Alexandra VIC 3714

Living Here

Alexandra is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 2,801 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,086 a week, with median rent near $240 a week. Most homes are houses. About 78% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area. The median house sells for about $512,500.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Alexandra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Alexandra itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Alexandra Primary School
  • St Mary's Primary School
  • Alexandra Secondary College
• 3 cafés & restaurants

  • Café Alex
  • The Old Dairy Cafe
  • Stillman E M
• 1 supermarket

  • Foodworks
• 1 park

  • Leckie Park
• 1 pharmacy

  • Alexandra Community Pharmacy
• 1 hospital

  • Alexandra District Health
• 1 library

  • Alexandra Library
• 1 service station

  • Ampol - I&M Simpson & Son
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Alexandra Outdoor Swimming Pool
  • Alexandra & District Speedway Inc.
• 1 golf club

  • Alexandra Golf Club
• 1 hardware store

  • Yenckens Hardware
• 5 places to stay

  • Corner Hotel
  • Alexandra Hotel
  • Alexandra Motel & Motor Inn
  • Maybole Cottage
  • Alexandra Adventure Resort

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Sport & Recreation

11 facilities recorded in Alexandra, the first 10 below.

• Alexandra Bowling Club Lawn Bowls
• Alexandra Community Leisure Centre Basketball, Fitness / Gymnasium Workouts, Netball
• Alexandra Golf Club Golf
• Alexandra Lawn Tennis Club Tennis (Outdoor)
• Alexandra Pony Club Grounds Equestrian
• Alexandra Showgrounds and Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Netball
• Alexandra Skate Park Skating
• Alexandra Swimming Pool Swimming
• Briggs Oval Cricket
• Hec Ingram Reserve BMX

Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 10.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.6% · Labour-force participation 50.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

9,026 bird observations recorded near Alexandra — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (732)
• Crimson Rosella (561)
• Red Wattlebird (546)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (544)
• Grey Fantail (442)
• Superb Fairy-wren (430)
• Eurasian Blackbird (401)
• Laughing Kookaburra (369)
• Galah (318)
• Australian Wood Duck (316)
• Pied Currawong (314)
• Brown Thornbill (309)
• Common Myna (277)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Alexandra:

• Koriella (5.4 km)
• Whanregarwen (7.4 km)
• Acheron (7.9 km)
• Devils River (8.9 km)
• Fawcett (9.5 km)
• Maintongoon (9.8 km)
• Cathkin (11.3 km)
• Thornton (11.4 km)

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