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3450 · Mount Alexander · 7,506 residents
Castlemaine is a town in west central Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region about 123 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne and about 39 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. It is the administrative and economic centre of the Shire of Mount Alexander. Castlemaine earns a AusScore of 55 (C) — solid overall liveability. It's lifted by excellent public transport but held back by high crime. 6 school zones fall within its boundaries, and median rent sits around $475 a week.
Everyday amenities that lift the score
Recorded crime that lowers the score
Safety-weighted, so a very safe suburb with modest amenity outranks a high-amenity suburb with severe crime. Full methodology
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — climbed from 51 to 54 per 1,000 residents in Castlemaine (down from a 57 peak in 2024). That leaves it 89% above the typical Victorian suburb — a genuine concern for residents and local businesses. Most safety measures here have worsened over ten years.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Mount Alexander and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Mount Alexander with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Mount Alexander council has risen from 2.8 to 4.0 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 0.8 in 2020. Since that low it has climbed about 365% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Median weekly rent across all rentals. Source: DFFH Rental Report (Residential Tenancies Bond Authority) — © State of Victoria, reused under CC BY 4.0.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
10 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Castlemaine Station · in this suburb
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.
Everyday amenities near the suburb centre, from the Vicmap government registers — these feed the parks, retail and family parts of the AusScore.