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Mount Alexander

Victoria · Bendigo · 19,837 people · 49 suburbs · 13 postcodes

Mount Alexander at a glance

Map shows the Mount Alexander 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.

Mount Alexander is a Local Government Area in Victoria, in the Melbourne region. It covers 49 suburbs across 13 postcodes and an area of 1,407 km². Mount Alexander has a population of 19,837 , ranking #57 most populous in VIC. The most populous suburb is Castlemaine (7,506 residents).About 12.5% of residents were born overseas and 3.3% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Mount Alexander

14 schools across Mount Alexander: 85.7% Government, 7.1% Catholic, 7.1% Independent. The VIC average is 68.6% / 21.4% / 10.0%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 1041 (range 1011 to 1119). VIC median is 1027; national mean is 1000.

All 14 schools in Mount Alexander, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
Castlemaine Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Castlemaine	695	1040
Castlemaine North Primary School	Government	Primary	Castlemaine	278	1117
Castlemaine Primary School	Government	Primary	Castlemaine	178	1054
Campbells Creek Primary School	Government	Primary	Campbells Creek	174	1011
Castlemaine Steiner School & Kindergarten	Independent	Combined	Muckleford	135	1105
Winters Flat Primary School	Government	Primary	Castlemaine	115	1078
Maldon Primary School	Government	Primary	Maldon	90	1034
Newstead Primary School	Government	Primary	Newstead	82	1041
Taradale Primary School	Government	Primary	Taradale	74	1075
Harcourt Valley Primary School	Government	Primary	Harcourt	73	1015
St Mary's School	Catholic	Primary	Castlemaine	64	1033
Chewton Primary School	Government	Primary	Chewton	54	1119
Elphinstone Primary School	Government	Primary	Elphinstone	29	1036
Langley Primary School	Government	Primary	Langley	2

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 ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.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 Mount Alexander. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Mount Alexander

Mount Alexander contains 49 suburbs and 13 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Castlemaine	3450	7,506	$1,106/wk	52
Campbells Creek	3451	2,071	$1,399/wk	44
Maldon	3463	1,665	$1,059/wk	60
Harcourt	3453	1,038	$1,430/wk	46
Newstead	3462	820	$1,105/wk	51
Mckenzie Hill	3451	775	$1,477/wk	47
Chewton	3451	763	$1,245/wk	51
Elphinstone	3448	633	$1,447/wk	50
Taradale	3447	524	$1,468/wk	52
Barkers Creek	3451	487	$1,555/wk	50
Muckleford	3451	426	$1,848/wk	46
Harcourt North	3453	291	$2,146/wk	55
Yapeen	3451	272	$1,420/wk	45
Walmer	3463	262	$1,449/wk	54
Fryerstown	3451	232	$1,231/wk	51
Welshmans Reef	3462	210	$1,259/wk	57
Faraday	3451	194	$1,339/wk	50
Metcalfe	3448	190	$1,485/wk	52
Baringhup	3463	185	$1,111/wk	56
Sutton Grange	3448	160	$1,437/wk	48
Strangways	3461	101	$1,406/wk	55
Sandon	3462	89	$1,224/wk	53
Barfold	3444	82	$1,312/wk	53
Moonlight Flat	3450	81	$1,625/wk	51
Ravenswood South	3453	76	$1,583/wk	45
Green Gully	3462	71	$1,083/wk	60
Nuggetty	3463	64	$2,083/wk	38
Tarrengower	3463	56	$1,625/wk	56
Vaughan	3451	55	$2,125/wk	46
Langley	3444	52	$2,100/wk	54
Campbelltown	3364	51	$762/wk	39
Chewton Bushlands	3451	50	$1,166/wk	57
Gower	3451	45	$1,875/wk	51
Yandoit Hills	3461	44	$1,562/wk	56
Muckleford South	3462	33	$1,333/wk	55
Strathlea	3364	33	$900/wk	38
Tarilta	3451	26	$1,374/wk	62
Metcalfe East	3444	25	$2,749/wk	60
Neereman	3463	23	$2,250/wk	53
Joyces Creek	3364	20	$1,187/wk	56
Glenluce	3451	17	$1,125/wk	60
Irishtown	3451	16	$2,250/wk	16
Bradford	3463	12	$1,125/wk	65
Baringhup West	3463	11	$1,624/wk	39
Bendigo Forward	3551
Inkerman	3472
Myola East	3551
Pilchers Bridge	3551
Rodborough	3465

Postcodes covered

3364, 3444, 3447, 3448, 3450, 3451, 3453, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3465, 3472, 3551

Compare Mount Alexander with neighbouring LGAs

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

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Mount Alexander (VIC)	19,837	51.0	988	15.3%	12.5%
Hepburn	17,039	51.5	984	14.7%	14.0%
Greater Bendigo	121,538	40.5	959	27.6%	9.7%
Loddon	7,545	52.0	926	12.6%	8.1%
Macedon Ranges	51,405	42.8	1047	13.9%	13.0%
Central Goldfields	13,549	51.7	867	21.9%	9.1%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Mount Alexander

What is the population of Mount Alexander?

The 2021 Census recorded 19,837 people living in Mount Alexander, across 49 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Mount Alexander?

Mount Alexander contains 49 suburbs. The most populous are Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Maldon, Harcourt, Newstead.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Mount Alexander?

Mount Alexander covers 13 postcodes: 3364, 3444, 3447, 3448, 3450, 3451, 3453, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3465, 3472, 3551.

How many schools are in Mount Alexander?

Mount Alexander has 14 schools, including 12 government, 1 Catholic, and 1 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Mount Alexander?

Mount Alexander has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 988, 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.