Maryborough is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, 58 kilometres (36 mi) north of Ballarat and 168 kilometres (104 mi) northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2021 census, the urban centre had a population of 7,769., while the larger Level 2 Statistical Area which includes the urban fringe, had 8,160, both an increase of more than 3% since 2016.

At the 2016 census, 7,921 people resided in Maryborough. Like many regional centres, a high percentage of the population (83.1%) was born in Australia, followed by England (3.2%), New Zealand (0.7%) and the Netherlands (0.5%).