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<\/p>\nMaryborough is approximately forty-eight square kilometres and has many parks covering nearly forty per cent of total area.<\/p>\n
The population in 2016 was 7922 and by the 2021 Census was recorded at 8160 showing a population growth of three per cent in the area during that time.<\/p>\n
Maryborough is a rural city situated towards the west of the rich Victorian Goldfields Region that includes Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo.<\/p>\n
Maryborough is on the Pyrenees Highway and is the intersection of railway lines from Castlemaine to Avoca and from Ballarat to Inglewood.<\/p>\n
Maryborough was founded on a gold field and prior to the discovery of gold the Maryborough region was the Charlotte Plains pastoral run taken up by the Simson brothers.<\/p>\n
In March 1853, gold was found at Maryborough resulting in a rush, the alluvial finds were rich and a 40-pound nugget found in July 1853 caused no slackening of population.<\/p>\n
Known as Daly\u2019s Flat for a short time, Assistant Gold Commissioner James Daly named it Maryborough after his Irish birthplace.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that the Maryborough district had 25,000 people by September 1854 and the town was surveyed in 1855 with allotments sold in October of that year.<\/p>\n
The Maryborough Borough was proclaimed on 31 March 1857 and by then there was a school, Catholic and Wesleyan churches.<\/p>\n
In 1865 Maryborough was an established mining town with the entire district dominated mining operations, the town had a hospital, a court, a mechanics\u2019 institute, and numerous hotels.<\/p>\n
Agriculture was undeveloped because of scarce summer water, but the Goldfields Reservoir was built in 1862.<\/p>\n
The railways opened lines in four directions from Maryborough in 1874-75, and the large and well-appointed railway station was completed in 1892.<\/p>\n
The four local brickworks could scarcely supply enough building bricks at one stage. Maryborough achieved an unusual diversity of industry for a medium size town and continued to do so for the next 80 years.<\/p>\n
A 1893 courthouse completed the buildings at the town square.<\/p>\n
By the turn of the century gold mining was decreasing and population growth stabilised.<\/p>\n
After World War Two Maryborough secured early funds for sewerage and roadworks, modernising its infrastructure several years in advance of other country towns.<\/p>\n
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Maryborough continued to seek new industries.<\/p>\n
It was proclaimed a city on 31 March 1961 and by the end of the 1960s it had 56 factories employing 1400 people.<\/p>\n
On 19 January 1995, Maryborough city was united with most of Talbot and Clunes, Bet Bet and Tullaroop shires to form Central Goldfields Shire.<\/p>\n
CoreLogic data indicates that the predominant age group in Maryborough is 60-69 years with households being primarily childless couples and are likely to be repaying on average $1000 per month on mortgage repayments.<\/p>\n
In general, people in Maryborough work in a labourer occupation.<\/p>\n
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