,899	1155
Aquinas College	Catholic	Secondary	Ringwood	1,659	1085
Ringwood Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Ringwood	1,516	1052
Luther College	Independent	Secondary	Croydon Hills	1,219	1127
Norwood Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Ringwood	1,083	1059
Tintern Grammar	Independent	Combined	Ringwood East	985	1154
Croydon Hills Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon Hills	737	1095
Heathmont College	Government	Secondary	Heathmont	667	1014
Melba Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Croydon	663	1003
Good Shepherd Lutheran Primary School	Independent	Primary	Croydon Hills	658	1147
Heathmont East Primary School	Government	Primary	Heathmont	570	1127
Great Ryrie Primary School	Government	Primary	Heathmont	566	1072
Eastwood Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood East	555	1092
Dorset Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon	525	1034
Ruskin Park Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon	488	1034
Ringwood North Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood North	471	1107
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School	Independent	Combined	Warranwood	470	1097
Sacred Heart School	Catholic	Primary	Croydon	454	1065
Kalinda Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood	424	1097
Holy Spirit School	Catholic	Primary	Ringwood North	386	1102
Warranwood Primary School	Government	Primary	Warranwood	375	1089
Tinternvale Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood East	328	1062
Mullum Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood	261	1064
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School	Catholic	Primary	Ringwood	248	981
Yarra Road Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon North	244	1060
Croydon Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon	225	955
Ringwood Heights Primary School	Government	Primary	Ringwood North	215	1104
Bayswater North Primary School	Government	Primary	Bayswater North	211	1015
Croydon Community School	Government	Secondary	Croydon	143	983
Marlborough Primary School	Government	Primary	Heathmont	124	1037
Croydon Special Developmental School	Government	Special	Croydon South	106	976
Ainslie Parklands Primary School	Government	Primary	Croydon	93	1044
Village School	Independent	Primary	Croydon North	68	1089

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Maroondah. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Maroondah

Maroondah contains 12 suburbs and 5 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Croydon	3136	28,608	$1,615/wk	39
Ringwood	3134	19,144	$1,654/wk	38
Ringwood East	3135	10,764	$1,817/wk	38
Ringwood North	3134	9,964	$2,335/wk	43
Heathmont	3135	9,933	$2,140/wk	41
Bayswater North	3153	9,014	$1,675/wk	38
Croydon North	3136	8,092	$2,156/wk	40
Croydon Hills	3136	4,839	$2,437/wk	42
Warranwood	3134	4,820	$2,852/wk	41
Croydon South	3136	4,759	$1,876/wk	38
Kilsyth South	3137	2,862	$2,328/wk	42
Bedford Road	3135

Postcodes covered

3134, 3135, 3136, 3137, 3153

Compare Maroondah with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Maroondah and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Maroondah (VIC)	112,799	39.5	1035	24.9%	25.3%
Knox	160,135	40.4	1029	21.9%	32.9%
Yarra Ranges	156,237	40.3	1013	14.5%	16.9%
Manningham	124,763	43.1	1075	21.0%	43.5%
Whitehorse	167,539	39.4	1066	30.2%	41.9%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Maroondah

What is the population of Maroondah?

The 2021 Census recorded 112,799 people living in Maroondah, across 12 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Maroondah?

Maroondah contains 12 suburbs. The most populous are Croydon, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Ringwood North, Heathmont.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Maroondah?

Maroondah covers 5 postcodes: 3134, 3135, 3136, 3137, 3153.

How many schools are in Maroondah?

Maroondah has 33 schools, including 23 government, 4 Catholic, and 6 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Maroondah?

Maroondah has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 1035, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.